Colleges' Failure to Tackle Pressing Academic Problems in 1980's Laid to Lack of Collaboration by Professors and Administrators.

Leatherman, Courtney

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Colleges' Failure to Tackle Pressing Academic Problems in 1980's Laid to Lack of Collaboration by Professors and Administrators.

Leatherman, Courtney

Chronicle of Higher Education, v37 n19 pA13,16 Jan 23 1991

Because faculty and administrators never developed effective ways to work together to set institutional priorities, little progress was made in improving undergraduate education, in assessing what students learn, and in creating a curriculum and an environment supporting student diversity. Governance issues are seen as related to cooperation. (MSE)

Descriptors: Administrators, College Environment, College Faculty, Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Governance, Higher Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Problem Solving, Student Evaluation

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