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Mosser, John W. – 1989
The paper examines the role of experiential learning programs such as cooperative education and internship programs as a method of enhancing student learning and cognitive development in the liberal arts. The literature review begins by examining the goals of a liberal education as they relate to field experience. The outcomes of field experience…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cognitive Development, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship
Download full textJones, Russel C., Ed. – 1992
This document reports the proceedings of a workshop on Technological Literacy. The objectives of the workshop were: to review programs and to identify issues in technological literacy for liberal arts majors; to discuss mechanisms for the stimulation of appropriate additional technological literacy programs; and to develop an action plan for…
Descriptors: Courseware, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Engineering Technology
Markert, Lawrence W.; Silberman, Jonathan – 1988
In an effort to infuse professional and preprofessional academic programs with liberal arts learning, this project at the University of Baltimore (Maryland) resulted in the establishment of a required liberal arts core curriculum for upper division students. The project provided funding for three activities: interdisciplinary team teaching of the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
Torgersen, Paul E. – Engineering Education, 1979
The author comments on the importance of a strong general education for engineers and presents a set of standards for undergraduate instruction. (SA)
Descriptors: Career Development, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems, Engineering Education
Spitzberg, Irving J., Jr. – 1986
Leadership development programs on U.S. campuses are discussed. Three categories of campus-based leadership development programs have been identified: the co-curricular program arising out of a student development office or direct student initiative; the academic course that draws mainly on social psychological and management studies literatures;…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Programs, Higher Education, Humanities
McCall, Jeffrey M. – 1986
After presenting an argument for a liberal arts education for media students, this report describes the mass communication education program at DePauw University for which students must take coursework in at least five of six areas of study: natural sciences and mathematics, social and behavioral sciences, literature and the arts, historical and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Field Experience Programs, General Education, Higher Education
Creamer, Don G. – 1985
Student affairs professionals in community colleges are facing several major issues in need of resolution including: the insufficient use of existing knowledge about adolescent and adult development and organization development in program design and execution; and the insufficient use of knowledge of program evaluation for understanding the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Faculty Development, Liberal Arts
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1983
The uses of computers by colleges and universities are described, and some definitions of computer literacy are proposed. In addition, an essay, "Computing and Higher Education: The Revolution Is Through the Gates," by Robert G. Gillespie briefly considers the efforts colleges are making to explore the potential of the personal computer.…
Descriptors: College Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
Seabrook, John H., Ed. – Community College Humanities Review, 1991
Designed as a forum for the exchange of ideas on significant issues in the humanities, this annual journal presents articles written by two-year college faculty in the humanities disciplines. The 1991 issue includes the following: (1) "Why I Write and How I Teach," by Linda Ching Sledge; (2) "The Australian Character," by Carol L. Nelson-Burns;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedKenny, Shirley Strumm – Planning for Higher Education, 1993
Creation of a larger number of well-educated minority group members is a strategic priority for both business and higher education. Collaboration between business and academic leaders in academic innovation is needed. Queens College (New York) has done so successfully in an experimental program combining business administration and liberal arts…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education
Diez, Mary E. – 1994
The portfolio used in liberal arts teacher education encourages student reflection in three important ways symbolized by the sonnet form, by mirror, and by map. A sonnet must conform to a set of rules but the discipline of these rules offers a measure of freedom. In the same way, the work of portfolio development within established constraints…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individual Development, Liberal Arts, Maps
Direct linkAllshouse, Merle F. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1986
Bloomfield's declaration of financial exigency, Chapter XI bankruptcy reorganization, and shift to a primary emphasis on recruiting nontraditional students enabled it to survive and emerge from its status as an invisible institution. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role
Peer reviewedWahlke, John C. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1991
Reports results of task force survey. States that the goal of a political science degree program is to maximize students' capacity to analyze and interpret the significance and dynamics of political events and governmental processes. Offers recommendations in subject matter content, methodology, teaching, and skills. Concludes that the major…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Alan M. – Environmental Professional, 1987
Describes the interdisciplinary environmental studies program that has been developed at St. Lawrence University (New York). Discusses the challenges of integrating such a program into a liberal arts setting, and the successes relating to faculty involvement and the acquisition of off-campus endowment funds. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Endowment Funds, Environmental Education, Faculty Development
Sell, John W.; And Others – 1991
A program at the College of Wooster (Ohio) in commercial language and international business is described. The program was undertaken with private funds and within the context of a traditional liberal arts college. It has three main curricular goals: (1) additional training of language instructors for language courses that would include the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs
