Curriculum, and the teaching and learning that stem from it, is at the heart of each higher education institution. Faculty have the responsibility for developing curriculum in higher education contexts, yet little is known about the beliefs faculty hold of curriculum that underpin how they engage in the curriculum development process. Using…

Many colleges and universities recently piloted and adopted the co-requisite model of delivery of developmental mathematics while offering more options for students to fulfill their mathematics requirement. We discuss our process for piloting and ultimately implementing the co-requisite model at our university, provide preliminary data on student…

Following the release of the Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) in 2011, many institutions of various types tried out different ways to use the DQP. Although over 680 institutions have used the DQP to date, until now the impact of the DQP on institutions and students has not been documented in a systematic manner. To determine the effects of DQP…

This paper follows Kennesaw State's University's (KSU) faculty journey in developing a new integrated core curriculum for their Management majors that will empower the students and meet the needs of today's employers. Curriculums must change to stay current. Depending on the amount of change, this can be a huge undertaking for a department…

This guidebook provides an introduction to Instructional Improvement Systems (IIS) for State education agency (SEA) managers and program leads. Functional components of a theoretical IIS model are discussed and used as a reference point for the introduction a seven-step planning and implementation cycle designed to guide SEAs in the development of…

This exploratory, qualitative research explored the extent that course syllabi in the Departments of English in 13 public and 9 private universities in Taiwan reflect the inclusion of syllabus components to promote learning as recommended in the literature in the United States. Research questions included: what components can be inferred from the…

Recent departmental-level efforts at general education curriculum reform are surveyed. Discussion is given to English departments, which are well suited to lead general education reform, because they can learn from these experiences. (MSE)

Attempts to define the role of English in the system of higher education. (RB)

Describes some of the idols of English departments and suggests what must be done to revivify the teaching of college English. (RB)

Militant black students and teachers sport a militant style in order to achieve a protected and segregated (but academically undemanding and inferior) educational niche called a Black Studies Program. (DM)

Discusses the issues involved in defining the objectives, the sphere of operation, the curriculum, and the academic justification of the hundreds of Black Studies programs that have been set up in all sections of the country in all kinds of institutions. (Author/JM)

Provides background on the general issues of performance assessment and suggests intervention strategies for department chairs. (KEH)

This feature, consisting of 15 articles, examines state curriculum guidelines in dance. Guidelines exist in 13 states, and an article on each state's program is included. However, except for North Carolina, no states have mandated that these guidelines be implemented. (IAH)