PicoFeed The Chronicle of Higher Education | Curriculum https://www.chronicle.com/section/Curriculum/11/ 2020-07-20T13:59:33-04:00 The Chronicle of Higher Education Can Higher Education Help Fix America’s Policing Problem? https://www.chronicle.com/article/Can-Higher-Education-Help-Fix/249105 2020-07-01T17:54:00-04:00 In the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, some colleges consider whether they have a bigger role to play in educating police officers. By Eric Kelderman Fixing the Courses Everyone Loves to Hate https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20191206-GatewayCourses 2019-12-06T17:20:00-05:00 Large introductory courses are notorious for being tedious, confusing, and even harmful. The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor is betting it can change all that. By Beth McMurtrie Remedial Reforms Are Removing Barriers for Students. Here Are 4 Key Challenges to Scaling the Changes Up. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Remedial-Reforms-Are-Removing/247623 2019-11-26T18:15:00-05:00 Overhauling developmental education will require faculty buy-in and wraparound supports, reformers say. By Katherine Mangan New 2-Year Degree Promises Gen-Ed Basics and Fast-Track Career Skills https://www.chronicle.com/article/New-2-Year-Degree-Promises/247600 2019-11-24T18:30:00-05:00 In January the University System of Georgia will roll out programs that combine academic fundamentals with advanced niche skills in high demand by local industries. By Alexander C. Kafka Want to Change the Academic Lineup? First Analyze Offerings as a Whole https://www.chronicle.com/article/Want-to-Change-the-Academic/247348 2019-10-15T12:22:00-04:00 To cut costs, colleges may put certain programs on the chopping block. Taking the time to consider them as a portfolio, one expert says, can reveal how the offerings stack up. By Scott Carlson This College Teaches Conflict Resolution to All Freshmen. Here’s How. https://www.chronicle.com/article/This-College-Teaches-Conflict/247278 2019-10-06T18:30:00-04:00 Harvey Mudd’s freshmen are clever with machines, but dealing with fellow human beings requires different skills. By Alexander C. Kafka Women-Only STEM Programs Target the Gender Gap. Now the Education Dept. Is Investigating Them for Bias. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Women-Only-STEM-Programs/246996 2019-08-22T20:45:00-04:00 Supporters of the programs argue that the inquiries distort the purpose of Title IX protections. By Steven Johnson Ethnic-Studies Scholars Hoped Their Curriculum Would Break Boundaries. Critics Are Calling It Propaganda. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Ethnic-Studies-Scholars-Hoped/246949 2019-08-13T17:58:00-04:00 The proposed course of study comes as state lawmakers are considering making ethnic studies mandatory for high schoolers and Cal State students. By Steven Johnson Answers to 6 Big Questions About the Skills Gap https://www.chronicle.com/article/Answers-to-6-Big-Questions/246198 2019-05-07T14:35:00-04:00 What is it? Who gets left out? Maria Flynn, president of Jobs for the Future, talks to The Chronicle about those questions and related key issues. By Goldie Blumenstyk 6 Majors Were Spared the Ax at Stevens Point. But the Damage Might Be Done. https://www.chronicle.com/article/6-Majors-Were-Spared-the-Ax-at/246138 2019-04-18T16:36:00-04:00 Citing savings from faculty departures, the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point said it no longer planned to eliminate the programs. But those departures have had their own effects. By Terry Nguyen Do Your Academic Programs Actually Develop ‘Employability’? There’s an Assessment for That https://www.chronicle.com/article/Do-Your-Academic-Programs/246120 2019-04-16T13:37:00-04:00 Plenty of colleges claim to prepare students for employment. A new organization breaks down what that really means. By Goldie Blumenstyk U. of Wisconsin at Stevens Point Pulls Back From Plan to Cut 6 Liberal-Arts Programs https://www.chronicle.com/article/U-of-Wisconsin-at-Stevens/246098 2019-04-10T19:04:00-04:00 Facing a budget deficit and enrollment declines, the university had said it would eliminate majors in art, geography, history, and other fields. Now it says the cuts are no longer needed. By Terry Nguyen ‘A Triumph of Bureaucracy’: How One University Is Converting From Quarters to Semesters https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Triumph-of/246072 2019-04-05T14:44:00-04:00 California State University at San Bernardino is among the few universities of its kind on the quarter system. It’s switching to semesters, and that takes a lot of work. By Terry Nguyen Project 2021 Flopped. Readers Took These 3 Lessons From the Saga. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Project-2021-Flopped-Readers/245827 2019-03-06T14:09:00-05:00 Solve specific problems, involve faculty and staff members, and when things aren’t working, shut it down. By Lindsay Ellis How Colleges Use the Curriculum to Encourage Resilience https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Colleges-Use-the/245773 2019-02-26T12:38:00-05:00 In the face of a student mental-health crisis, a few colleges are putting wellness into the curriculum. By Terry Nguyen No Textbooks, No Lectures, and No Right Answers. Is This What Higher Education Needs? https://www.chronicle.com/article/No-Textbooks-No-Lectures-and/245640 2019-02-10T18:30:00-05:00 James Madison University thinks its distinctive approach can help students learn to be more innovative. By Beth McMurtrie A College Lost Its Languages One by One. Can 3 Professors Save Spanish? https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-College-Lost-Its-Languages/245660 2019-02-08T15:37:00-05:00 Faculty members at Fort Lewis College hope a curriculum overhaul can revive their last foreign language. By Steven Johnson Colleges Lose a ‘Stunning’ 651 Foreign-Language Programs in 3 Years https://www.chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Lose-a-Stunning-/245526 2019-01-22T16:51:00-05:00 Higher education saw a net loss of just one foreign-language program from 2009 to 2013, according to the Modern Language Association. From 2013 to 2016, the loss grew to 651. By Steven Johnson Faculty Members Call On U. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chancellor to Resign Over Proposed Program Cuts https://www.chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Members-Call-On-U-of/245201 2018-11-29T16:13:00-05:00 In a letter to the system’s Board of Regents, they wrote that the chancellor had mismanaged the campus to the point of a “dire financial emergency.” By Andy Tsubasa Field Their Graduates in Demand, Engineering-Management Programs Gain in Popularity https://www.chronicle.com/article/Their-Graduates-in-Demand/245185 2018-11-28T12:54:16-05:00 The combination of technical and business training prepares master’s-degree students to bring products “from lab to life.” By Alexander C. Kafka