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American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2025
In 2023, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) launched "Leading for Democracy" to prepare higher education leaders to create the conditions for democracy to thrive--on campus, in communities, and across the nation. This project seeks to support leaders develop and foster a civic-minded campus; design…
Descriptors: State Colleges, State Universities, Democracy, Leadership Training
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Harrington, Christine; Hooper, Kimberlee; Hughes, AnnMarie; Klein, Eric; Melendez, John; Siddique, Faraz; Wasserman, Ellen – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2021
The purpose of this article is to provide an example of how an EdD in Community College Leadership program is offered in an online format. First, the benefits of online programs, including increased access and flexibility for working professionals and higher levels of diversity among the student body are discussed. Then, several strategies to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Doctoral Programs, Community Colleges
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Vasquez-Martinez, Claudio-Rafael; González-Gonzalez, Felipe; Flores, Francisco; Díaz, Josefina; Cardona-T., Jose-Gerardo; Rendon, Hector; Chavoya, Jorge; Gutiérrez-Cardenas, Sandra-Milena; Álvarez, María-Ines; Torres-Mata, Joaquín; Betancourt-Nuñez, Erik-Moises; Morfín, María; Álvarez, Miguel; Anguiano, Carlos – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2017
The policy of reorganising schools in pedagogical cycles has been restored little by little in the state schools of the city of Bogota. This reform began in the year 2008 in Codema College, which faced a number of challenges, personal as much as institutional. The reform depended upon the participation and engagement of the educational community…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Practices
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Bartlett, James E., II; Bartlett, Michelle E.; Dolfi, J. Jordan; Jaeger, Audrey J.; Chapman, Diane D. – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2018
This paper describes the redesign of a community college executive leadership doctoral program that seeks to develop senior-level leaders. The paper provides how the redesign was intentionally aligned with the CPED principles and specifically the sixth principle. The paper sought data from students, faculty and other documents to gain an insight…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Community Colleges, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
Welch, Edwin H. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2017
Smaller, private, independent institutions of higher education across the United States are facing challenging times. This white paper by Edwin H. Welch, president of the University of Charleston, shares lessons gleaned from the institution's innovative efforts over almost 30 years. Welch's hope is that the experiences at the University of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Private Colleges, Small Colleges
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Hoskins, Barbara J. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2014
The perceptions about online teaching and learning are frequently different from the reality. Some students say they expected the online course to be easier than the traditional face-to-face course and are surprised by the rigor, while skeptics decry the quality of online offerings since students cannot possibly learn as well online as they do in…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Sustainability
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Ssentamu, Proscovia Namubiru; Ezati, Betty Akullu; Bisaso, Ronald; Pekkola, Elias; Hölttä, Seppo – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2014
With the urge to Africanise the curriculum following colonisation, many African countries are still wary of the educational initiatives from the developed countries. However, with the clear curriculum design and development guidelines provided by various national Quality Assurance bodies, African countries need not fear migrating curricula from…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Partnerships in Education, Institutional Cooperation, Alignment (Education)
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Incandela, Joseph M. – Liberal Education, 2011
Saint Mary's College, a single-gender Catholic institution in northern Indiana with approximately 1,600 students, has just revised a general education curriculum that had been in place for nearly forty years. The board of trustees unanimously approved the new curriculum in April 2010. In this article, the author discusses seven key lessons learned…
Descriptors: General Education, Educational Change, Formative Evaluation, Catholic Schools
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Fornssler, Cathie M. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2009
Universities want to encourage faculty to keep curricula up-to-date and innovative, yet faculty dread the prospect of arguing about course and program changes with college and university curriculum committees--which are overworked and overwhelmed with detail. The Course Challenge Procedure (CCP) at the University of Saskatchewan is a collegial yet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Administration
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Wilson, David McKay – Academe, 2010
This article discusses academic freedom that is currently under threat at many public two-year schools, which serve almost one-half of the nation's first-year college students. The growing reliance on part-time faculty exacerbates the problem, with many adjuncts feeling muzzled for fear of losing their jobs. The problem of academic freedom at…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Academic Freedom, Community Colleges
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Beaky, Lenore A. – Academe, 2010
City University of New York's (CUNY) new community college, planned almost entirely by administrators and slated to open in 2012, seems designed to shunt its student body into narrow, mostly terminal career-technical programs with the promise of an associate's degree at the end. But to what purpose? To "reimagine community college education…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Zirger, Billie Jo; Privitera, Mary Beth – Metropolitan Universities, 2009
This paper presents three models of cross-disciplinary collaboration. The authors argue this mode of education coupled with traditional college-based courses better prepares students for the demands of an increasingly complex and ambiguous work place. The paper details the benefits of this educational approach and suggests ways schools can…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Models, Curriculum Development, Instructional Innovation
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Walck, Christa – Journal of Management Education, 2009
The integration of sustainability and environmental ethics into management education has improved in the past decade. This is partly a response to external pressure, as societal concerns about sustainability grow and businesses have made greater efforts to green their processes and products. But it is also a response to internal pressure from…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Physical Environment, Ethics, Sustainable Development
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Litzinger, Thomas A.; Koubek, Richard J.; Wormley, David N. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
One of the most important elements in achieving significant curricular and pedagogical innovation is creating a climate that promotes and acknowledges the contributions of those who engage in these efforts. It is critical that this climate be systemic, existing at the department, college, and university levels. In the past few years, the view that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Science Education, Technology Education, Engineering Education
Niemiec, Mary; Otte, George – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2009
Given the importance of administrative attention to blended learning, this article adumbrates the institutional benefits but also the institutional challenges of this integration of online and on-campus instruction. The reasons for engaging in blended learning determine how it will play out, so the "why" is given precedence over the "how". But…
Descriptors: Barriers, College Administration, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation
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