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C-SC Dean to describe EXP@CSC curriculum development to national audience
Thursday, October 30, 2008

CANTON, Mo. – R. Joseph Dieker, Culver-Stockton vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college, will be traveling to Seattle, Wash., this weekend to address the 36th annual Institute for Chief Academic Officers, convened by the Council of Independent Colleges.

Dieker will describe development of the college’s new EXP@CSC curriculum and how it is being implemented. Dieker oversaw the C-SC faculty’s yearlong development of the curriculum, which was launched this fall. EXP@CSC combines a comprehensive liberal arts education with hands-on experiential courses and opportunities in a unique 12/3 academic calendar. During the first 12-week long term of each semester, students take 3 or 4 courses concurrently. During the 3-week short term each semester, students focus on just one course, which often includes travel or some other experiential component. Every student in every major gains hands-on experience in their field before graduation.

Dieker’s presentation is part of a concurrent session on Sunday, November 2, entitled “Governance of Programs and the Curriculum.” It addresses the questions of whether a higher education institution or its faculty is responsible for the curriculum and how to reconcile any differences of viewpoint.

“I am very pleased to have been invited to make a presentation on academic governance and the curriculum at the CIC Institute for Chief Academic Officers,” Dieker said. “It will be a wonderful opportunity to share with my colleagues the good work that has been accomplished by Culver-Stockton College in developing our new EXP@CSC curriculum.”