Innovation for Excellence

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This study joins the current discussion of excellence in higher education by proposing criteria through which excellence can also be judged and by describing a model through which it may be achieved. The model, known as “The Paracollege,” is an innovating cluster college at St. Olaf College. Like Oxford and Cambridge it features tutorial modes of instruction and comprehensive examinations but integrates these within the traditional American liberal arts college. The usage of interviews, survey results, and data from standardized tests to make his case, the writer argues that all over its 18 years of existence the Paracollege has proven to be a significant vehicle for personal development of students, personal and professional development of faculty, and curricular vitality for the entire college. Contents: include: Education for Excellence; What’s the Paracollege; Student Development in the Paracollege; Faculty Development in the Paracollege; Curriculum; Institutional Affect; and Studies of the Paracollege’s Effectiveness.

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