From Ideas to Excellence
The Beginning “We began with small groups, a soft roll-out and a few course reviews,” recalled Joan Mikalson, Associate Provost for Student and Faculty Services, Excelsior College, when asked how Excelsior implemented Quality Matters. “We ensured a clear division of roles among participating faculty and, as QM spread, offered resources, …
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I no sooner perceived myself in the world than I found myself in a storm” – John Locke In his American Higher Education, A History (Second Edition), Christopher Lucas posits that society’s earliest attempts at codifying the theory and practice of higher education were seeded in Aristotle’s pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, absent …
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