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Download full textBraid, Berenice, Ed.; Quay, Sara E., Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2021
"Place, Self, Community: City as Text™ in the Twenty-First Century" focuses on the power of structured explorations (reflective practices ranging from debriefs and discussions to reflective writing and discussions) and on forms of immersion in place. This monograph explores the inherent integrative learning capacity to generate a sense…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Experiential Learning, Teacher Role, Authentic Learning
Direct linkChristensen, Clayton M.; Eyring, Henry J. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
The Innovative University illustrates how higher education can respond to the forces of disruptive innovation , and offers a nuanced and hopeful analysis of where the traditional university and its traditions have come from and how it needs to change for the future. Through an examination of Harvard and BYU-Idaho as well as other stories of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Innovation, Colleges
Bahls, Patrick – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2012
The book introduces readers in the often-overlooked math-related fields to the ideas of writing-to-learn (WTL) and writing in the disciplines (WID). It offers a guide to the pedagogy of writing in the mathematical sciences, and gives theoretically grounded means by which writing can be used to help undergraduate students to understand mathematical…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Curriculum, Mathematical Concepts, College Faculty
Ginsberg, Benjamin – Oxford University Press, 2011
Until very recently, American universities were led mainly by their faculties, which viewed intellectual production and pedagogy as the core missions of higher education. Today, as Benjamin Ginsberg warns in this eye-opening, controversial book, "deanlets"--administrators and staffers often without serious academic backgrounds or experience--are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Affirmative Action, Educational Experience
Smith, Wilson, Ed.; Bender, Thomas, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
This long-awaited sequel to Richard Hofstadter and Wilson Smith's classic anthology "American Higher Education: A Documentary History" presents one hundred and seventy-two key edited documents that record the transformation of higher education over the past sixty years. The volume includes such seminal documents as Vannevar Bush's 1945…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation
Ridley, Jack B. – 1984
This book records highlights of the development of electrical engineering education at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR), first known as the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (MSM). Chapter I focuses on the formative years (1871-1924), discussing the first course of study in electricity, expansion of the electrical…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Department Heads, Departments
North Country Community Coll., Saranac Lake, NY. – 1974
Following a short review of the history and objectives of North Country Community College, a detailed analysis of the college is presented in seven chapters. "Administrative Organization and Governance" describes the Board of Trustees, committees, Student Government, the Faculty Association, the Administration, and supporting services. A…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Services
Hecht, Irene W. D.; Higgerson, Mary Lou; Gmelch, Walter H.; Tucker, Allan – 1999
This book provides a comprehensive guide to the role of the academic department chair in a time when the chair's role is rapidly becoming more important and more complex. Part 1 describes the new roles chairs face, followed by a general discussion of their responsibilities. Part 2 is concerned with the department chair's work with people,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Department Heads
Bates, A. W.; Poole, Gary – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2003
This book draws on current research and best practice to show how to integrate technology into teaching in higher education. The book provides a theoretical and pedagogical foundation for helping instructors make critical decisions about the use of technology within the college curriculum. This resource discusses the relationship between…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Guidance, Exhibits
Chace, William M. – Princeton University Press, 2006
In "One Hundred Semesters", William Chace mixes incisive analysis with memoir to create an illuminating picture of the evolution of American higher education over the past half century. Chace follows his own journey from undergraduate education at Haverford College to teaching at Stillman, a traditionally African-American college in…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, African American Students, Civil Rights, Undergraduate Study
Finkelstein, Martin J.; Seal, Robert K.; Schuster, Jack H. – 1998
This book suggests that radical changes are occurring in academe as more women, foreign-born, and minority scholars enter the professorate and as alternatives to full-time tenure track appointments take hold. It is based on an analysis of data from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty on new faculty and senior faculty. The study…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Demography, Diversity (Faculty)
Cardozier, V. R. – 1987
The American higher education system is explained to those whose understanding of it is limited, especially non-American readers. The book attempts to picture the entire higher education system in the United States including limitations and deficiencies as well as balanced treatment of different types of colleges and universities. Despite its…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Crimmel, Henry H. – 1993
This book analyzes the crisis facing the American liberal arts college and offers a proposal for its reform. It argues that a college's infidelity to the ideals of liberal education adversely affects its relationship to society, its educational program, and its teachers. A definition and a defense of liberal education ideals is offered. The author…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Curriculum, College Environment, College Faculty
Solberg, Richard W. – 1985
An overview is provided of the history and mission of Lutheran higher education in North America. The contributions of Lutheran colleges and universities to the church, to society and to higher education are discussed in the following chapters: (1) "Reformation Roots"; (2) "Foothold in America"; (3) "Early Ventures in…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Menges, Robert J.; Mathis, B. Claude – 1988
This annotated bibliography provides a comprehensive guide to over 600 books and articles on teaching, learning, curriculum, and faculty development in colleges and universities. References are divided into the following sections and subsections and are alphabetized by author: overview of four literatures: teaching, learning, curriculum, faculty…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction
