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Direct linkBirney, Robert C. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1993
An overview of the innovative curriculum and program design of Hampshire College (Massachusetts), a liberal arts college opened in 1970, looks at its educational philosophy, nontraditional curriculum structure, underlying economic assumptions, recordkeeping, administrative organization, employment policy, governance, and student life. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Curriculum, Contracts
Download full textFarmer, D. W. – 1988
Concrete descriptions of what has be done to improve undergraduate education at King's College, Pennsylvania are provided in this book, which represents a change agent's perspective on implementing an outcomes oriented curriculum and course-embedded assessment model. The necessity to achieve excellence in undergraduate education through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Instruction
Hagiwara, Michio P. – The Foreign Language Courier, 1969
In the 1968-69 controversy over the foreign language requirement for the B.A. degree in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts of the University of Michigan, the College faculty chose a compromise solution to the policy in practice since 1954 of a required 4-semester study of a foreign language with placement testing. Policy alternatives…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Administration, College Admission, College Curriculum
Hellweg, Susan A.; Churchman, David A. – 1979
A model for an interdisciplinary graduate degree program based on the Behavioral Science Graduate degree program at California State University at Dominguez Hills is described. In light of the declining resources available to higher education institutions it is recommended that curricular programs be accountable and responsive to the needs of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Conference Reports
Kotamraju, Pradeep; Steuernagel, Bruce; Jacquart, Mary – 2002
This five-section paper describes how the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system, the largest system of higher education in the state, determines what degree programs will be created, based on needs for workers in various occupations in the state. The paper begins by discussing why connecting demographic trends, learner segments,…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Programs, Degree Requirements, Demand Occupations
Robinson, Mabel Louise – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
The modern college for women, evolving by rapid growth from recent simple beginnings to its present highly complex state, is unquestionably still in the process of development. A glance over the changes already accomplished brings conviction that the present situation is but a stage in the life history of a virile institution. That present…
Descriptors: Females, Educational History, Womens Education, College Curriculum
Hall, James W.; Bonnabeau, Richard F. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1993
Through a combination of prior coursework, contract learning, credit for experience, standardized tests, and other methods of evaluating prior learning, the Empire State College (New York) allows adults to complete undergraduate degree requirements. The nonresidential institution serves students throughout the state, with faculty in over 40…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Students, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Watson, Rose T.; Hogges, Ralph – 1978
The manual, for faculty advisors at Florida International University, provides information regarding policies and procedures relating to the academic advisement process. The introduction includes an academic advisement policy statement and the philosophy of the School of Health and Social Services. Part 2 provides an overview of the four phases of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Planning
Young, James S.; Marchman, David – 1977
Based on criteria that were developed for the design and evaluation of undergraduate level programs in construction, a model of a four-year, 132 semester credit program is presented. Major academic requirements consist of 15-21 credit hours of each of the following: mathematics and science, communication skills, construction engineering,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Bachelors Degrees, Career Counseling
Coleman, Daniel R.; Bolte, John R. – 1988
The quest for excellence in American higher education has been accompanied by the implementation of basic skills requirements and the corresponding assessment programs. Assessment results could provide feedback for curricular improvement, although they are frequently used as indicators of institutional quality. A study is presented that compared…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Black Students, College Curriculum
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1982
Approaches used by colleges and universities to implement values clarification and inquiry, moral education and development, and normative and applied ethics into the curriculum are examined, along with the way that the schools are defining values education in terms of their own students and mission. In "Values in the Curriculum," Edward…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, College Curriculum, College Role
McCullough, Philip N.; Andrews, Grover J. – 1978
In the design and implementation of the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation's (COPA) Project to Develop Evaluative Criteria and Procedures for the Accreditation of Nontraditional Education, a taxonomy for the classification and determination of the nature of nontraditional institutions has been developed. The objective of the study was to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement, Classification, College Curriculum
Lambert, Richard D. – 1980
The benefits of learning a foreign language and arguments in support of language requirements in the college curriculum are discussed. The arguments concerning the acquisition of indirect benefits not inherent in the language skill itself through the learning of a foreign language prove inconvincing and only serve to divert one's attention from…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cognitive Ability, College Curriculum, Core Curriculum
Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus. – 1979
Guidelines and accompanying forms are provided in this operations manual designed as a guide for the management and development of the instructional units at the member institutions of Ohio's two-year college system. The manual first presents the mission statement of the two-year colleges, defines the various types of colleges in the system, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Associate Degrees, Business Education, Classification
