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Threlfall, K. Denise – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 1995
Computer-assisted design (CAD) technology is transforming the apparel industry. Students of fashion merchandising and clothing design must be prepared on state-of-the-art equipment. ApparelCAD software is one example of courseware for instruction in pattern design and production. (SK)
Descriptors: Clothing Design, Computer Assisted Design, Fashion Industry, Higher Education
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Halloran, S. Michael – College Composition and Communication, 1978
Draws an analogy between the choices made in selecting one's attire and those made in writing in that both articulate identity and recognize appropriateness. (DD)
Descriptors: Clothing, Decision Making, Higher Education, Rhetoric
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Winslow, Katherine – Canadian Home Economics Journal, 1994
Explores various positions regarding future directions for clothing study within home economics education to raise concerns and generate discussion of the issue. Discusses a clothing study in New Brunswick schools to illustrate the issues. (JOW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Clothing, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Capjack, Linda – Canadian Home Economics Journal, 1993
Describes projects intended to integrate competitive strategies, develop research skills, increase problem-solving ability, and foster a closer link with the apparel industry: the design of children's wear using computer-aided design technology and a project using the Functional Design Process. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Clothing Design, Computer Assisted Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
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Strickland, S. Mark; Fluitt, John L. – College and University, 1985
The use of colors in tassels and hood trimmings to signify the subject areas of degrees is discussed, and variations in this practice are described. Whether the color of the hood trimming should indicate the major subject studied or the subject area incorporated in the title of the degree is debated. (MLW)
Descriptors: Clothing, Color, Commencement Ceremonies, Degrees (Academic)
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Kanigel, Robert – Change, 1986
Four liberal arts college programs are described that use a variety of interdisciplinary and innovative approaches to bring technological, computer, scientific, mathematical, and physics literacy for both students and faculty. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clothing Design, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Computer Science
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. – 1978
Five seminar papers on women's studies and a paper providing an overview of the papers and the Michigan Seminar on Research and Teaching about Women are presented. Catharine R. Stimpson considers the field of women's studies as an area of research and teaching and discusses the current diversity of topic, theory, and method. She notes national and…
Descriptors: Clothing Design, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Status, Females
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Beatty, Brian; Ulasewicz, Connie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
Online teaching and learning has been in transition for its entire existence. The number of courses offered at a distance has grown rapidly. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (Waits & Lewis, 2003), in 2000-2001 more than 56% of four-year colleges and universities in the United States offered distance education degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education, Computer Managed Instruction