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Direct linkLevine, Arthur – New Directions for Higher Education, 1985
Bradford College's experience with curriculum and administrative development in a period of extreme adversity is an example of how a new concept of mission can invigorate an institution while a survival mentality can weaken it. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Planning, College Role
Peer reviewedBerger, Ira M. – Liberal Education, 1984
A former faculty member at Eisenhower College, an experimental college that closed after only a few years' operation, gives an anecdotal account of some of the problems the college faced and how the administration handled them. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Role, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedSchurr, George M. – Liberal Education, 1979
Liberal arts colleges have abandoned their goal of education for the university-college model of education-for-a-job. The need for a new model is discussed. Colleges need to establish a central theme: "a curricular career of learning how to learn and accepting the responsibilities of leadership." (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Citizenship, College Curriculum, College Role, Curriculum Development
Wiggins, Marvin E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
The challenge of bringing information literacy to university students is greater than at small colleges. A survey of librarians at large universities revealed unique problems and instructional solutions. The Brigham Young University (Utah) program, in which information literacy is integrated into every academic division, offers one example. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Role, College Students, Curriculum Development
Smock, Muriel – 1981
The experience of Kendall College, Illinois, a small liberal arts college, in developing a human services program is described. Attention is directed to the history of the college, the growth of the program, the curriculum content, and its benefits to both college and community. The associate degree program which admitted its first students in…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Role, Curriculum Development
Lepchenske, George L.; Harcleroad, Fred F. – 1978
This study sought to identify and describe changes in curriculum programs and instructional systems occurring among a selected sample of small, private liberal arts colleges between 1969-70 and 1974-75. This study supports the prediction, based on a 1957 study by E.J. McGrath and C.H. Russell, that a pattern of course work combining a broad,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, College Role, Cooperative Planning
Bowman, Leonard, Comp.; And Others – 1979
A study was undertaken to provide an opportunity for faculty from five small, independent colleges in Iowa to become familiar with current developments concerning general education programs to facilitate planning and evaluation of general education in the institutions. The participating colleges were Briar Cliff, Graceland, Marycrest, Simpson, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, College Curriculum, College Role
