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Shaping the College Curriculum
1 Internal
Factors
1.1 Student Characteristics
1.1.1 College Mission
1.1.1.1 Faculty
1.1.1.1.1 adjunct instructors account for 66+% of college
educators today yet often have little input on curriculum design
Annotations:
- http://er.educause.edu/articles/2011/2/the-changing-landscape-of-higher-education
1.1.1.2 missions often dictate curricular offerings and course design
Annotations:
- http://er.educause.edu/articles/2011/2/the-changing-landscape-of-higher-education
1.1.2 non-traditional students compromise a large majority
of the student populations at colleges
Annotations:
- http://er.educause.edu/articles/2011/2/the-changing-landscape-of-higher-education
2 External
Factors
2.1 Accreditation
2.1.1 Funding
2.1.1.1 Educational Trends
2.1.1.1.1 "In fall 2006, online course enrollments reached nearly
3.5 million students..." (Lattuca & Stark, 2009).
2.1.1.2 funding determines resources which greatly impacts
curriculum design
Annotations:
- http://er.educause.edu/articles/2011/2/the-changing-landscape-of-higher-education
2.1.2 increased scrutiny over value of college education necessitates
quality control measures
Annotations:
- http://er.educause.edu/articles/2011/2/the-changing-landscape-of-higher-education