Fixing College Education: A New Curriculum for the Twenty-first Century

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161 INDEX Adelphi College, 67 admissions, and social class, 2 advising and advisors, 38–39, 52–53, 74, 89; professional, 37, 74. See also mentoring Alabama, University of, New College, 72–73, 154 Allen, Elaine, 150 Alverno College, 58–61, 78, 151 American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), 40, 63, 144, 145, 147, 149, 151, 157 anti-intellectualism, 130 Appalachian State University, 67 Arizona State University, 68, 153 Arizona State University West, 70, 153 Arnone, Michael, 159 arts education, 17 assessment, 55–62, 150–52; of faculty , 61–62; of students, 55, 58–61; self-, 60 Association of American Universities, 156 Association of Integrative Studies, 67 Astin, Alexander, 26, 63–64, 152 Atlantic, College of the, 78 Bain, Ken, 13, 145 Banta, Trudy W., 151 Barr, Robert B., 63, 152 Barrow, Lisa, 158 Bennington College, 79–83, 155 Berkeley, University of California at: College of Letters and Science, 18– 19; Committee on Courses, 34–35; report, Education at Berkeley, ix; survey of undergraduates, 50–51, 150 Bok, Derek, 133–34, 143, 144, 158, 159 Boston University, 75 Bowen, Roger W., 132–33, 159 Bowen, William G., 157 Bower, James M., 18, 145 Boyer, Ernest L., 85, 99, 105, 143, 147, 156 breadth of study, 41, 66, 148 Brownell, John, 148 Bruffee, Kenneth, 158 business: attitudes and influence, 3, 123–24 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 51, 113, 147, 150, 156–57 Chestnut Hill College, 67 Chicago, University of, 71 Chickering, Arthur W., 148, 159 Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE), 1, 144 citizenship and democracy, 9–10, 16–17, 111–12 Clemson University, 68, 153 Clydesdale, Tim, 159 Colby, Anne, 150, 158 INDEX 162 Coleman, Elizabeth, 79, 82, 155 Colgate University, 67 collaborative learning, 10 college education: defects of, 23; goals of, 10 Collegiate Learning Assessment Project, 55, 151 Collegiate Seminar Program (Strawberry Creek College), 18–35, 146– 47; courses, 21–23, 33; evaluations of, 27–28, 29–32; individual major, 28–29 complexity of study, 40–42 Concordia College, 67 core curricula, 65–67, 153 Council of Graduate Schools, 157 courses: lecture, 6, 7; survey, 6, 7 Coutourier, Lara, 143 credit, academic, 49 critical thinking, 10 Crosstalk, 144 curriculum: hidden, 129; typical, 5. See also core curricula; new curriculum ; “nuclear” curriculum Dangerfield, Anthony, 4, 143, 144, 159 Dartmouth College, 67 Davidson College, 71 Davis, James R., 148–49 DEEP project, 94, 155 departments: academic, 18–19, 110; graduate, 118–19 depth, study in, 40, 148 Dewey, John, 17, 110, 156 Diamond, Robert M., 159 disciplines, basic, 39 dissertation, 114–16 distance learning and online education, 47–48 Dreyfus, Hubert L., 149 Duke Center for Academic Integrity, 51, 150 Educational Testing Service, 151 Education Trust, 158 Edwards, Alan F., Jr., 153 Edwards, Richard, 147 Ehrlich, Thomas, 150 Emerson, Diane M., 156 Emory University, 146 Empire State College, 85–87, 155 Engell, James, 4, 143, 144, 159 engineering education, 17, 145–46 England, James, 152 environmental education, 78, 154 ethical instruction, 126 Ettlich, Ernest E., 155–56 Evans, Daniel J., 88 Evergreen State College, 13, 87–96, 153, 155–56; courses, 90–92, 137–42 facilitation of meetings, 25 faculty, 36, 97–98; appointment and retention, 92–94; collegiality of, 27; responsibility of, 36–42; role of, in new curriculum, 52–53; –student ratio, 56 Fairhaven College, Western Washington University, 75–77, 154 Fallows, James, 151 Finkel, Donald L., 13–17, 145 Fish, Stanley, 126, 158 Fund for the Improvement of PostSecondary Education, 20 Gaff, Jerry G., 148, 150 Gallatin School. See New York University Gamson, Zelda, 148 general education curriculum, 65. See also core curricula George Mason University, 67, 153 Germano, William, 157 Giroux, Henry A., 144 Glassick, Charles E., 152 Glazer, Judith S., 156 grading, 46; inflation of, 51, 150 graduate education, 112–19 graduate student assistants, 7–8, 21; exploitation of, 8, 113–14 Graham, Amy, 151 INDEX 163 Graham, Patricia, 27 Grasso, Domenico, 145 great books, 14, 42 Greenwood, Addison, 150–51 Gross, Neil, 144 Grossberg, Milton, 144 Guile, David, 148 Hall, James W., 85 Hampshire College, 83–85, 155 Harris, Jonathan, 25–26 Harvard University, 49; course criteria , 65–66, 147, 152; general education curriculum, 64–66, 147, 152 Herman, Lee, 149, 155 Hersh, Richard H., 143, 151, 157, 158 high school education, 121–22, 130– 32 Hill, Patrick, 69 Holy Cross, College of the, 70, 154 honors college(s), 23, 71–74, 154 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 18, 146...