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ERIC Number: EJ376519
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Universities Grapple with Academic Politics as They Strive to Change Their Curricula.
Heller, Scott
Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n2 pA12-13,16 Sep 7 1988
The movement to improve the quality of general education (the common courses taken by students outside their majors) continues. Change is difficult because it is resisted by a significant number of faculty. Experiences at the University of Wyoming and the University of Washington are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Change, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, General Education, Higher Education, Politics, Undergraduate Study, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Resistance to Change; University of Washington; University of Wyoming