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Fensham, Peter J. – Studies in Higher Education, 1977
Seven dimensions for characterizing a curriculum in higher education are suggested. They include: prior knowledge; institutional response to prior knowledge; primary teaching mode; rates of learning; styles of learning; content openness; and assessment. This characterization is applied specifically to chemistry departments. (LBH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Design, Departments, Educational Assessment

Beckmeier, Carola; Neusel, Ayla – Higher Education Management, 1990
The study compared institutional decision-making processes in the creation of new courses of study at two German and three French universities. Preliminary conclusions found similarities in the effects of institutional regulations and in the importance of informal interplay among office holders. Differences included less freedom of action by…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Presidents, Comparative Analysis, Courses