@article{1479437,
      recid = {1479437},
      author = {Chambliss, Daniel F., },
      title = {How College Works /},
      pages = {1 online resource (224 p.) :},
      abstract = {Constrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to  improve the quality of education? And can students get more  out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel  Chambliss and Christopher Takacs conclude that limited  resources need not diminish the undergraduate experience.  How College Works reveals the decisive role that personal  relationships play in determining a student's success, and  puts forward a set of small, inexpensive interventions that  yield substantial improvements in educational outcomes. At  a liberal arts college in New York, the authors followed  nearly one hundred students over eight years. The  curricular and technological innovations beloved by  administrators mattered much less than did professors and  peers, especially early on. At every turning point in  undergraduate lives, it was the people, not the programs,  that proved critical. Great teachers were more important  than the topics studied, and just two or three good  friendships made a significant difference academically as  well as socially. For most students, college works best  when it provides the daily motivation to learn, not just  access to information. Improving higher education means  focusing on the quality of relationships with mentors and  classmates, for when students form the right bonds, they  make the most of their education.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479437},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726093},
}