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ERIC Number: EJ605180
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0024-1822
Coherence Without a Core: Curriculum Planning, Electronic Portfolios, and Enhanced Advising in the Liberal Arts.
Elphick, Richard H.; Weitzer, William H.
Liberal Education, v86 n1 p16-23 Win 2000
Describes changes at Wesleyan University (Connecticut) since 1997 to foster curricular coherence in the liberal arts without imposing a curricular core. Changes include an on-line registration system, a curriculum plan for the first two years which helps students create sequences of interdisciplinary study in addition to the major, Web-based electronic portfolios for students, and an enhanced faculty advisory system. (DB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Wesleyan University CT
Note: Theme issue: "The Liberal Arts: A Renewable Resource."