General Education Review Committee

Bibliography of Reading Resources

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Strong Foundations: Twelve Principles for Effective General Education Programs. Washington: Association of American Colleges, 1985.

A New Vitality in General Education. Washington: Association of American Colleges, 1988.

Bloom, Alan. "Our Listless Universities." National Review 34 Dec. 1982: 1537-48.

Willamon and Naylor. "Curriculum Counterrevolution." The Abandoned Generation. Grand Rapids: W. B. Eerdmans, 1995.

Boyer, E. L. "Point of View: Creating the New American College." The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 1994: 48.

Boyer, E. L. "Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professorate." Princeton, NJ: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1990.

Boyer, Ernest L. "The New American College." Perspectives 24 1994: 6-12.

Gaff, Jerry G. New Life for the College Curriculum. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.

Guskin, Alan. E. "Reducing Student Costs and Enhancing Student Learning: Part II, Restructuring the Role of Faculty." Change September/October 1994: 16-25.

Jones, Elizabeth A. Essential Skills in Writing, Speech and Listening, and Critical Thinking for College Graduates: Perspectives of Faculty , Employers, and Policymakers. U.S. Department of Education. National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. Pennsylvania State University, 1995.

Myers, C. and T. B. Jones. Promoting Active Learining: Strategies for the College Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.

Palmer, Parker. To Know as We Are Known: A Spirituality of Education. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1983.

Pritchard, Keith W. and R. McLaran Sawyer. Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.

Shamos, M. H. The Myth of Scientific Literacy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995.

Subbiondo, Joseph L. "General Education in the New American College: Integrating Theory and Practice." Perspectives. 24 1994: 27-35.

Grow, Gerald O. "Teaching Learners to be Self-Directed." Adult Education Quarterly 41 (1991): 125-149.

Weingartner, R. H. Undergraduate Education: Goals and Means. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1993.

Wingspread Group on Higher Education. An American Imperative: Higher expectations for higher education. 1993.

Astin, A. W. Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

Kanter, Sandra L., et al. Revitalizing General Education in a Time of Scarcity. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997.

Barr, Robert B. and John Tagg. "From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education." Change November/December 1995: 13-25.