RICHARD J. LIGHT at Georgetown, Introduction by Randy Bass

RICHARD J. LIGHT at Georgetown University, Provost's Seminar on Teaching and Learning, Introduction by Randy Bass

Hailing from Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government, Richard J. Light is the Walter H. Gale Professor of Education. Dr. Light's work explores challenging problems in American higher education. His most recent book, Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds, won the Stone Award for the best book on education and society. Light has served as President of the American Evaluation Association, on the National Board of the American Association of Higher Education, and on the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. He has chaired the Panel on American Education for the National Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and chairs its project to explore changing demographics in education. At the Kennedy School, Light is Chair of a university-wide program called the Young Faculty Leaders Forum, designed to expose faculty from 16 leading American universities to leaders from both business and government.

Professor Light is the author of By Design: Planning Research on Higher Education (along with Judith D. Singer and John B. Willett, Harvard University Press, 1990), Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research (with David Pillimer, Harvard University Press, 1984) and Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds (Harvard University Press, 2001, 2004), among others.

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