Approaches the metaphors that have been constructed for technology with an eye to how they may be rethought for students, asserting that redefinition of metaphors is vital to taking the distance out of education. (EV)

Argues that recent efforts by national accrediting agencies, especially the Educational Leadership Constituent Council, to upgrade preparation standards for administrators embodies the teleology of standardization whose principal objective is to remove the university and college as the primary site for the preparation of educational leaders--an…

The emerging field of leadership studies in higher education is discussed and the evolution, intent, and design of the University of Richmond (Virginia) Jepson School of Leadership Studies, scheduled to open in 1992, are described. The program will begin to remove leadership studies from the margin of academic endeavor. (MSE)

Study of Asia is being incorporated increasingly into the college curriculum, but there is disagreement about why this should occur. Asia should be brought into the curriculum in a way that reveals the richness of its many cultures and the richness within each life within each culture. (MSE)

Nursing and good undergraduate education have these priorities in common: careful use of language, understanding of our interdependent world, a vision of great teachers, the relationship between theory and values, and the relationship between the classroom and the imperative of service. (MSE)

What is perceived as poor fit between liberal arts and the individual disciplines results not from narrow subject matter or analytical focus but from the disciplines keeping too many of the interesting questions to themselves. College students are not exposed enough to the reasons their teachers find their fields compelling. (MSE)

The past is the substance from which the present is formed, but college curricula based on this cultural heritage need not exclude the present. Major classical writers and social thinkers must be central to it but should be accompanied by critical engagement with living texts from powerful and active minds. (MSE)

The future of pluralistic democracies depends not only on laws but on individuals within the societies. Different cultures bring different strengths and conceptions of self and community. By studying different cultures and discovering shared virtues, students can identify those contributing to high quality of life for human society. (MSE)

If higher education is to have a coherent curriculum and a coherent way of thinking about the world, it may need to study premodern ways of thinking for both insights and the courage to think in new ways. The tradition of the humanities, which originated in fifteenth-century Italy, can help. (MSE)

Describes Waldorf College's (a small, private, church-affiliated two-year college) Honors Program, one of the college's strategies for raising the level of academic excellence by enhancing students' intellectual curiosity and independent critical thinking, while also providing a forum for faculty scholarship. Assesses Waldorf's progress toward the…

Describes the development of LAND, an organization of liberal arts faculty and administrators at Michigan's community colleges, formed to engender closer interinstitutional ties. Highlights LAND's major conferences and other activities since its formation in 1985. (DMM)

Discusses the apparent low status of computer-based writing in college composition instruction. Observes that computer-assisted compositionists, whose main interest is in pedagogy, occupy the bottom of the academic hierarchy. Suggests that computer-based projects count against faculty members seeking tenure. Argues that the reliance on temporary…

Speculates about the future responsiveness of chemical engineering curricula to changes in the chemical industry. Focuses on changes in the chemical industry, the status of academia, and possible curricular changes. (DDR)

Discusses the challenges faced at Western Illinois University to develop a general education assessment framework in the humanities. Stresses the importance of interpretation in all the humanities, assessment goals that focus on students' understanding of humanistic discourse, and ability to use at least one discipline's mode of interpretation and…

This book extends the ideas of the competency and quality movements in higher education to definitions of learning outcomes that deal with an unknown future, and to accountability as a consequence rather than a focus. It argues that ways of teaching (bringing learning about), assessment (finding out what has been learned), and university…