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| Autor/in | Immerwahr, John |
|---|---|
| Titel | A Legacy of Innovation |
| Quelle | In: Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 43 (2011) 4, S.25-31 (7 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0009-1383 |
| DOI | 10.1080/00091383.2011.585302 |
| Schlagwörter | Higher Education; Creativity; Public Colleges; Innovation; Creative Thinking; Learning Experience; Consciousness Raising; Educational Principles; Formative Evaluation; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Institutional Characteristics; Institutional Mission |
| Abstract | It's no secret that American higher education is facing a daunting set of challenges. While public opinion surveys show that the public thinks a collegiate education is more important than ever, states across the country are reducing financial resources for their public colleges and universities--which are, in turn, eliminating programs or raising prices. Meanwhile critics (with books such as "Academically Adrift") are asking whether college students are really learning anything. If any conclusion can be drawn from all of this, it is that there is a greater need than ever for innovation and creativity in providing a better learning experience for new generations of students in an era of limited resources. This past year marked the death of one of the great innovators in higher education. Virginia Smith (1923-2010) was the founding director of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and subsequently president of Vassar College. In retrospect, Smith's years with FIPSE (1973-1977) were a golden age of innovation. A FIPSE grant in the very first year of operation, for example, helped Alverno College develop a whole new approach to assessment in the liberal arts that has been widely studied both in this country and overseas. Many other important ideas and institutions came out of Smith's work, and the successes of FIPSE during the Smith era suggest some lessons for today's foundations and other funders as they try to stimulate the kinds of innovation that she enabled. The author reviews some of the most successful projects and infers four principles that Smith and her colleagues followed in supporting innovation. He also describes general lessons that can be learned from her example about supporting innovation in higher education today, at a time when the demand for new and creative thinking has never been more urgent. (Contains 2 resources and 4 online resources.) (ERIC). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2017/4/10 |
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