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Gaff, Jerry Gene was born on February 5, 1936 in DeKalb County, Indiana, United States. Son of Kenneth E. and Mona F. (Traxler) Gaff.
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Handbook of the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Comprehensive Guide to Purposes, Structures, Practices, and Change
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A Publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities Top practitioners and scholars detail a range of philosophies, frameworks, program designs, instructional strategies, and assessment methods being used to strengthen and transform the curriculum. They examine both the current state of knowledge and teaching in the disciplines and the forces that will reshape the curriculum in the coming years.
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General Education Today: A Critical Analysis of Controversies, Practices, and Reforms (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series)
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Book by Gaff, Jerry G.
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Handbook of the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Comprehensive Guide to Purposes, Structures, Practices, and Change by Jerry G. Gaff (1996-11-05)
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New Life for the College Curriculum: Assessing Achievements and Furthering Progress in the Reform of General Education (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education)
(Gaff's central thesis?that curricular change is a necessa...)
Gaff's central thesis?that curricular change is a necessary but not sufficient condition for lasting general education reform-should be tacked on the door of every faculty committee that ever set out to improve undergraduate education. ?Russell Edgerton, President, American Association for Higher Education
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The cluster college (The Jossey-Bass series in higher education)
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Toward Faculty Renewal: Advances in Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development (The Jossey-Bass series in higher education)
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Toward Faculty Renewal: Advances in Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development (The Jossey-Bass series in higher education) by Jerry G. Gaff (1975-06-03)
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Jerry Gene Gaff
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Jerry Gene Gaff, American Academic administrator. Recipient Academy Leadership award Council of Indiana Colls., 1989, Joseph Katz award Association General and Liberal Studies, 1992; Exxon Education Foundation grantee, 1972-1974, 78-81, 88-89, United States Government grantee, 1975-1981, Lilly Endowment grantee, 1989-1992, Pew Charitable Trusts grantee, since 1993.
Education
AB, DePauw University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1965.
Career
Assistant research professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1967-1972; project director, visiting professor, California State University's and Colls., 1972-1975; project director, Society Values in Higher Education, Washington, 1975-1981; director curriculum development, Association American Colls., Washington, 1981-1983; dean college liberal arts, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1983-1987; acting president, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1987-1988; vice president for planning, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1988-1989; senior fellow, University of Minnesota, 1989-1991; vice president, Association American Colleges Universities, since 1991. Consultant to colleges, university and foundations, since 1970.
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Handbook of the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Comprehensive Guide to Purposes, Structures, Practices, and Change
(A Publication of the Association of American Colleges and...)
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New Life for the College Curriculum: Assessing Achievements and Furthering Progress in the Reform of General Education (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education)
(Gaff's central thesis?that curricular change is a necessa...)
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General Education Today: A Critical Analysis of Controversies, Practices, and Reforms (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series)
(Book by Gaff, Jerry G.)
- New Life for the College Curriculum: Assessing Achievements and Furthering Progr
- Handbook of the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Comprehensive Guide to Purposes, Structures, Practices, and Change by Jerry G. Gaff (1996-11-05)
- The cluster college (The Jossey-Bass series in higher education)
- Toward Faculty Renewal: Advances in Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development (The Jossey-Bass series in higher education)
- Toward Faculty Renewal: Advances in Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development (The Jossey-Bass series in higher education) by Jerry G. Gaff (1975-06-03)
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Handbook of the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Comprehensive Guide to Purposes, Structures, Practices, and Change
Membership
Member American Association for Higher Education (trustee 1985-1988), Society for Values in Higher Education, Association General & Liberal Studies.
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Married Julia Friedman. Children: David B., Amy E. Ringo, Kathryn Friedman.
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Recipient Academy Leadership award Council of Indiana Colls., 1989, Joseph Katz award Association General and Liberal Studies, 1992. Exxon Education Foundation grantee, 1972-1974, 78-81, 88-89, United States Government grantee, 1975-1981, Lilly Endowment grantee, 1989-1992, Pew Charitable Trusts grantee, since 1993.Recipient Academy Leadership award Council of Indiana Colls., 1989, Joseph Katz award Association General and Liberal Studies, 1992. Exxon Education Foundation grantee, 1972-1974, 78-81, 88-89, United States Government grantee, 1975-1981, Lilly Endowment grantee, 1989-1992, Pew Charitable Trusts grantee, since 1993.