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About the Author
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Lion F. Gardiner is associate professor of zoology at Rutgers University. A former co-coordinator of the teaching assistant training program of the Graduate School-Newark, he teaches a course on effective college teaching for Rutgers graduate students and faculty members at New Jersey colleges and universities. Dr. Gardiner has developed and led the semester-long Faculty Seminar on Students, Learning, and Teaching for the campus Teaching Excellence Center, on whose advisory board he serves, has been a Faculty Fellow in the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, and serves as a member of the advisory boards of the New Jersey Faculty Development Network and the New Jersey County College Project on General Education, a statewide effort of New Jersey community colleges to define and assess their student development outcomes. Dr. Gardiner's scholarly work focuses on improving the quality of students' learning in higher education, and he is the author of Planning for Assessment: Mission Statements, Goals, and Objectives. Dr. Gardiner has been a member of the board of directors of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (P.O.D.) and serves as a consultant to colleges and universities and a presenter at conferences around the country.
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