Blibliography from the 2005 AAC&U Institute on General Education
General
Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2004. Taking
responsibility for the quality of the baccalaureate degree.
Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Association of American Colleges and Universities. 2002. Greater
expectations: A new vision for learning as a nation goes to college.
Washington: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Association of American Colleges and Universities Board of Directors.
2004. Our students’ best work: A framework for accountability
worthy of our mission. Washington, DC: Association of American
Colleges and Universities.
Gaff, Jerry G. 1999. General education: The changing agenda.
Washington: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Schneider, Carol G., and Robert Shoenberg. 1998. Contemporary
understandings of liberal education. Washington: Association
of American Colleges and Universities.
Ratcliff, James L., D. Kent Johnson, and Jerry G. Gaff, eds. 2004.
Changing General Education Curriculum. New Directions for
Higher Education, No. 125. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Goals
A new vitality in general education. 1988. Washington:
Association of American Colleges, 3-13.
Farmer, D.W. 1998. Enhancing student learning: Emphasizing
essential competencies in academic programs. Wilkes-Barre:
King’s College.
Greater expectations national panel briefing paper #4.
June 2000. Association of American Colleges and Universities. http://www.greaterexpectations.org/briefing_papers/GoalsForLiberalLearning.html
Integrity in the college curriculum. 1985. Washington:
Association of American Colleges, 15-26.
Missions of the college curriculum: A contemporary review with
suggestions. 1977. A Commentary of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 150-163.
(Somewhat dated but still useful.)
Strong foundations: Twelve principles for effective general
education programs. 1994. Washington: Association of American
Colleges, 3-12.
Curriculum Design
A new vitality in general education. 1988. Washington:
Association of American Colleges.
Chickering, Arthur W., et al. 1977. Developing the college
curriculum: A handbook for faculty and administrators. Washington:
Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges.
Gaff, Jerry G. 1991. New life for the college curriculum: Assessing
achievements and furthering progress in the reform of general education.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Gamson, Zelda F., and Associates. 1983. Liberating education.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Katz, Joseph, Laura Bornholdt, Jerry Gaff, Nancy Hoffman, Lucile
Newman, Mark Ratner, and Rudolph H. Weingartner. 1988. Planning
effective general education. A new vitality in general education.
Washington: Association of American Colleges, 3-26.
Ratcliff, James L., D. Kent Johnson, and Jerry G. Gaff, eds. 2004.
Changing General Education Curriculum. New Directions for
Higher Education, No. 125. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Schmitz, Betty. 1992. Core curriculum and cultural pluralism:
A guide for campus planners. Washington: Association of American
Colleges.
Pedagogy
Bransford, John D., Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, eds. 2000.
How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Brookfield, Stephen D. 1990. The skillful teacher: On technique,
trust, and responsiveness in the classroom. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Cronon, William. 1999. Only connect: The goals of a liberal
education. Liberal Education, 85:1, 6-13.
Davis, Barbara Gross. 1993. Tools for teaching. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Duffy, Donna Killian, and Janet W. Jones. 1995. Teaching within
the rhythms of the semester. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Ehrlich, Thomas, and Juliet Frey. 1996. Great teachers and
teaching. Liberal Education, 82:4, 4-9.
Finster, David C. 1992. New pathways to teaching chemistry: Reflective
judgment in science. Liberal Education, 78:1, 14-19.
Schneider, Carol G., and Robert Shoenberg. 1998. Contemporary understandings
of liberal education. Liberal Education, 84:2, 32-37.
Assessment
Anderson, J. Tailoring Assessment to Student Learning Styles. AAHE
Bulletin, March 2001. http://aahebulletin.com/public/archive/styles.asp
Banta, T. W. et al. 1993. Making a difference. Outcomes of
a decade of assessment in higher education. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Banta, T. W. et al. 1996. Assessment in practice: Putting principles
to work on college campuses. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Dressel, P. L. and Lewis B. Mayhew. 1954. Explorations in evaluation.
The final report. Washington, DC.
Ewell, Peter. 2004. General education and the assessment reform
agenda. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and
Universities.
Farmer, D. W. 1999. Institutional improvement and motivated
faculty: A case study. New Directions for Teaching and Learning.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, No. 78
Gaff, Jerry G., James Ratcliff, et. al. 1997. Handbook of the
undergraduate curriculum: A comprehensive guide to purposes, structures,
practices, and change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, especially
pages 571-627.
