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Peer reviewedCasey, Beth A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1994
Principles for the administration and governance of interdisciplinary programs are drawn from several decades of experience in general education and in interdisciplinary centers, colleges, and schools. The principles are discussed in terms of the institutional context and include suggestions for garnering budgetary support, addressing faculty…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Curriculum Design, General Education
Peer reviewedTandy, Keith A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1988
Some funding is necessary to run a writing-across-the-curriculum program, but it is possible to redesign a program and keep it running when outside funding ends. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Financial Support, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Peer reviewedFong, Bobby – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1988
There is no one test or approach that is sufficient to serve all the objectives and purposes of assessment within the major. A multidimensional approach combining locally developed procedures such as theses, portfolios, orals, external examiners, with standardized tests is an effective strategy. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Degree Requirements, Departments
Peer reviewedStout, Barbara R.; Magnotto, Joyce N. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1988
Survey responses from 401 community colleges show that many of these two-year, open-admissions institutions have developed writing-across-the-curriculum programs that address the special needs of their faculty and students. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedRader, Hannlore B. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1984
Bibliographic instruction programs at the following colleges are described: Berea, Baruch, Earlham, Lake Forest, Ohio State, SUNY Brockport, Colorado, Toronto, Wisconsin, and Winthrop. Descriptions include program duration, administrative support, faculty support, integration into the campus curriculum, program goals and objectives,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, College Curriculum, Educational Objectives
