Professors continue to use movies to encourage students to critically reflect upon why they are in college, to discuss the challenges they face, and to think about how they act out what they learn. Classic films about awakening experiences in young adults are described and considered for their potential as learning tools. (JDM)

The program approval process of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) and the local process of course and program approval used by Illinois community colleges are detailed in this report. Following an introduction and study overview, course and program approval processes at John A. Logan College and Shawnee College are described and…

Excerpts from "Five Reports on Undergraduate Education" are presented. Advice on what college teaching should be is the focus. 70 references. (MLW)

Examines education and training of library personnel for health-related libraries in Latin America. Highlights include history of librarianship education in general, levels of education, network formation, ways in which health sciences librarians cope with problems of their specialization, recommendations of UNESCO meeting sponsored by directors…

The utilization of skill standards in the curriculum development process has become an increasingly prominent aspect of the reform movement in career and technical education over the past 10 years. Standards are seen as a way to achieve better accountability within Career and Technical Education (CTE) systems, and improve their quality as well as…

Examines how information about rural life in social work literature can be integrated into a more complete understanding of rural social work. Explains how this understanding should effect the education of those who will be rural social workers. (Author)

Higher education's problems of adjustment and survival during World War II are discussed. Topics include acceleration of college programs in general, emphasis of vocational training, and staff and equipment diversion from undergraduate teaching to the war effort. (Article originally published in 1942.) (AF)

The renewed interest in interdisciplinary studies is producing different instructional approaches that are providing an important corrective to the limited and fragmented perspectives of the individual academic disciplines. Since they are in the curricular mainstream as requirements for all students, interdisciplinary offerings may have more…

The responses of 10 disciplinary task forces to an Association of American Colleges challenge to improve the college major were examined, using content analysis. Consistent with previous research on academic planning, results showed that the disciplines respond to curricular reform proposals in different but characteristic ways. (Author/MSE)

A curriculum model linking mastery learning, individualized instruction, and modularized instruction would be ideal for the effective streaming of adult students toward targeted career objectives in the continuous intake programs of Ontario's community colleges. Pitfalls of implementation include teacher overload and lack of administrative…

Introduces, discusses, and illustrates a model of student academic advising that clarifies the individual roles and responsibilities of the student-advisee and the professor-mentor relationships. Preliminary steps to the engagement approach are presented, such as engaging in a mutually supportive environment and providing ongoing guidance through…

Information is presented on issues being debated by women's studies scholars such as the possibility and advisability of curriculum integration as regards women's studies. Some believe that the focus on integration is premature, that women's studies scholars are trying to do too much too soon. Others are pursuing curriculum integration vigorously…

Intended to review the recent professional developments in public relations as they are documented in the literature and to explore the implications of these developments for public relations education in Canada at the university level, this thesis is in six chapters, as follows: (1) Introduction; (2) Defining Public Relations; (3) Current Public…

Institutional researchers can play a key role in linking basic, policy, and evaluation research to improve teaching and learning. Potential intervention points to improve teaching and learning, types of research, institutional research role, learners and teachers, curriculum content, etc. are discussed. (MLW)

Reviews early methods of formal training for library acquisitions, textbooks pertaining to the subject, and relevant library literature to provide a historical perspective on education for acquisitions. Strategies to provide basic and adequate training in acquisitions for all librarians are suggested. (49 references) (CLB)