Date of Award
1987
Document Type
Practicum
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Center for the Advancement of Education
Advisor
Dr. Phyllis S. Cooper
Keywords
administration, bucks county community college, chief curriculum officer, college wide curricular philosophy, community colleges, curriculum, curriculum planning, curriculum planning model, curriculum planning process, curricular philosophy, Hunkins, literature review, Pennsylvania, planning process, student affairs professionals
Abstract
The assumption was made that student affairs professionals are not utilized in or only play a minimal role in the curriculum planning process in community colleges. The fourteen community colleges in Pennsylvania were contacted to evaluate the role of student affairs professionals in curriculum planning in these colleges. The results indicate that the student affairs professionals have a minimal role. The literature review suggests that curriculum planning models either do not exist in community colleges or are poorly defined. Since a curricular planning process is needed at Bucks County Community College, a process model based on Hunkins (1980) was proposed. The recommendations are that the administration of Bucks County Community College adopt a curriculum planning model that would be used to develop and establish a college wide curricular philosophy and curriculum, that the curriculum planning model be based on the Hunkins model, that a chief curriculum officer be appointed and charged with implementing the model, and that the chief curriculum officer be charged to involve all segments of the college in the planning process paying particular attention to the expertise available in the student affairs sector.