Books

Higher Education

• L. Dee Fink:
  • Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Jossey-Bass, 2006)
• MaryEllen Weimer:
  • Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice (Jossey-Bass, 2002)
• Phyllis Blumberg:
  • Developing Learner-Centered Teaching: A Practical Guide for Faculty (Jossey-Bass, 2008)

First-Year Students

• Tim Clydesdale:
  • The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens After High School
• Jeff Davis
  • The First-Generation Student Experience; Implications for Campus
    Practice, and Strategies for Improving Persistence and Success (Stylus 2010)
• M. Lee Upcraft et al.
  • Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student: A handbook for improving the first year of college (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
• Louanne Johnson
  • Teaching Outside of the Box (about high school, but very helpful for teaching first-year students, especially the first few chapters.)