Huba, M. E., & Freed, J. E. 2000. Learner-centered assessment
on college campuses: Shifting the focus from teaching to learning.
Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 151-200; 201-232.
Leskes, Andrea. 2002. Beyond confusion: An assessment glossary.
Peer Review. 4: 2/3, 42-43.
Maki, P. 2004. Chapters 1-7. Assessing for Learning: Building
a Sustainable Commitment across the Institution. Stylus Publishing,
LLC, and AAHE.
Maki, P. Spring, 2003. Learning Contexts Inside and Outside
of the Academy. AAHE New Directions Special Report. http://www.aahe.org/specialreports/part2.htm
Maki, P. From Paperwork to Pedagogy: Channeling Intellectual Curiosity
into Assessing Student Learning. AAHE Bulletin, May, 2002.
http://aahebulletin.com/public/archive/paperwork.asp
Maki, P. Developing an Assessment Plan to Learn about Student Learning.
Journal of Academic Librarianship, Jan./Feb., 2002. http://www.aahe.org/assessment/assessmentplan.htm
Stevens, D. D., and Levi, A. J. 2004. Introduction to Rubrics:
An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback
and Promote Student Learning. VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC, and
AAHE.
Walvoord, B.E., & Anderson, V.J. 1998. Effective grading: A
tool for learning and assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Issues of Process
Chickering, Arthur W., and Zelda Gamson. 1991. Applying the
seven principles of good practice in undergraduate education.
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 47. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Gaff, Jerry G. 1980. Avoiding the potholes: Strategies for reforming
general education. Educational Record. 50.
Gaff, Jerry G. 1983. General education today: A critical analysis
of practices and reforms. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gamson, Zelda, Sandra Kanter and Howard London. 1992. General education
reform: Moving beyond the rational model of change. Perspectives:
The Journal of the Association of General and Liberal Studies.
Vol. 22, No. 1. 58.
Green, Janice S. 2000. Reviewing and renewing general education:
A practical guide. New England Resource Center for Higher Education
Working Paper #24. Boston: University of Massachusetts. 2000.
Kanter, Sandra. 1991. The buck stops here: Outside grants and
the general education process. New England Resource Center
for Higher Education Working Paper #9. Boston: University of Massachusetts.
Kanter, Sandra L., Howard London and Zelda F. Gamson. 1990. Implementing
general education: Initial findings. New England Resource Center
for Higher Education Working Paper #5. Boston: University of Massachusetts.
Kipling, Kim and Ann S. Ferren. 2000. Closing the Gaps: A Leadership
Challenge. Liberal Education, Vol. 85 No. 3, pp. 28-35.
Munson, Fred C. and Donald C. Pelz. 1982. Innovating in organizations:
A conceptual framework. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.
Rogers, Everett M, and Floyd R. Shoemaker. 1971. The communication
of innovation. New York: The Free Press.
Politics of Educational Change
Birnbaum, Robert. 1988. How colleges work: The cybernetics
of academic organization and leadership. San Francisco: Jossey
Bass.
Ferren, Ann S., and Kay Mussell. Leading curriculum renewal. In
Ann F. Lucas. 2000. Leading academic change. San Francisco:
Jossey Bass, 246-274.
Gamson, Zelda F., Sandra L. Kanter, and Howard B. London. 1997.
Revitalizing general education in a time of scarcity. Needham
Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Guarasci, Richard. 2001. Developing the democratic arts. About
Campus, Jan-Feb. 9-15.
Guarasci, Richard. & Grant Cornwell, 1997. Democratic education
in age of difference:
Redefining citizenship in higher education. San Francisco:
Jossey Bass.
Kanter, Sandra L., Zelda F. Gamson and Howard B. London. 1997.
Revitalizing general education in a time of scarcity: A navigational
chart for administrators and faculty. Needham Heights: Allyn
& Bacon.
Kimball, Bruce A. 1995. The condition of American liberal education:
pragmatism and a changing tradition. New York: The College
Board.
Levine, Arthur and Jeanette S. Cureton. 1998. When hope and
fear collide: A portrait of today’s college student.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Meiklejohn, Alexander. 1932. The experimental college.
New York: Harper-Collins.
Miller, G. E. 1988. The meaning of general education: The emergence
of a curriculum paradigm. New York: Teachers College Press.
