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Ruez, Derek; Strawser, Michael G.; Hutchins, Francis T. – Journal of Geography, 2019
This article investigates efforts by a small regional university without a geography department to incorporate geography into its general education curriculum as part of a "quality enhancement" process mandated by its accreditor. Drawing on interviews and surveys of students and faculty, we highlight lessons learned that may be useful…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Geography Instruction, Departments, General Education
O'Brien, George Dennis – 1998
This book contrasts two models of institutions of higher education in the United States: the faculty-controlled research university and the administration-led traditional college, and offers recommendations for the development of higher education which draw on the strengths of both. In the beginning, American higher education was predominantly…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrator Role, College Faculty, College Presidents
Sawyer, R. McLaren, Ed.; Prichard, Keith W., Ed.; Hostetler, Karl D., Ed. – 1992
This book, intended for those in the early years of an academic career, presents papers on academic career development organized into two parts: Part 1 is on role expectations for beginning professors at eight institutions of higher education and part 2 describes career patterns by faculty members. Each of the two Parts begins with an editorial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Black Colleges, Career Development