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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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87
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World Ranking
231
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107

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Overview

George D. Kuh is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the social sciences, focusing on education and related subfields.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Social Sciences

The subfields of study largely encompass:

  • Education
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Key topics addressed in their research span:

  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Outdoor and Experiential Education
  • Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
  • Service-Learning and Community Engagement
  • Reflective Practices in Education

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on educational practices and student engagement, including:

  • Right Before Our Eyes: Making Peer Interaction Matter More For All Students (2021), published in Change The Magazine of Higher Learning
  • Bundling Effective Educational Practices May Make Experiential Philanthropic Studies Matter More (2021), published in Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership
  • NSSE and NILOA: Compatriots in Making Outcomes Assessment Matter More (2020), published in Assessment Update

Other related works in the broader academic network of Kuh include:

  • Promoting persistence and success of underrepresented students: Lessons for teaching and learning (2022), published in New Directions for Teaching and Learning
  • Defining Experiential Education (2024), published in Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

The frequent publication venues for Kuh's work include:

  • Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
  • New Directions for Teaching and Learning
  • Change The Magazine of Higher Learning
  • Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership
  • Assessment Update

Kuh collaborates regularly with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Jillian Kinzie
  • Patrick Love
  • Robert M. Gonyea
  • Rick Shoup
  • Jeff Citty

Best Publications

  • Student Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter

    George D. Kuh;Documenting Effective Educational Practice

  • Unmasking the Effects of Student Engagement on First-Year College Grades and Persistence

    George D. Kuh;Ty M. Cruce;Rick Shoup;Jillian Kinzie

  • High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, and Why They Matter

    George D. Kuh

  • What Matters to Student Success: A Review of the Literature

    George D. Kuh;Jillian Kinzie;Jennifer A. Buckley;Brian K. Bridges

  • Student Engagement and Student Learning: Testing the Linkages.

    Robert M. Carini;George D. Kuh;Stephen P. Klein

  • Involving Colleges: Successful Approaches to Fostering Student Learning and Development Outside the Classroom

    George D. Kuh

  • What We're Learning About Student Engagement From NSSE: Benchmarks for Effective Educational Practices

    George D. Kuh

  • Assessing What Really Matters to Student Learning Inside The National Survey of Student Engagement

    George D. Kuh

  • ADDING VALUE: Learning Communities and Student Engagement

    Chun Mei Zhao;George D. Kuh

  • The effects of student-faculty interaction in the 1990s.

    George D. Kuh;Shouping Hu

  • What Student Affairs Professionals Need to Know About Student Engagement

    George D. Kuh

  • The national survey of student engagement: Conceptual and empirical foundations

    George D. Kuh

  • The other Curriculum: Out-of-Class Experiences Associated with Student Learning and Personal Development

    George D. Kuh

  • Being (Dis)Engaged in Educationally Purposeful Activities: The Influences of Student and Institutional Characteristics.

    Shouping Hu;George D. Kuh

  • First- and Second-Generation College Students: A Comparison of Their Engagement and Intellectual Development

    Gary R. Pike;George D. Kuh

  • What we're learning about student engagement from NSSE

    G. D Kuh

  • The Invisible Tapestry: Culture in American Colleges and Universities

    George D. Kuh;Elizabeth J. Whitt

  • Diversity Experiences and College Student Learning and Personal Development.

    Shouping Hu;George D. Kuh

  • Piecing Together the Student Success Puzzle: Research, Propositions, and Recommendations

    Jillian Kinzie;George D. Kuh

  • A Comparison of International Student and American Student Engagement in Effective Educational Practices

    Chun Mei Zhao;George D. Kuh;Robert M. Carini

  • Learning Communities and Student Engagement

    Chun-Mei Zhao;George D. Kuh

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary R. Pike
Gary R. Pike Indiana University
Paul D. Umbach
Paul D. Umbach North Carolina State University
Laura S. Hamilton
Laura S. Hamilton RAND Corporation
Ernest T. Pascarella
Ernest T. Pascarella University of Iowa
Chaouki T. Abdallah
Chaouki T. Abdallah Georgia Institute of Technology
Shaun R. Harper
Shaun R. Harper University of Southern California
William G. Tierney
William G. Tierney University of Southern California
Edward P. St. John
Edward P. St. John University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James E. Rosenbaum
James E. Rosenbaum Northwestern University
Adrianna Kezar
Adrianna Kezar University of Southern California

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