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Program and Course Assessment

Educating Students: The Moral Judgment Challenge for Higher Education

In Our Underachieving Colleges (2006), Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University, challenged higher education institutions to do more in providing an education more supportive of building character in undergraduates. While the number of ethics courses offered has increased, both in professional schools and in undergraduate institutions, many of these courses

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Henry W. Smorynski, PhD March 25, 2024 No Comments
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Skills and Development

Six Questions to Ask to Successfully Establish a Program

Smooth implementation of programs, courses, and curricula of any size is a challenge. Program developers must identify, appraise, and effectively use resources, objectives, and educational methodologies and frameworks, making the process even more difficult and confusing. As Barbara Gross Davis puts it right at the beginning of her book Tools for

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Elisabeth Frieda M. Schlegel March 18, 2024 No Comments

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Program and Course Assessment

Educating Students: The Moral Judgment Challenge for Higher Education 

Henry W. Smorynski, PhD, 1 year ago 0 6 min read  
In Our Underachieving Colleges (2006), Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University, challenged higher education institutions to do more in providing an education more supportive of building character in undergraduates. While the number of ethics courses offered has increased, both in professional schools and in undergraduate institutions, many of these courses...
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