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ERIC Number: EJ581590
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
The Most Important Education in America: An Interview with Shirley Strum Kenny.
Goldberg, Mark F.
Phi Delta Kappan, v80 n7 p526-28 Mar 1999
Excellence in undergraduate education became the first goal of SUNY President Shirley Strum Kenny's broadly-based five-year plan. Its capstone is the report "Reinventing Undergraduate Education." Kenny thinks freshman education can be improved by initiating block scheduling, interdisciplinarity, mentoring, and experiential and inquiry-based learning. (MLH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Presidents, Educational Improvement, Excellence in Education, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Universities, Undergraduate Study, Women Administrators
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Commissions; State University of New York Stony Brook