"This book is an excellent contribution to developmental approaches to criticality. It has already made an invaluable contribution to my own work in both research and curriculum development and is particularly useful for those engaged in transition issues or developing student capacity for success in higher education. It will certainly interest researchers, educators and policy-makers who are searching for a research-led approach to understanding and developing student criticality in an era of rapid change in higher education." --Chad Habel, University of Adelaide, Higher Education Research & Development "This book is an important contribution to important current debates about higher education. The evident awareness of broader issues affecting higher education means that the authors are able to use their detailed and wide-ranging discussion of criticality to engage with fundamental issues such as the purposes of higher education. In addition to being able to shed light on such issues the authors also engage impressively with the literature." --Jonathan Hughes, The Open University, British Educational Research Journal.