TY - BOOK AU - Bradley,Martin J. AU - Seidman,Robert H. AU - Painchaud,Steven R. TI - Saving higher education: the integrated, competency-based three-year bachelor's degree program T2 - The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series SN - 9780470888193 (cloth) AV - LA227.4 .B72 2012 U1 - 378.73 23 PY - 2012/// CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Education, Higher KW - United States KW - Educational change N1 - Provides administrators a blueprint for creating, sustaining, and growing a 3 year bachelors degree program at higher education institutions of all types and sizes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index; The need for change : why some institutions will embrace new pathways to the bachelor's degree -- Core components of integrated three-year programs -- Curriculum reformulation : courses into modules -- The case for an integrated three-year model -- Results, analysis, and proof of concept -- Value-added dimensions of integrated three-year degrees -- Comparing three-year degree models -- Stakeholders' questions and answers -- The three-year university ER -