The concept of readiness in the academic department: A case study of undergraduate education reform

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-18

  Lee, Virginia S ^a   Hyman, Michael R ^b   Luginbuhl, Geraldine ^b  

^a Virginia S Lee and Associates LLC   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic department; Change; Higher education; Inquiry guided learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947667822     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-006-9032-6     Document Type: Article

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