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.... There was natural skepticism about ushering a consulting firm not simply into higher education, but into the sanctum sanctorum of a Jesuit liberal arts university—the core curriculum. Skepticism abounded, especially among faculty, gradually giving way to vigorous conversations facilitated by the design consultancy...

...Can principles of innovation travel well from management to higher education, especially when it comes to matters related to curriculum? Can design thinking in particular serve as a tool for renewing something as hallowed as a liberal arts university’s undergraduate core curriculum? These were...

...Human-Centered Design has been the focus of much interest, and much skepticism in the academic world. In the 2012–2013 academic year, Boston College hired a Boston-based design consulting firm to facilitate a year-long renewal of our liberal arts core curriculum. We are the only university (to our...

...This chapter discusses the ways in which core curriculum renewal at Boston College enacts creative fidelity to apostolic aims and pedagogical approaches characteristic of the history and tradition of Jesuit education. Commitment to a core curriculum is a distinctive aspect of Jesuit education...

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