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Louisa Hunkerstorm; Brian Prescott – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
In today's higher education landscape, there are numerous conflicting pressures that influence how the mix of academic programs institutions choose to offer will evolve. This article describes: (1) The need to understand better how institutions' program arrays are evolving over time in the face of a variety of student, workforce, competitive,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Decision Making, Trend Analysis
Kidder, Jeffrey L.; Binder, Amy J. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2022
Released in the wake of postwar concerns over European totalitarianism, "Higher Education for American Democracy" offered a blueprint for a more socially inclusive college experience--one that could help bolster informed and thoughtful civic participation throughout the nation. Much of the six-volume report commissioned by President…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Democracy, Activism, College Students
Alexander, F. King – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2022
The market-based funding model more commonly known as direct student aid, which was adopted by the federal government during the late 1960s and early 1970s, has created a series of unintended consequences that threaten educational equity and the future of public higher education. The economic and societal impacts of the privatization of US public…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Educational Finance
Jones, Jason; Williams, Aaron; Whitaker, Shanta; Yingling, Stephanie; Inkelas, Karen; Gates, John – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2018
To meet projected labor demands in science and engineering, the workforce of the future must be educated today in increasing numbers. Indeed, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) underpin the government's ability to defend the nation and to assure the vitality of the economy. STEM jobs are the fastest growing occupational…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Achievement Gap, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students
Poulin, Russell; Straut, Terri Taylor – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2018
There is a gap in understanding between legislators, governors, and other leaders and those who actually manage the distance learning operations on the nation's campuses. Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's (WICHE) Cooperative Study of Educational Technologies (WCET) took a systematic approach to gauging the opinions of distance…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Change, Costs, Educational Finance
Kezar, Adrianna – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2018
For several decades, there has been increasing criticism, first of the tenure track system and now at the rise in adjunct and non-tenure track faculty. Few believe the professoriate is organized in ways to meet institutional missions, deliver educational quality, or meet the goals of student success. The critiques suggest that tenure-track models…
Descriptors: Tenure, Models, Institutional Mission, Nontenured Faculty
Frantz, Alan C.; Lawson, Jonathan N. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2017
Although institutions of higher education rarely crumble and fall in the wake of votes of no confidence in their leadership--in presidents, senior administrators, or even governing boards--those expressions of discontent do have meaning. They suggest something awry at the institution, and even the potential to precipitate change. They also present…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, College Administration, Leadership Effectiveness
Palmer, Michael S.; Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Aneece, Itiya – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2016
Essentially, the syllabus is a physical artifact outlining key structural elements of a course. It often serves contractual, record keeping, and/or communication functions. It is the place where faculty describe what content they will cover, what books and articles their students will read, the assignments they will complete, dates when things are…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Course Content, Courses
Nodine, Thad; Johnstone, Sally M. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2015
Competency-based education (CBE) refers to online and hybrid courses and programs that offer credit or degrees based on evidence of student learning, or competencies, rather than on the amount of time spent in a course. Students work at their own pace, receive personalized academic support, and demonstrate mastery as they progress through their…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Instructional Leadership, Individualized Instruction, Community Colleges
Weerts, David J. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2015
As state support for higher education has continued its downward slide, several commissions, declarations, and association reports have called on colleges and universities to be more productively engaged with state and regional needs. An underlying subtext of these reports is that the future of state support for higher education hinges on the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Educational Finance, Financial Support