One-page Introduction

• The one-page introduction provides brief descriptions of six areas related to curricular change: change theories, culture and cultural change, leadership, resistance, energy and vision, and faculty development and systemic change. The introduction also provides pointers and references for the six areas.

Papers

• Clark, M.C., Froyd, J., Merton, P., Richardson, J. (2004) The Evolution of Curricular Change Models Within the Foundation Coalition, Journal of Engineering Education, 93:1, 37-47
• Merton, P., Froyd, J., Clark, M.C., and Richardson, J. (2004) Challenging the Norm in Engineering Education: Understanding Organizational Culture and Curricular Change, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference
• Clark, M.C., Froyd, J., Merton, P., and Richardson, J. (2003) Evolving Models of Curricular Change: The Experience of the Foundation Coalition, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference,
• Merton, P., Clark, M.C., Richardson, J., and Froyd, J. (2001) Engineering Curricular Change across the Foundation Coalition: Potential Lessons from Qualitative Research, Proceedings, Frontiers in Education Conference
• Merton, P., Clark, M.C., Richardson, J., and Froyd, J. (2001) Engineering Curricula Change across the Foundation Coalition: How They Succeeded, What They Learned, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference
• Fournier-Bonilla, S.D., Watson, K., Malavé, C., and Froyd, J. (2001) Managing Curricula Change in Engineering at Texas A&M University, International Journal of Engineering Education, 17:3, 222-235
• Froyd, J., Penberthy, D., and Watson, K. (2000) Good Educational Experiments are not Necessarily Good Change Processes, Proceedings, Frontiers in Education Conference
• Froyd, J. and Watson, K. (2000) Systemic Improvement in Engineering Education, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference
  

Workshops

• Curricular Change, Resistance, and Leadership
• Process of Curricular Change: Case Studies Across the Foundation Coalition
  

Introduction
Each of the Foundation Coalition (FC) partners has initiated several curricular changes, some of which are significant in scope and depth. Many of the projects focused on altering the curriculum of an entire year of the four-year engineering curriculum. In addition to curricular changes, the FC has undertaken a qualitative research project that examines processes through which coalition partners have initiated and attempted to sustain curricular change. It is important to emphasize that the focus of the study is the process of curricular change, not content of new curricula. For the qualititative study, a research team interviewed over 150 faculty members and administrators at the six Coalition partners. In addition, researchers have studied change in human organizations, including higher education. The purpose of all the studies is to better equip faculty members and administrators for future curricular changes. Hopefully, the experience of the partners of the Foundation Coalition will be helpful to other engineering programs as they plan for curricular change.

Resources
The Foundation Coalition is creating resources that will assist faculty members at other institutions in learning from our experiences with curricular change. These resources include

• One-page Introduction
• Papers: Several papers have been prepared from qualitative study and literature review. Each papers provides information that may be useful to other institutions considering major curricular change. Other papers related to curricular change across the Foundation Coalition are also included in the list.
• Workshops that campuses can host. The length of each workshop varies between two hours and two days, depending on the material to be presented and the desired degree of interactivity.