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Gaining Ground by "Thinking Little": Gardening as Curricular Reform in the Liberal Arts and Sciences
Wilferth, Joe – Liberal Education, 2017
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga recently updated their general education curriculum with an eye toward the essential learning outcomes identified by the Association of American Colleges and Universities through its Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) initiative. Like many other campuses across the country, money is tight,…
Descriptors: Gardening, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, College Programs
Fuller, Ivan – Liberal Education, 2014
In November 2011, the author--Ivan Fuller, a professor of theatre and associate dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Rider University--attended a joint symposium of the American Conference of Academic Deans and Phi Beta Kappa that was designed to wrestle with the question of why the humanities matter. At one session, participants…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, School Orientation, Critical Thinking
Reynolds, Nedra – Liberal Education, 2019
At a time when language programs around the United States are in crisis--the University of Rhode Island's Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures is realigning its curriculum to emphasize proficiency and intercultural competence within a strong liberal arts context. The result of the department's recent initiatives? More than…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Departments
Rifkin, Benjamin – Liberal Education, 2012
Despite research showing the broad impact that the study of foreign languages has on the cognitive development of young people, and despite the importance of language expertise for America's economic and geopolitical interests in the twenty-first century, the teaching of world languages has been marginalized within the American educational system…
Descriptors: Higher Education, National Standards, Guidelines, Second Language Instruction

Grob, Leonard; Kuehl, James R. – Liberal Education, 1997
Fairleigh Dickinson University (New Jersey) students take four core general education courses from the second half of the freshman year through the first half of the junior year. All sections have the same syllabus, and faculty teaching them on separate campuses review and refine the courses together. Core course faculty participated actively in a…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design

Schneider, Carol G. – Liberal Education, 1991
The individual element of multicultural education needs to be recognized. The Association of American Colleges' national project, "Engaging Cultural Legacies: Shaping Core Curricula in the Humanities," helps colleges develop curriculum that challenge students to explore the humanities as reflected in their own social values, ideas, and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development

Tigner, Steven S. – Liberal Education, 1994
Problems and considerations in developing interdisciplinary programs in higher education are examined, and the evolution of several new programs linking humanities and teacher education is discussed. Programs at Georgia Southern University, Salem College (North Carolina), and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are highlighted. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Humanities

Platt, Craig – Liberal Education, 1998
Chronicles the process of reforming the liberal education program at Franklin Pierce College (New Hampshire), organized around the theme of the individual and community. Discusses objectives in integrating the "civic arts" into the core curriculum and challenges encountered in balancing "individual" and "community"…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship Education

Smith, Barbara Leigh – Liberal Education, 1993
The use of a learning community approach to college curriculum design is explored, and examples are drawn from the following Temple University (Pennsylvania) and the following Washington colleges: Evergreen State College, North Seattle and Seattle Central Community College, Tacoma Community College, and Lower Columbia College. Contacts for further…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design

Ylvisaker, Paul N. – Liberal Education, 1988
A review of college courses on the philanthropic tradition includes descriptions of programs at Babson College, Chapman College, the City University of New York's Bernard Baruch College, Georgetown University, Illinois State University, Northwestern University, Regis College, and Seton Hall University. (MSE)
Descriptors: Altruism, College Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum Design

Schwehn, Mark R.; Paul, John Steven – Liberal Education, 1995
An unusual degree requirement at Christ College, the honors college of Valparaiso University (Indiana), involves freshman production of an original musical theater production. The role of such a collaborative and imaginative effort in a liberal education is discussed, focusing on the arts as a context for inquiry. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Cooperative Learning, Degree Requirements, General Education

Eldred, Marilou; Fogarty, Brian E. – Liberal Education, 1996
Lessons learned while reforming the core curriculum at the College of Saint Catherine (Minnesota) are outlined, including: broad ownership of the curriculum by faculty is essential; sometimes curriculum issues are more about faculty than students; a means for arriving at consensus must be devised; planning should take the curriculum through its…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Church Related Colleges, College Curriculum, College Faculty

Johnston, Joseph, Jr.; Hurst, G. Cameron, III; Coble, Parks; Ruder, Philip J.; Knippling, Alpana Sharma – Liberal Education, 1998
Describes the Association of American Colleges and Universities' Faculty and Curriculum Development Seminar, held in Japan and designed to open faculty minds to global issues. The year-long seminar involves three-person teams from eight institutions, competitively selected through proposals. Its three phases include preparatory reading and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development

Washbourn, Penelope – Liberal Education, 1996
The New American College is a model of higher education and adult learning which stresses an integrated academic culture, connecting general education with specialized education, including professional education, and theoretical learning with practical application. It provides a highly intentional learning environment and individual attention,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Curriculum Design

Mack, Maynard, Jr. – Liberal Education, 1996
The evolution and design of an interdisciplinary honors course at the University of Maryland at College Park are described. The course, on knowledge and its human consequences, brings together faculty experts, "teacher-learner" faculty, and first-year honors students to explore different kinds of knowledge and their philosophical,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, Course Organization, Curriculum Design