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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955374303321

Autore

Arthur Mikaila Lemonik

Titolo

Student activism and curricular change in higher education / / Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

9786612963353

9781409492894

1409492893

9781317048978

1317048970

9781317048961

1317048962

9781315611129

1315611120

9781282963351

128296335X

9781409409359

140940935X

9781409409342

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Mobilization series on social movements, protest, and culture

Disciplina

378.1990973

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Curricula - United States

Curriculum change - United States

Student movements - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The promise (and the threat) of curricular change -- Interdisciplinary studies in context -- A place to become women -- Our work is never done -- Reaching for tomorrow -- Fighting the good fight -- Fanning the flames of knowledge -- Understanding human experience -- Moving curricular change -- Curricular change and collective action.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on in-depth case-studies of curricular change processes at six



colleges and universities across the United States, the book demonstrates that social movements targeting colleges and universities play a major role in curricular change and sets forwar