ERIC_NO:
ED328178
TITLE:
Access through Innovation: New Colleges for New Students. Continuing Higher Education Series.
AUTHOR:
Hall, James W.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1991
ABSTRACT:
This examination of innovation and invention in higher education presents the thesis that, contrary to public perceptions about the university
and internal attempts at separation and purification, higher education
has, from its earliest days, repeatedly introduced far-reaching innovations,
responsive to the economic, social, and political needs of an expanding
nation. The book's focus is largely on undergraduate, for-credit education.
Part 1 examines the American environment for collegial innovation and
provides an historic perspective, showing how social and environmental
values have actually stimulated both process and product. In Part 2 the
emergence in recent years of a number of highly innovative institutions
or programmatic approaches is considered. The impact of six complex areas
of innovation is measured, including new approaches in the liberal arts
curriculum, access for new students, innovation and multiculturalism,
adult continuing higher education, external degrees, and experiential
degrees. Part 3 projects possible paths and opportunities for innovation
in higher education's future and offers some practical examples and
suggestions for educational leadership. It addresses the electronic
university, changing college faculty roles, institutionalizing change,
financing innovation, and innovative leadership. (JDD)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Access to Education; Continuing Education; Educational Environment; Educational History; Educational Innovation; Futures (of Society);
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Adult Education; College Faculty; Educational Change; Educational Finance; Environmental Influences; Experiential Learning; External Degree Programs; Higher Education; Leadership; Liberal Arts; Multicultural Education; Social Influences; Technology; Undergraduate Study;
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
010; 070