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Pascarella and his
colleagues examined data from the National Survey
of Student Learning, information gleaned from students
from 16 institutions in 13 states, including some
of the most “selective” schools in the
nation. The five-year study included five liberal
arts colleges, four national research universities,
and seven regional colleges or universities.
Liberal art colleges
showed significant advantages over national research
universities in numerous categories, including:
•
instructional skill/clarity
• academic effort
• faculty interest in teaching
• instructor use of higher order questioning
• student extracurricular involvement
• cultural and interpersonal involvement
• quality of non-classroom interaction
• supportive relationships
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