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- catalog abstract "What should every educated person know? That age-old question lies at the heart of efforts to reform the general education curriculum in America's colleges and universities. But can reform efforts solve the problems facing higher education today - or do they just cause divisiveness and conflict? What determines whether they succeed or fail? Searching for empirical answers, educators at the New England Resource Center for Higher Education, University of Massachusetts Boston launched an extensive study of colleges and universities that have attempted to redesign their general education curriculum in recent years. While much of the literature to date has reported on planning for curriculum change, this study gave special attention to implementation of the changes. It included telephone interviews with faculty and administrators in 71 colleges and universities plus in-depth campus visits at 12 schools. The colleges profiled are not famous, elite, or wealthy; their experiences will be helpful to many educators attempting change in the face of limited resources. This book takes an analytical approach, providing a conceptual framework for looking at curriculum change through organizational, economic, political, and cultural lenses. In six insightful chapters the authors explore the forces that affect an institution's efforts to provide students with the fundamentals of a liberal arts education. These factors include the impact of a school's culture and politics, the level and predictability of its funding, the actions of outside authorities, competition from other colleges and universities, and socioeconomic issues.".
- catalog contributor b9853316.
- catalog contributor b9853317.
- catalog contributor b9853318.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-188) and index.".
- catalog description "The precarious state of general education -- The push and pull of the outside -- Inside the change process -- The politics of curriculum reform -- Culture and community -- From struggle to reform -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: Institutions in the study -- Appendix C: Telephone survey questionnaire -- Appendix D: Campus visit questionnaire.".
- catalog description "What should every educated person know? That age-old question lies at the heart of efforts to reform the general education curriculum in America's colleges and universities. But can reform efforts solve the problems facing higher education today - or do they just cause divisiveness and conflict? What determines whether they succeed or fail? Searching for empirical answers, educators at the New England Resource Center for Higher Education, University of Massachusetts Boston launched an extensive study of colleges and universities that have attempted to redesign their general education curriculum in recent years. While much of the literature to date has reported on planning for curriculum change, this study gave special attention to implementation of the changes. It included telephone interviews with faculty and administrators in 71 colleges and universities plus in-depth campus visits at 12 schools. The colleges profiled are not famous, elite, or wealthy; their experiences will be helpful to many educators attempting change in the face of limited resources. This book takes an analytical approach, providing a conceptual framework for looking at curriculum change through organizational, economic, political, and cultural lenses. In six insightful chapters the authors explore the forces that affect an institution's efforts to provide students with the fundamentals of a liberal arts education. These factors include the impact of a school's culture and politics, the level and predictability of its funding, the actions of outside authorities, competition from other colleges and universities, and socioeconomic issues.".
- catalog extent "xxvii, 196 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Revitalizing general education in a time of scarcity.".
- catalog identifier "0205262570".
- catalog isFormatOf "Revitalizing general education in a time of scarcity.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Allyn and Bacon,".
- catalog relation "Revitalizing general education in a time of scarcity.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "378.1/99/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Education, Higher Aims and objectives United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "General education United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "LC985 .R48 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "The precarious state of general education -- The push and pull of the outside -- Inside the change process -- The politics of curriculum reform -- Culture and community -- From struggle to reform -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: Institutions in the study -- Appendix C: Telephone survey questionnaire -- Appendix D: Campus visit questionnaire.".
- catalog title "Revitalizing general education in a time of scarcity : a navigational chart for administrators and faculty / Sandra L. Kanter, Zelda F. Gamson, Howard B. London ; with Gordon B. Arnold, Janet T. Civian ; foreword by Frederick Rudolph.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".