The work on Humanities and Employment initiated by the UK's CNAA is discussed in terms of its providing a case study on the dissemination of innovation. The article argues that effective encouragement of changes within the humanities curricula and their dissemination throughout higher education can only be brought about by an informed understanding of how the higher education system works.
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