Orrill, Robert. 1997. Education and democracy: Re-imagining
liberal learning in America. New York: The College Board.
On change: An occasional paper series of the ACE project
on leadership and institutional transformation.
- Eckel, Peter, Barbara Hill and Madeleine Green. 1998. On
change. En route to transformation. Washington: American
Council on Education.
- Eckel, Peter, Barbara Hill and Madeleine Green. 1999. On
change. Reports from the road: Insights from institutional change.
Washington: American Council on Education.
- Eckel, Peter, Madeleine Green, Barbara Hill and William Mallon.
1999. On change III. Taking charge of change: A primer for
colleges and universities. Washington: American Council on
Education.
Sullivan, William M. 1995. Work and integrity: The crisis and
province of professionalism. New York: Harper-Collins.
Toombs, William and William G. Tierney. 1991. Meeting the mandate:
Renewing the college and departmental curriculum. 1991 ASHE-ERIC
Higher Education Report No. 6, Washington, D.C.: George Washington
University, School of Education and Human Development.
Strategy and Strategies for Curricular Reform
Bolman, Lee G., and Terrence E. Deal. 1991. Reframing organizations:
Artistry, choice, and leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Civian, Jan T., Gordon Arnold, Zelda F. Gamson, Sandra Kanter,
and Howard B. London. 1997. Implementing Change. in Gaff, Jerry
G., and James Ratcliff, et. al. Handbook of the undergraduate
curriculum: A comprehensive guide to purposes, structures, practices,
and change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 647-660.
Eldred, Marilou, and Brian E. Fogarty. 1996. Five lessons for curriculum
reform. Liberal Education, 82: 1.
Farmer, Donald W. 1990. Strategies for change. in Douglas Steeples,
ed. Managing change in higher education. New Directions
in Higher Education. No. 71. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 7.
Ferren, Ann S. and Rick Slavings. 2000. Investing in Quality:
Tools for Improving Curricular Efficiency. Washington, DC:
Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Gamson, Zelda F. 1992. The realpolitik of reforming general
education. Proceedings of the 1991 Asheville Institute on General
Education. Washington: Association of American Colleges.
Lindquist, Jack. 1997. Strategies for change. Handbook of the
undergraduate curriculum: A comprehensive guide to purposes, structures,
practices, and change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Ratcliff, James L. Quality and coherence in general education.
Gaff, Jerry G., James. L. Ratcliff, et al, ed. 1991. Handbook
of the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Comprehensive Guide to Purposes,
Structures, Practices, and Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
141-169.
Student Development
Baxter-Magolda, Marcia. 2001. Making their own way: Narratives
for transforming higher education to promote self-development.
Sterling, VA: Stylus.
Baxter-Magolda, Marcia. 1992. Knowing and reasoning in college:
Gender-related patterns in students’ intellectual development.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Chandler, Michael J. 1987. The Othello Effect: Essay on the emergence
and eclipse of skeptical doubt. Human Development, 30:
137-159.
Elkind, David. 1967. Egocentrism in adolescence. Child Development,
38: 1025-1034.
Johnson, J., R.C. Reardon, G.L. Kram, J.G. Lenz, A.S., Maduros,
and Sampson. 1991. The demand side of general education: Attending
to student attitudes and understandings. The Journal of General
Education, 40, 180-200.
King, P.M. and K.S. Kitchener. 1994. Developing reflective
judgement. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kroll, Barry M. 1992. Reflective inquiry in a college English class.
Liberal Education, 78:1, 10-13.
Perry, W.G. 1968. Forms of intellectual and ethical development
in the college years: A Scheme. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and
Winston.
Schilling, K.M. & Schilling, K. L. 1999. Increasing expectations
for student academic effort. About Campus, 4-2.
Raising Expectations for Student Achievement
Chickering, A.W. and Z. F. Gamson. 1987. Seven principles for good
practice in undergraduate education. AAHE Bulletin, 39:7,
3-7.
Marchese, T. 1996. Resetting expectations. Change, Nov./Dec:
4.
Marchese, T. 1998. Disengaged students II. Change, May/June:
4.
Wingspread Group on Higher Education. 1993. An American imperative:
Higher expectations for higher education. Racine, Wisconsin:
Johnson Foundation.
