Will Disciplinary Perspectives Impede Curricular Reform?.

Lattuca, Lisa R.; Stark, Joan S.

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ERIC Number: EJ486687

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Publication Date: 1994

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Will Disciplinary Perspectives Impede Curricular Reform?

Lattuca, Lisa R.; Stark, Joan S.

Journal of Higher Education, v65 n4 p401-26 Jul-Aug 1994

The responses of 10 disciplinary task forces to an Association of American Colleges challenge to improve the college major were examined, using content analysis. Consistent with previous research on academic planning, results showed that the disciplines respond to curricular reform proposals in different but characteristic ways. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: College Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Intellectual Disciplines, Majors (Students)

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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