|
Week |
Topic |
Required
reading |
Assignment/ activities |
|
Wk 1
2/26 |
Face to face meeting in the classroom
Introduction to American higher education |
Kerr,
Clark. (2001)The Idea of a Multiversity. The
Uses of the University. Cambridge: Harvard
University Press, 2001. |
1.
Lecture
2.
worksheet completion
|
|
Wk 2
3/5 |
American Higher Education in the contemporary
development. |
Recurrent education :
“Going
back to School”(Video tape) |
1.
video-watching
2.
on-line discussion |
|
Wk 3
3/12 |
Debate |
Research VS. Teaching |
Classroom participation |
|
Wk 4
3/19 |
The Status of American Colleges and Universities
1. Academic Reputation
2. Ranking and Taxonomy |
1.
Robert J. Morse and Samuel M. Flanigan, “America’s
Best Colleges 2003: How we rank schools” U.S.
News and World Report, 2002
2. The
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of
Higher Education, 2000 ed. Menlo Park, Calif.:
2001.
|
1.
lecture
2.
worksheet completion |
|
Wk 5
3/26 |
St. Louis University |
Video
tape: Introduction to one of American universities |
1.
video watching
2.
listening comprehension drill
3.
on-line discussion |
|
Wk 6
4/2 |
Oral Presentation |
Analyze one of American
institutions based on the Carnegie Classification
and U.S. News Report |
Classroom participation |
|
Wk 7
4/9 |
Globalization
|
1. What does globalization mean?
2. Will University of Phoenix Replace the Ivy
League?
3. Can Colleges and Universities Survive in the
Information Age?
|
Lecture/
audio tape |
|
Wk 8
4/16 |
Oral Presentation |
|
Classroom
participation |
|
Wk 9
4/23 |
Mid-term |
Re |
|