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Resources for Hope: Ideas for Alternatives from Heterodox Higher Education Institutions
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Butcher, Catherine Norma – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2017
This report describes my field visits to Berea and Deep Springs Colleges in the U.S.A. and explores their forms of ownership/control, governance, financing and organisational structure. Berea and Deep Springs are small, liberal arts colleges, distinctive in American higher education, in which students actively participate in a spirit of democracy.…
Descriptors: Experimental Colleges, Nontraditional Education, Ownership, Governance
What Does It Mean to Be Civic-Ready? Uncovering Citizenship Conceptualizations in US States That Require the 'Citizenship Test'
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Johnson, Aaron Paul – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2021
There is a growing trend within civics education within the United States to adopt the USCIS naturalization civics exam (commonly referred to as the 'citizenship test'), which consists of 100 multiple choice questions, to determine the civic readiness of students. This study explores civics education within eight US states that have adopted the…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Readiness
A Longitudinal View of the Liberal Arts Curriculum a Decade after Merger: A Multiple Case Study of Community Colleges in Connecticut, Kentucky, and Louisiana
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Norton, Ann; Wilson, Kristin – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This study is an examination of the state of the liberal arts curriculum in community colleges in three geographic regions of the United States. From a constructivist paradigm and using globalization theory as a theoretical framework, this multiple case study examined faculty work life and administrative processes related to curriculum change in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Liberal Arts, Constructivism (Learning), Global Approach
A Longitudinal View of the Liberal Arts Curriculum a Decade after Merger: A Multiple Case Study of Community Colleges in Connecticut, Kentucky, and Louisiana
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Norton, Ann E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation is an examination of the state of the liberal arts curriculum in community colleges in three geographic regions of the United States. From a constructivist paradigm and using globalization theory as a theoretical framework, this multiple case study examined faculty work life and administrative processes related to curriculum…
Descriptors: General Education, Liberal Arts, College Faculty, Faculty Workload