Interdisciplinarity in General Education
Davis, James. 1995. Interdisciplinary courses and team teaching:
New arrangements for learning. American Council on Education
Series on Higher Education. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.
Field, M., and Lee, R. 1992. Assessment of interdisciplinary programs.
European Journal of Education 27:3, 277-283.
Klein, Julie Thompson. 1996. Crossing boundaries: Knowledge,
disciplinarities, and interdisciplinarities. Charlottesville:
University Press of Virginia.
Klein, Julie Thompson, and William Doty, eds. 1994. Interdisciplinary
studies today. New Directions in Teaching and Learning, 58.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Lattuca, Lisa R., and Joan S. Stark. 1994. Will disciplinary perspectives
impede curricular reform? Journal of Higher Education,
65, 401-426.
Nelson, Michael, and et. al. 2000. Alive at the core: Exemplary
approaches to general education in the humanities. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Smith, Barbara Leigh, and John McCann, eds. 2001. Reinventing
ourselves: Interdisciplinary education, collaborative learning,
and experimentation in higher education. Bolton, MA: Anker.
Useful Website: 16 Reasons for Interdisciplinary Studies
— http://www.umkc.edu/conversations/Downes.htm
Infusing technology into the curriculum
Brown, D. G., ed. 2000. Interactive learning: Vignettes from
America’s most wired campuses. Bolton, MA: Anker.
Brown, D. G., ed. 2000. Teaching with technology. Bolton,
MA: Anker.
Ehrmann, Steve. Access and/or Quality: Redefining Choices in
the Third Revolution. Available at: http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/varticles.html
Ehrmann, Steve. 1999. Grand challenges raised by technology: Will
this revolution be a good one? Academe. Bulletin of the
American Association of University Professors, 42-46
Gillespie, K. H., ed. 1998. The impact of technology on faculty
development, life, and work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Hanna, D. E., M. Glowacki-Dudka, and S. Conceicao-Runlee. 2000.
One hundred and forty-seven practical tips for teaching online
groups. Madison: Atwood.
Jonassen, D. H., K. L. Peck, & B. G. Wilson. 1999. Learning
with technology: A constructivist perspective. Columbus: Merrill
(Prentice Hall).
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Integration of General Education and the Major
The challenge of connecting learning. 1990. Washington:
Association of American Colleges.
Boyer, Ernest L. 1987. Specialization: The enriched major. College:
The undergraduate experience. New York: Harper & Row.
Green, William S. and Carol G. Schneider, eds. 1993. Strengthening
the college major. New Directions for Higher Education.
Vol. 84. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 25-54.
Huber, Mary Taylor and Pat Hutchings. 2004. Integrative learning:
Mapping the terrain. Washington, DC: Association of American
Colleges and Universities.
Lou, Raymond and Karen L. Mendonca. 2001. Blueprint for the future.
Liberal Education, 87:3, 26-31.
Stark, Joan S. and Malcolm A. Lowther. 1989. Exploring common ground
in liberal and professional education. Integrating liberal learning
and professional education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 7.
Stark, Joan S. and Malcolm A. Lowther. 1988. Strengthening
the ties that bind: Integrating undergraduate liberal and professional
study. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.
Strong Foundations: Twelve principles for effective general
education programs. 1994. Washington: Association of American
Colleges.
Diversity
Adams, Maurianne, Lee Bell and Pat Griffin. 1997. Teaching
for diversity and social justice. NY: Routledge.
Bowen, William and Derek Bok. 1998. The shape of the river.
NJ: Princeton.
Chesler, Mark and A. Malani. 1993. Perception of faculty behavior
by students of color. The Michigan Journal of Political Science.
Issue 16, 54-79.
Cornwell, Grant H. and Eve W. Stoddard. 1999. Globalizing knowledge:
Connecting international and intercultural studies. Washington:
Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Dalton, Harlan L. 1995. Racial healing: Confronting the fear
between blacks and whites. New York: Anchor/Doubleday.
Friedman, Ellen G., Wendy K. Kolmar, Charley B. Flint, and Paula
Rothenberg, eds. 1996. Creating an inclusive college curriculum:
A teaching sourcebook from the New Jersey project. New York:
Teachers College Press.
Hurtado, Sylvia. 1999. Reaffirming educators' judgment: Educational
value of diversity. Liberal Education, 85:2, 24-31.
