A procedure that the Whittier College community, on the strength of their own four-year experience, would recommend for the consideration of other colleges contemplating the development of a new curriculum is set out stage by stage. (LBH)

Discusses curricular tradition in liberal higher education and proposes a schema of curricular principles emphasizing the character of the learner, the world to be known, a common heritage of humanity, and kinds of disciplines. Uses the University of Chicago's past and current curricula to illustrate the ongoing search for curricular coherence.…

The character of academic disciplines profoundly influences the curricular organization and pedagogical practices of undergraduate education. A critical interpretation of liberal arts disciplines and their place in undergraduate education is discussed, with a positive rationale for a different approach to undergraduate education outlined.…

Team-taught interdisciplinary courses are seen as difficult to develop if an institution has a strong departmental structure. Course-pairs, a model to develop a truly interdisciplinary course while providing independent, coherent courses in history and philosophy, is described. The results of a student course-evaluation survey are presented. (MLW)

Liberal arts colleges have abandoned their goal of education for the university-college model of education-for-a-job. The need for a new model is discussed. Colleges need to establish a central theme: "a curricular career of learning how to learn and accepting the responsibilities of leadership." (Author/MLW)

Discussion at the Wingspread Conference on the New American College (August 1994) concerning a new model of educational excellence in higher education is summarized. The model emphasizes the need to connect general education with specialized education, theoretical learning with practical learning, and development of intellectual skills with…