Expansion and changes in doctoral education globally have challenged universities to meet the needs of practising professionals. Values and purposes, structure and content and pedagogy of the provision are key considerations. This curriculum evaluation work investigated the views of 68 higher education staff mainly from Europe and North America…

A discussion of the use of learning outcomes to guide and measure college student learning considers, first, the distinction between "objectives" (educational, instructional, behavioral, nonbehavioral, teaching, and expressive) and "learning outcomes" (subject-specific, student, and teacher-specific). It concludes that outcome statements and…

In the context of heightened interest in providing college graduates with transferable skills for use in later job performance, one institution's efforts are examined. A study of five diverse courses at Glasgow Caledonian University (Scotland) investigated course content, teaching approaches, and students' perceptions concerning development of…