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The "little liberal arts college" is a distinctive American type. Reed College has consistently produced more undergraduates who go on to earn PhDs than any other. The curriculum and teaching practices have been based on a specific interpretation of the idea of a community of scholars and students. One aspect of it is that Reed has always emphasized the importance of 'self-selection" rather than seemingly objective admission standards. Another is a tightly integrated curriculum in which the same students repeatedly meet each other in different classes. This describes the evolution of the curriculum, its integration with faculty governance organization, and how the faculty, recognizing this, have resisted presidential and other efforts to loosen the curriculum that would weaken this organization.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92588-2_9

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