Swan, Aubrie E. "The Transformation of Undergraduate Education at Rutgers University: An Evaluation." Rutgers University Community Repository. n. page. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. <http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/25945/>.
Aubrie Swan discusses how and why the Transformation of Undergraduate Education was put into practice at Rutgers University, as well as the effectiveness of the changes that were made. Swan collected data from numerous sources, interviewing and surveying current and past faculty, students, staff and alumni about what they believed the changes did for the university.
Key Terms and Quotes:
The Transformation of Undergraduate Education
The RU Screw
Federated System
Faculty Fellows
Bureaucracy
“Some other documented roadblocks have been the confusion of where to go for services, the unequal distribution of resources, and the inefficiencies in many university systems. Each of these difficulties contributed to the RUNB community’s perception of perpetual student encounters with the “RU Screw.” (Swan 147).
“Rutgers University has existed since 1766. As is evident in its nearly 250 years of existence, there are qualities of Rutgers and many other higher education organizations that have promoted their survival. What has led to the strength of these institutions is that they have at times demonstrated strong, institutionalized objection to modification, but that they have also been able to transform themselves in order to adapt to the changing world.” (Swan 10)
Swans work has helped me understand where the term RU Screw had originated and how it has changed in meaning over time.
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