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This book provides university teachers, leaders and policymakers with evidence on how researchers in several countries are monitoring and improving student engagement-the extent to which students are exposed to and participate in effective educational practices. It captures insights from international implementations of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), developed in the United States. In the last half decade NSSE has been adapted and used in several other countries, producing the largest international collaboration yet involving educationally relevant data on students´ engagement in higher education.

Leaders of established national collaborations draw on their experiences with hundreds of institutions to contribute their insights. Framed by their cultural and educational contexts, they discuss issues concerning first-year learners, international students, part-time and distance learners, as well as teaching and leadership in support of student learning. Each chapter outlines strategies based on national case studies and presents perspectives supported by concrete examples of how these have played out in diverse settings. The book suggests mechanisms that can be used by institutions, ministries and quality agencies around the world.

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1 Student engagement-a window into undergraduate education
Hamish Coates and Alexander C. McCormick
2 Refocusing the quality discourse: The United States National Survey of Student Engagement
Alexander C. McCormick and Jillian Kinzie

3 A Canadian perspective on student engagement
Ken Norrie and Chris Conway

4 Engaging university students in Australia
Alexandra Radloff and Hamish Coates

5 The New Zealand Experience
David Tippin

6 Student engagement in South Africa: A key to success, quality and Development
J. Francois Strydom and Melody M. Mentz

7 Engaging students in China
Heidi Ross, Yuhao Cen, and Jinghuan Shi

8 The collaborative development and implementation of the Irish Survey of Student Engagement
Jonathan Drennan, Sean O´Reilly, Muiris O´Connor, Cat O´Driscoll, Vivienne Patterson, Lewis Purser and Jim Murray

9 Role-based insights into enhancing student engagement
Hamish Coates, Alexandra Radloff and J. Francois Strydom

10 Broader strategies for developing student engagement
Hamish Coates and Alexandra Radloff

11 Emerging trends and perspectives
Hamish Coates and Alexander C. McCormick

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