Tom Angelo offers the following additional guidance to readers seeking further literature and research material to further their understanding of the "Seven Powerful Shifts and Seven Powerful Levers" he discussed in V6N1 of The National Teaching and Learning Forum .

Lever 1: Assessment
A great variety of assessment examples, and much more of use, can be found in recent books by Trudy Banta, James O. Nichols, or Lee Upcraft and John Shuh.

Lever 2: Goals, criteria and standards-setting methods
Lion Gardiner has authored a valuable book on crafting mission statements, goals and objectives and Steve Brigham, of the AAHE Quality Initiatives, is a wonderful source on innovative community-building approaches.

Lever 3: The research and practice literature on teaching and learning
After more than 50 years of research in psychology, cognitive science, and education, there are some general, well-supported principles of teaching and learning that can inform our professional practice. Books published since 1990 by Wilbert McKeachie, Pascarella and Terenzini, Svinicki and Menges, and Cross and Steadman all offer useful research syntheses and practical related suggestions.

Lever 4: The faculty evaluation system
Like most everyone, faculty tend to do what they are evaluated on and rewarded to do. Therefore, changing the faculty evaluation system used for retention, tenure, and promotion decisions is a pivotal shift. Inspired by Boyer's challenge, campuses throughout the country are working to develop ways to assess and value a broader range of scholarship. AAHE's Peer Review of Teaching Project and Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards are two efforts to move this agenda "from ideas to prototypes."

Lever 5: New accounting methods
Innovations in accounting, such as activity-based accounting and full-costing are beginning to be adapted and applied to academic units, informing our assessment and decision making. Inside the Academy, leaders like D. Bruce Johnstone at SUNY, Alan Guskin at Antioch, and Steven Ehrmann at AAHE are working to develop new models and measures of "learning productivity."

Lever 6: Cooperative and collaborative education methods
Articles by James Cooper or Larry Michaelson; books by David Johnson, Robert Johnson & Karl Smith, and publications from the National Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment are all useful sources.

Lever 7: Competency-based, mastery learning
The curricula of Alverno College and King's College are excellent examples.