Hatching Eggs: A Curriculum Incubator
Abstract
OverviewThe curriculum incubator proposed here was developed during a recent review of graduate programs at the University of the Artsas a way tostart new graduate programs without disrupting currentones. Although conceived with the University of the Arts in mind, it speaks to problems at many universities.
It is rooted inthe belief that today’s solutions will not come from our institutional leaders but rather from the grassroots. What traditional leaders can dois provide a framework that supports innovation. They need to acceptthe fact that they may not have answers to today’sproblemsand, even when they do, may be constrained by institutional pressures.
Based on the experience of lean-starts, a“curriculum incubator”draws on the entrepreneurial principles of “scarce but secure resources,” “independent authority,” and “a personal stake in the outcome,” as wellas on the principles of rapid prototyping,recognizing the requirements of the end user, and modifyingwhat doesn’t work.Admittedly, it is a conservative, not radical, approach to institutional change—filling a new bucket before throwing out the water in the old one.
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