The changing business environment and the need for responsive action
Defining professional education and ideal outcomes
Examining criticisms of professional education and calls for reform
Purpose and scope of this report
Curriculum reforms in the professions: responding to calls for change
Curriculum reform in accounting programs
Curriculum reform in nursing programs
Curriculum reform in teacher education programs
Implementing and assessing internships
Examining internships through the McDonough Center for Leadership and Business, Marietta College
Assessing student learning through internships at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Building communities of inquiry and support through internships at the University of New Hampshire
Designing strong internship experiences
assessing the internship experience and student learning
Summary
Building conditions that promote change
Creating trust
Promoting change by a committed leadership
Designing incremental change
Educating faculty
Designing meaningful incentives
Implications for the implementation and maintenance of curriculum transformations
Stating clear and measurable outcomes linked across courses, the professional preparation program, and institutional levels
Designing learning experiences to achieve the selected outcomes
Selecting multiple assessment methods
Reviewing assessment results to make targeted improvements
Developing new partnerships
Sustaining learner-centered curriculum reforms.