Imagine an institution in which the English department offers each year 13 or so sections of a “rhetoric and composition” course enrolling about 200 students
Author: Dan Ryan
I've been an Academic Program Director at MinervaProject.com, a professor at University of Toronto, University of Southern California, and Mills College teaching things like human centered design, computational thinking, modeling for policy sciences, and social theory. My current mission is to figure out how to reorganize higher education and exploit technology so that we can teach twice as many twice as well twice as easily.
1. Essentials of liberal arts
What are the essential components of a quality liberal arts education, and how can we ensure that we remain, first and foremost, a first-rate liberal
2. Can we restructure and still be liberal arts?
Are there ways we can restructure ourselves that will still allow us to deliver what we deem to be an essential liberal arts curriculum? Could
3. Can interdisciplinary work be the key?
Are there ways that interdisciplinary work can help us achieve both goals? That is, to ensure students access to a high quality liberal arts education
4. Can the white paper help? New programs? Revenue growth possibilities?
Can the White Paper help us to think about this: Are there other ideas for programs, collaborations with other colleges, etc. that can help us
5. Other conversations we need to have?
What other conversations do we feel the faculty and board need to be having about how to address these budget concerns? For example: How can
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