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Hughes, Julia Christensen – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007
It has been suggested that growing interest in curriculum assessment and development in higher education is the result of a number of external and internal factors. External factors include increasing government interest in quality assurance, accessibility, and degree completion rates; growing recognition of the important role university graduates…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control
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Walshok, Mary Lindenstein – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1991
A collaborative approach to program design, marketing, instruction, and evaluation can yield high quality interdisciplinary certificate programs. Evaluation issues include (1) quality of core knowledge; (2) input from beneficiaries; (3) appropriate methodology; (4) appropriate instructors; (5) measurement of learning gains; and (6) curriculum…
Descriptors: Educational Certificates, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Development
Schneider, Carol Geary – Peer Review, 1998
Examines ways in which colleges and universities have attempted to integrate the curriculum and deepen students' involvement in learning, including first-year programs, learning communities, inquiry-based learning, integrative general education, and efforts to connect general education to majors and apply what has been learned from cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Curriculum, College Freshmen, College Instruction
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Ryan, Michael T. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1991
Discusses trends in the future of higher education and considers the possible resulting challenges for libraries, particularly the development of special collections. Topics discussed include management, developing cost-benefit measures, considering possible new users, inter-library cooperation, developing quality by communicating standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Trends, Evaluation Methods