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ERIC Number: EJ390823
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Innovative Colleges Find Their Unorthodox Ways Can Bring Headaches.
Magner, Denise K.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n38 pA9,12 May 31 1989
Among the problems faced by unorthodox colleges are prevention of stagnation and attracting faculty members who share the institution's vision of undergraduate education. Representatives of 16 colleges at a "Meeting of Innovative Colleges" suggest that innovative programs have often taken on institutional lives of their own, making further change difficult. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Experimental Colleges, Faculty Recruitment, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Institutional Vitality