Idea Lab: Academic Overhauls

Revamping a curriculum or academic program is never easy. All too often traditions must be upended and entrenched practices challenged. To help college leaders make such big changes a success, The Chronicle’s editors have pulled together this collection of articles and essays from the Idea Lab, our section on solving problems in academe. It includes tips and lessons on: How to avoid a quagmire during a curricular overhaul How to keep an academic program current with the job market Ways to ease the pain of shutting down a program How colleges are rethinking their offerings to appeal more to today’s students Get this Idea Lab booklet to make academic overhauls easier. Date: Apr. 12, 2018Pages: 19Digital file size: 1.2 MB