The first step is to examine how the professor’s instructional activities align with his or her teaching philosophy. Before we can understand how to implement this process, it is crucial to gain a perspective of the importance of the professor’s role in a learner-centered experience. Most professors, if asked, would probably state that the purpose of the college is to promote learning for students. In other words, as educators, we espouse that higher education’s purpose aligns with the learning paradigm. Yet, when we closely examine our daily behaviors we may find that our “theory-in-use” (Argyris, Putnam, & Smith, 1985) is dominated more by the instructional paradigm aspects. This compensation management course revision resulted from a personal examination of the professor’s theories-in-action. A drastic, innovative revision of the professor’s theory-in-use was needed to support her espoused theory. That is, the course components needed to be aligned with the professor’s stated learning philosophy. Originally, the compensation management course was taught through the traditional “instructional” paradigm. Course content was provided via instructor lectures, application exercises, and short answer examinations. The course syllabus contained detailed objectives, activities, expectations, and a course schedule focused on lecturing the entire compensation management textbook. In other words, the syllabus stated what the students were going to learn, how they were going to learn, and what pace they would learn, thereby creating a classroom