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Sarah Rose Fitzgerald; Christine Turner; Anne Graham – College & Research Libraries, 2024
This study investigates how instructors consider resource cost and availability when compiling assignments in their course syllabi. It uses the academic planning model from Lattuca and Stark to frame the influences on instructional material selection. It employs a critical incident technique method, asking instructors to take into account one…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Costs, Instructional Materials, Educational Resources
Alexis Buzzell; Timothy J. Atherton; Ramón Barthelemy – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Quantum mechanics is an integral course for physics students. An understanding of quantum concepts is imperative for enrollment in physics graduate programs, participating in research within physics fields, and employment with companies developing quantum technologies. This study analyzes 188 U.S. research-intensive institutions' course catalogs…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Physics
Nicholas B. Lacy; Heather E. Canary; Lourdes S. Martinez – Communication Teacher, 2024
The curriculum review and transformation project reported in this paper represents an intentional and collaborative effort of faculty and administrators in one academic department to implement meaningful changes in undergraduate curricula. Supported by two internal grants from the university, this three-year project included all faculty and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, College Faculty, Undergraduate Study, Racism
Paul Hanstedt – American Association of Colleges and Universities, 2024
Supplying an insightful introduction to current trends in general education reform, this second edition of "General Education Essentials: A Guide for College Faculty" gives an important, timely overview of general education curricular design. General education curricula provide students with the intellectual flexibility they need to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teaching Guides, Curriculum Design, General Education
Mary Catherine Oxford – ProQuest LLC, 2021
California Community Colleges are not producing enough educated graduates to meet future workforce needs; to address the issue, goals and initiatives have been developed in an effort to increase completion (Foundation for California Community Colleges, 2017). In this study, the Clark and Estes (2008) gap analytic framework was used to understand…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Course Content, Community College Students, English Instruction
Miksa, Shawne D. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2021
Dr. Elfreda Chatman was a professor of library and information science at the University of North Carolina and Florida State University in the 1990s and early 2000s until her passing in 2002. Her research incorporated the disciplines of education, sociology, and LIS, covering topics at the nexus of these fields, from which she worked to develop a…
Descriptors: Library Science, Information Science, Information Science Education, College Faculty
Abenir, Mark Anthony D.; Abelardo, Abegail Martha S.; Moreno, Veronica Michelle L. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2020
Even though community engagement is an important function of higher educational institutions (HEIs), many HEI personnel across the world are in need of training in this area. In the extant literature, trainings for community engagement in an HEI context are well studied in countries of the Global North. However, there seems to be a dearth of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Course Descriptions, Universities, Course Content
Elizabeth Bennett – Teachers College Record, 2024
Background/context: Challenges faced by community college students have both intensified and transformed since COVID-19 hit in spring 2020. As colleges transitioned operations online and are still gradually returning to in-person teaching and learning, they have had to experiment with how to help students maintain some sense of connection to their…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, LGBTQ People, Community College Students, COVID-19
Posey, Amy J.; Cushing, Jacob – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
Debate about the merits of the psychodynamic perspective led us to wonder about the extent of its inclusion in personality textbooks and its coverage by teachers of the undergraduate personality psychology course. We reviewed the tables of contents of 25 recent personality textbooks and found only 4 that had no chapters dedicated to psychodynamic…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Psychology, Textbooks, Undergraduate Students
Niehaus, Elizabeth; Woodman, Taylor C.; Bryan, Angela; Light, Ashley; Hill, Erika – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2019
Given that higher education institutions are increasingly utilizing short-term study abroad courses as a means to develop students' intercultural competency, it is important to determine if and how the instructors leading these programs are incorporating intercultural learning into their courses. By examining learning objectives embedded within…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Objectives
Jervis, Kathe – Schools: Studies in Education, 2023
The author--in the role of one teacher observing another--documented a spring 2021 remote introductory art history course during the COVID-19 pandemic when graduate student teaching assistants called a campus-wide strike. Forced to improvise, the professor replaced formal analysis papers and exams with an ungraded journal. Drawing from the content…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Introductory Courses
Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Palmer, Michael; Aneece, Itiya – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
In this mixed methods study, researchers explored students' perceptions of different types of syllabi, the course, and the instructor articulated through the syllabi. Students were randomly assigned to read one of two US History syllabi: a content-focused syllabus (CFS), characterized as a traditional, content-focused, policy-laden syllabus; or a…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, History Instruction, Student Attitudes, Course Content
Humphrey, William, Jr.; Laverie, Debbie; Shields, Alison – Journal of Marketing Education, 2021
We explore the use of text message reminders to improve student performance. The effectiveness of text messaging reminders is examined by comparing two large sections of a course where students focused on personal branding. One section received deadline reminders by email, while the other section received opt-in text reminders. The results of the…
Descriptors: Marketing, Synchronous Communication, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Campbell, Elizabeth L.; Reedy, Amanda R.; Baird, Mark J.; Baird, David M. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2018
This study examined co-teaching -- two teachers collaboratively leading one course -- in undergraduate applied psychology courses. Previous research has established potential benefits of co-teaching on student success; however, none have examined students' perspectives on co-teaching in applied psychology courses. The present study hypothesized…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Team Teaching, Educational Benefits
Denison, Dwight V.; Kim, Saerim – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2019
There is a growing interest in the nonprofit sector among the students and graduates of Master of Public Administration (MPA)/Master of Public Policy (MPP) programs. In response, curricula have attempted to incorporate fundamental competencies necessary for success in the nonprofit sector. This article explores the educational demands from the…
Descriptors: Money Management, Public Administration, Masters Programs, Nonprofit Organizations