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Unlike most modern institutions of higher education, SUNY Empire State College (ESC) was not created with academic disciplines in mind, or faculty, or curricula. It was not established with the intention of instructing students in traditional courses by traditional methods, but to guide students in self-discovery.
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Wiley, L.M. (2017). Organizational Complexity in a Progressive Educational Environment. In: Jelly, K., Mandell, A. (eds) Principles, Practices, and Creative Tensions in Progressive Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-884-6_13
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