Marilee J. Bresciani Ludvik is Professor for Postsecondary Education and Co-Director of the Center for Educational Leadership, Innovation, and Policy, San Diego State University. She was formerly Assistant Vice President for Institutional Assessment at Texas A&M University. She has conducted outcomes assessment for programs and courses and is frequently invited to present assessment workshops nationally and internationally. Ralph Wolff is President of the Senior College Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), a role he assumed in 1996. Prior to joining WASC, he founded and directed the Institute for Creative Thinking, which focused on leadership and change, an emphasis that has carried over to his work at WASC. During his term as president, he has led WASC to the forefront of accreditation as an agent of accountability and innovation by transforming the accreditation process to an outcomes and learning based model. His current efforts at the Commission include a redesign of the accreditation process that focuses on retention and graduation, defining degree outcomes more clearly, and opening the accreditation process to greater transparency. Gavin W. Henning is Professor of Higher Education at New England College in New Hampshire where he directs the Master of Science in Higher Education Administration and Doctorate of Education programs. Gavin is a past president of ACPA - College Student Educators International as well as a past president of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS). He has over 20 years' experience in higher education assessment and institutional research and frequently consults and presents regionally, nationally, and internationally on the topic. His scholarship includes over 90 peer-reviewed presentations and over 90 invited presentations and keynotes regarding assessment. In addition, he has published articles and books on assessment including Student Affairs Assessment:

Foreword-Gavin W. Henning Foreword-Ralph Wolff Acknowledgments Preface-Marilee J. Bresciani Ludvik Introduction. Rethinking How We Design, Deliver, and Evaluate Higher Education-Marilee J. Bresciani Ludvik 1. Basic Brain Parts and Their Functions-Matthew R. Evrard, Jacopo Annese, and Marilee J. Bresciani Ludvik, with review by Mark Baxter and Thomas Van Vleet 2. Unpacking Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis-Matthew Evrard and Marilee J. Bresciani Ludvik, with review by Thomas Van Vleet 3. Strategies That Intentionally Change the Brain-Marilee J. Bresciani Ludvik, Matthew R. Evrard, and Philippe Goldin, with review by Thomas Van Vleet 4. (Re)Conceptualizing Meaning Making in Higher Education. A Case for Integrative Educational Encounters That Prepare Students for Self-Authorship-Emily Marx and Lisa Gates 5. Intentional Design of High-Impact Experiential Learning-Patsy Tinsley McGill 6. Enhancing Well-Being and Resilience-Christine L. Hoey 7. Enhancing Creativity-Shaila Mulholland 8. Enhancing Compassion and Empathy-Sara Schairer 9. Balance Begets Integration. Exploring the Importance of Sleep, Movement, and Nature-Bruce Bekkar 10. Enhancing and Evaluating Critical Thinking Dispositions and Holistic Student Learning and Development Through Integrative Inquiry-Marilee J. Bresciani Ludvik, Philippe Goldin, Matthew R. Evrard, J. Luke Wood, Wendy Bracken, Charles Iyoho, and Mark Tucker 11. Mindfulness at Work in Higher Education Leadership. From Theory to Practice Within the Classroom and Across the University-Les P. Cook and Anne Beffel 12. A Mindful Approach to Navigating Strategic Change-Laurie J. Cameron Afterword. Adoption, Adaptation, and Transformation-Marilee J. Bresciani Ludvik About the Editor and Contributors Index