Level of Academic Challenge (LAC)

Challenging intellectual and creative work is central to student learning and collegiate quality. Colleges and universities promote high levels of student achievement by emphasizing the importance of academic effort and setting high expectations for student performance.

Activities and conditions:

• Worked harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor\'s standards or expectations
• Coursework emphasizes: Analyzing the basic elements of an idea, experience, or theory
• Coursework emphasizes: Synthesizing and organizing ideas, information, or experiences
• Coursework emphasizes: Making judgments about the value of information, arguments, or methods
• Coursework emphasizes: Applying theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations
• Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book-length packs of course readings
• Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages or more
• Number of written papers or reports between 5 and 19 pages
• Number of written papers or reports of fewer than 5 pages
• Preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, doing homework or lab work, analyzing data, rehearsing, and other academic activities)
• Spending significant amounts of time studying and on academic work