Report details 'school-hopping' trend in colleges.

Report details 'school-hopping' trend in colleges. Forty-five percent of all college seniors took at least one coursefrom another college before enrolling at their current school in the2004-2005 academic year, according to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. the National Survey of StudentEngagement. The NSSE NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement (Indiana University)NSSE National Study of School EvaluationNSSE National Special Security Event (US)NSSE National Security Special Event also reported that 33 percent of college seniorstook at least one course at another college after enrolling at theircurrent school--and most of this outside study was completed atvocational-technical schools or two-year colleges. Forty-seven percent of students in the study cited completingdegree requirement sooner as their primary reason for"school-hopping." Another 21 percent cited a better courseschedule and 17 percent said easier courses were their reasons forattending the community colleges. The trend, dubbed dub?1?tr.v. dubbed, dub��bing, dubs1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.2. To honor with a new title or description.3. a "swirl pattern"--taking classes atdifferent schools before obtaining a baccalaureate--concerns Dr. GeorgeD. Kuh, NSSE director and Indiana University Indiana University,main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. professor of highereducation. He argues that moving around reduces students'educational enrichment. "Engagement is a critical factor in the educational process,because the more time and energy students devote to desired activities,the more likely they are to develop the habits of the mind that are keyto success after college," Kuh said in a statement. "Inaddition, engagement is positively related to grades and graduation,outcomes everyone agrees are important." In the foreword fore��word?n.A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author.forewordNounan introductory statement to a bookNoun 1. to the report, Dr. Russell Edgerton, a CarnegieFoundation This article is about the Dutch Carnegie Foundation, owner and manager of the Peace Palace. For other uses, see The Carnegie Foundation.The Carnegie Foundation ("Carnegie Stichting" in Dutch) is an organization based in The Hague, The Netherlands. visiting scholar A visiting scholar, in the world of academia, is a scholar from an institution who visits a receiving university that hosts him where he or she is projected to teach (visiting professor), lecture (visiting lecturer), or perform research (visiting researcher , says the NSSE was originally conceived asan alternative to the U.S. News and World Report college rankings. TheNSSE gauges colleges' effectiveness in promoting learning amongstudents, rather than using more abstract criteria to develop abest-colleges list. "A college that in fact becomes more effective has few ways,other than its own marketing efforts, to acquire a reputation foreffectiveness. Colleges that become more selective are rewarded withrising rankings in U.S. News. But colleges that become more effective incontributing to student learning are largely ignored," Edgertonsaid. "Excellence in higher education is still largely defined ashaving resources others don't have--like students with high SATscores and faculty with national reputations as scholars.... I do notbelieve the traditional order will be overthrown. There will always be arace to be like Harvard, or what people perceive it to be. But thepursuit of prestige need not be the only game in town," he added. The NSSE reported that at institutions where proven teachingtechniques--such as encouraging feedback and class discussions--areprevalent, students are more satisfied and are more likely to interactwith faculty and peers. The report also found that the 54 percent of all first-yearstudents that took a freshman seminar were more likely to use campusservices, were more satisfied with college and gained more in terms ofpersonal and social development. Also, high-profile student-athletesgenerally took part in effective educational practices at the same levelas other students. Additionally, the report found that graduates ofschools where students interacted at a high level with faculty were morelikely to give money to their school. Interestingly, the study also found that though more than 90percent of new students say they expect to get involved in co-curricularactivities, 36 percent of first-year students and 43 percent of seniorsare not involved in any of these activities. The report also finds thatreligious students are more likely to get involved in a broad range ofcollegiate activities. "Institutions can do more to help students succeed in collegeby clearly marking paths that students should take to get involved inactivities that matter to them and their learning," Kuh said. The NSSE, titled "Exploring Different Dimensions of StudentEngagement," is based on information from approximately 237,000first-year students and seniors at 528 four-year colleges. The surveygauged five contributors to educational performance: level of academicchallenge; active and collaborative learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each ; student-facultyinteraction; enriching educational experiences; and supportive campusenvironment. Schools that have a lower student-faculty ratio, morefull-time faculty and more classes with fewer than 20 students generallyscore higher on all of five benchmarks, according to the NSSE.