How the student credit hour shapes higher education
Subtitle: the tie that binds
By: Jane V. Wellman, Thomas Ehrlich, editors.
Contributors: Wellman, Jane V.; Ehrlich, Thomas, 1934-
Series: New directions for higher education -- no. 122.; New directions for higher education -- no. 122.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: College credits -- United States; Universities and colleges -- Administration -- United states
Description: From the publisher: The student credit hour (SCH) is truly the coin of the realm within the U.S. system of higher education. Initially designed to translate high school course work, it now measures everything from student learning to faculty workload. It shapes how time is used, and how enrollments are calculated, and underpins cost and performance measures. This American invention is one of the features that knit together our otherwise disparate system of higher education. Yet, the rationale for the metric has long since gone unexamined, and the measure itself may be perpetuating bad habits that get in the way of institutional change in higher education. The chapters in this book deconstruct the SCH credit hour and how it has come to be used in American higher education, to examine whether it has become an obstacle to needed change. It is a fascinating journey into the sociological evolution of the current organization and governance of American higher education.
Notes: "Summer 2003"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
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