Strategies for achieving the best educational environment for learning include both curricular and cocurricular initiatives in planning and implementation. With globalization reaching into most angles of society, the U.S. need for citizens fluent in the languages and cultures of the world has never been greater. Undergraduate education, however, has not kept pace with the realities consequent on the global phenomenon. In contrast, language study has increased on the K-12 level. What is needed in higher education now has evolved in light of newer demands.
Information technologies promise a revolution in education.
Because of responses to the ongoing production of ever newer tools, the promise never materializes. Six barriers to this revolution are identified, and seven strategies for advancing educational benefits gained from experience can assist campuses in technological effectiveness. The University of Puget Sound represents a case study in institutional change through innovative planning and bold initiatives. Over a decade of decisive actions, with all the fallout that entails, has refashioned the institution into a stronger undergraduate community of learning. By Bobby Fong .