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ERIC Number: EJ1338157
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 11
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ISSN: EISSN-1812-9129
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Achieving Curricular Coherence in Complex Higher Educational Systems: Considering the Human Element in Transformational Change
Fay, Jennifer R.; Newton, Camille; Budge, Steven T.
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, v33 n1 p23-33 2021
Lack of clear, coherent pathways to transfer or to workforce goals is a common impediment to community college student success and completion. Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) set the ambitious goal of achieving curricular coherence across its 10 colleges, developing shared pathways that clearly delineate employment and/or transfer opportunities, assessable learning outcomes, course sequences that build toward mastery of those outcomes, and curricular and co-curricular milestones. MCCCD is a complex system with hundreds of degrees and certificates, numerous transfer partners, and a multitude of course options. Consequently, the implementation of clear, coherent, shared pathways constituted a dramatic transformation of policies, structures, processes, and culture. Implementation of a redesign of this magnitude can be difficult given that resistance to transformational change is common. Through an intentional and purposeful change process grounded in organizational and individual change theory, well over 900 faculty and staff from across MCCCD mobilized to engage in this ambitious redesign of their curriculum, developing clear, coherent, and shared pathways for over 240 disciplines within a period of 19 months. These results illustrate the importance of considering the human element in systemwide transformational change.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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