Hurtado, Sylvia, Deborah F. Carter, and Diana Kardia. 1998. The
Climate for diversity: Key Issues for Institutional Self-Study.
New Directions for Institutional Research. No. 98. Summer,
53-63.
Jackson, Bailey and E. Holvion. 1988. Multicultural organizational
development. PCMA Working Paper #13. Ann Arbor: University
of Michigan.
Marks, Jonathan. 1996. Science and race. American Behavioral
Scientist, 40:2, 123-133.
Meacham, Jack. 1995. Conflict in multicultural classes: Too much
heat or too little? Liberal Education, 81:4, 24-29.
Schoem, David, Linda Frankel, Ximena Zuniga, and Edith Lewis. 1995.
Multicultural teaching in the university. Westport, CT:
Praeger
Smith, Darryl. 1997. How diversity influences learning. Liberal
Education, 83:2, 42-47.
Tatum, Beverly. 1997. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together
in the Cafeteria? NY: Basic Books.
Trosset, Carol. 1998. Obstacles to open discussion and critical
thinking: The Grinnell College study. Change, September/October,
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West, Cornel. 1994. Race and social justice in America. Liberal
Education, 80:3, 32-39.
Learning Communities
Astin, Alexander. 1993. What matters in college? San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Lenning, Oscar T. & Larry H. Ebbers. 1999. The powerful
potential of learning communities. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education
Report Volume 26, No. 6.
Levine, Jody H. ed. 1999. Learning communities: New structures,
new partnerships for learning.(Monograph No. 26). Columbia,
SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The
First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
Gabelnick, Faith, et. al., 1990. Learning communities: Creating
connections among students, faculty, and disciplines. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
MacGregor, J. (Comp.) 1999. Strengthening learning communities:
Case studies from the National Learning Communities Dissemination
Project (FIPSE). Olympia, WA: The Evergreen State College,
Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education.
Matthews, Roberta S., Barbara Leigh Smith, Jean MacGregor, and
Faith Gabelnick. 1997. Creating learning communities. In Gaff, Jerry
G., and James Ratcliff, et. al. Handbook of the undergraduate
curriculum: A comprehensive guide to purposes, structures, practices,
and change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 457-475.
Oates, Karen K. and Lynn H. Leavitt. 2003. Service-Learning
and learning communities: Tools for integration and assessment.
Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Shapiro, Nancy S. and Jodi H. Levine. 1999. Creating learning
communities: A practical guide to winning support, organizing for
change, and implementing programs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Smith, Barbara Leigh and John McCann, eds. 2001. Reinventing
ourselves: Interdisciplinary education, collaborative learning,
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chapters: Barbara Leigh Smith, Learning communities: A convergence
zone for statewide educational reform, pp. 118-134; Karen Kashmanian
Oates and Laura Gaither, Integration and assessment of service-learning
in learning communities," pp. 135-148; and Les K. Adler, Uncommon
sense: Liberal education, learning communities, and the transformative
quest. pp. 149-159.
Faculty Development
Angelo, Thomas A. and Patricia K. Cross. 1993. Classroom assessment
techniques: A handbook for college teachers. (2nd ed.). San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Brookfield, Stephen D. 1995. Becoming a critically reflective
teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Diamond, R. M. 1998. (rev. ed.) Designing and assessing courses
and curricula: A practical guide. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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Gaff, Jerry G., James Ratcliff, et al. 1997. Handbook of the
undergraduate curriculum: A comprehensive guide to purposes, structures,
practices, and change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 373-492.
Gillespie, Kar Herr, et. al. 2002. A guide to faculty development:
Practical advice, examples, and Resources. Bolton, MA: Anker.
Hatfield, Rickey. 1995. The seven principles in actions: Improving
undergraduate education. Boston: Anker.
Hutchings, Pat. 1996. Making teaching community property.
Washington: AAHE.
Johnson, D. W., R. T. Johnson, and K. A. Smith. 1998. Active
learning: cooperation in the college classroom. Edina, MN:
Interaction Book.
Millis, Barbara J. 1998. Cooperative learning for higher education
faculty. Phoenix, AZ: American Council on Education.
Moseley, Merritt. 1992. Educating faculty for teaching in an interdisciplinary
general education sequence. Journal of General Education,
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Nilson, L. B. 1998. Teaching at its best: A research-based
resource for college instructors. Bolton, MA: Anker
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learning to higher education: Theory and practice. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
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