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Advancing the New American University Through Innovative Practices in the Development of Barrett, The Honors College

abstract: Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University (ASU) serves as a universal role model for organizing the resources of an institution to support highly motivated and prepared students. In 2009, Barrett, The Honors College (Barrett) opened the nation's first purposefully designed undergraduate honors residential college campus. Given the current demand by other American higher education institutions who wish to better understand how Barrett emerged as a distinct and singular model for an honors residential college experience, this action research study explores the effectiveness of the decisions, execution and outcomes central to Barrett's development. Five senior administrators of college units or universities were interviewed and provided insight for constructing a design for how other honors programs and colleges can learn from the challenges and accomplishments presented in developing an honors college for the 21st century while replicating Barrett's success. The study is framed in the overall context of how Barrett actualizes the New American University at ASU in meeting the demand for producing students that can compete in a global marketplace. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Higher and Postsecondary Education 2011

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:14355
Date January 2011
ContributorsHermann, Kristen Joy (Author), Ewing, Kris M (Advisor), Rund, James (Committee member), Hesse, Maria (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Dissertation
Format161 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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