Against the backdrop of the current crisis in higher education, Karen Hattaway proposes that solutions can be found in community college classrooms when faculty apply their passion for learning in ways that allow them to discover more about their own teaching and its impact on student achievement. With approaches ranging from considering students as novice learners to making the teaching and learning process more open, she emphasizes the positive influence faculty can have on individual and institutional success when they work together to enhance their own teaching and their students' learning.