ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the curricular and pedagogical change and its relationship to self-governance. In the face of these concerns, faculty have to make the case that meaningful curricular and pedagogical change must come from the shop floor. The chapter looks at three areas in which this change took place: communication skills instruction, interdisciplinarity, and general pedagogy. It focuses on examples from authors' own experience with the First Year Program (FYP) at St. Lawrence University (SLU). It argues that the FYP became the catalyst for significant pedagogical, curricular, and cultural change on campus that has enhanced the faculty's ability to deliver a high-quality liberal education. For many faculty, especially those who think that a general education program as well as an entire curriculum should coherently reflect a set of underlying principles of liberal education. At many institutions, liberal learning goals include an emphasis on understanding important topics from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
