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Ken Bain
Ken Bain

Ken Bain, president of the Best Teachers Institute, will present a lecture, “What the Best College Students Do,” on Monday Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kennedy Auditorium, Taylor Science Center. Bain will discuss strategies for college students to get the most out of their education and go on to live productive and successful post-collegiate lives. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Bain, an award-winning author, historian and educator is an expert in the history of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East; however, he has devoted much of his scholarship to promoting effective teaching and learning strategies. His research focuses on sustained learning and the creation of natural critical learning environments. As president of the Best Teacher Institute, Bain has been invited to lecture and conduct workshops for professors at over 350 universities around the world. He is also the former provost and vice-president of academic affairs at the University of the District of Columbia.

As an author, Bain has published two highly successful books while also conducting innovative research in learning development. His 2004 book, What the Best College Teachers Do, is one of the top-selling books on higher education and is now an award winning television documentary series. The book, which is based on a 15 year study of the skills of effective educators, won the 2004 Virginia and Warren Stone Prize for an outstanding book on education and society. The 2012 sequel, and the topic of his lecture, What the Best College Students Do, has also become an international best-seller.

Bain spent his undergraduate and graduate career at Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and New York University before earning his Ph.D. in history at the University of Texas at Austin. Early in his career as a history professor at University of Texas—Pan American, Bain founded The History Teaching Center, an innovative program which promoted greater collaboration between secondary school history educators and college research historians. He was the founder of four major university teaching centers, including The Center for Teaching Excellence at New York University, the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University, The Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University, and the Research Academy for University Learning at Montclair University.

This lecture is sponsored by the Dean of Faculty office.

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