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A case study of curriculum revision in a two-year college
Abstract
Rapidly changing technology and increasing enrollments in the two-year college have increased public concern for the quality and effectiveness of these institutions' instructional programs. In response, national accrediting associations have revised their accreditation criteria and standards. Two-year colleges have responded by developing or revising their curricula, thereby providing opportunity for the study of the curriculum revision process at the two year college. Central Community College, a comprehensive, multi-campus college, offering academic transfer, vocational-technical, and continuing education programs to south central Nebraska, began development of a general education core curriculum in the mid 1990's. Through historical data and observation, this instrumental case study describes the final year of this effort, 1996. The study focuses on five themes derived from the literature: conflicting views of curriculum theory and design, curriculum revision process and procedure, role of the administrator, impact of accreditation, and current trends and issues. The study is further defined through eight etic issues: how curricula revision begins and ends, the driving forces behind curricula revision, administrators' role, the faculty's role, the role of students and other groups or individuals, barriers to curricula revision, participant interaction, and benefits or costs to certain groups or individuals. Four of the five literature themes and seven of the issues are apparent in the findings. The impact of accreditation requirements on curriculum revision is the single most influential theme of the process. Defining general education and its purpose, emerges as the pivotal issue of the study. The study provides descriptive detail of the development of the general education core curricula.
Subject Area
Curricula|Teaching|Adult education|Continuing education|Community colleges|School administration
Recommended Citation
Hertel, Gary James, "A case study of curriculum revision in a two-year college" (1998). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9917834.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9917834