The Chronicle of Higher Education

How to Fight the High Cost of Curricular Glut

The faculty owns the curriculum. I've heard that said for nearly 30 years now as a teacher at Oklahoma State and Ohio Universities, and as an administrator at Iowa State University. And I've come to some conclusions: The curriculum tends to expand with little regard to workload or demand; research does not inflate tuition as...

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