A discussion of the increasing conservatism on college campuses looks at education's heritage of cultural geneticism and at the role of the humanities in higher education. It is concluded that cultural diversity must be included, not superficially but in every aspect of the college curriculum. (Author/MSE)

The resurgence of physical education as a cross-disciplinary study of human movement may revitalize the position of kinesiology in the liberal arts college. The paper assesses the nature of liberal arts in higher education and suggests ways a kinesiology curriculum may be honed to the specifications of that model. (SM)

In the 1900s, emphasis on specialization, technical studies, and vocation that has undermined liberal education generally has taken a particular toll on civic education, departing from the ideal of education for the public interest. The college curriculum can incorporate education for participation in government in a variety of ways. (MSE)

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)

It is proposed that traditional labor law retain its current place in the legal curriculum, despite its limited applicability, but with emphasis on its theoretical importance rather than its technicalities. Traditional labor law is found to provide more rigorous inquiry into the nature of law than broader "employment law." (MSE)

It is proposed that issues presented in the Association of American Colleges and Universities' 1985 report, "Integrity in the College Curriculum," need to be reexamined in light of the dramatically altered context of higher education today. The impact of the report is discussed and the important role of the college teacher is emphasized.…

Current social, racial, and economic conditions in the United States are viewed as creating opportunities to undermine democratic values. A historical consciousness that acknowledges different interpretations of the past is seen as a prerequisite for maintenance of democracy. (MSE)

Higher education can resist the need to open the U.S. mind to greater cultural diversity by ignoring the changing ethnic composition of student bodies and larger society, or realize this opportunity to revitalize the social sciences and humanities with a new sense of purpose and more inclusive definition of knowledge. (MSE)

Challenges the writing-across-the-curriculum movement's view of the university curriculum as a confederation of interpretive communities. Argues for a common domain of discourse and inquiry, grounded in the liberal arts. Calls for resistance of a rhetorical approach that requires students to learn specialized academic languages as quickly as they…

Introductory college courses in science and mathematics are largely ineffective in either instructing students on the nature of science and mathematics or introducing students to further study. Legitimate introductions to mathematical and scientific literacy must engage students in the disciplines and equip them for further study. (MSE)

Ethnic studies' interdisciplinary nature and attention to race, ethnicity, gender, and class offer the scholarship and teaching necessary to a field of study appropriate to the liberal arts curriculum. The discipline sheds light on the nature of Western and American experience, and its development can help transform liberal studies. (MSE)

Multiculturalism is the best approach to helping higher education in the United States make the most of recent demographic changes. Multicultural curricular reform is the cornerstone to successful multicultural education. Isolationism by discipline, interest, or ethnic group, when temporary, is not intrinsically wrong but should be balanced with…

Cites the shortcomings of the traditional educational experiences of chemists. Focuses on their training in engineering and concludes that training is lacking in the areas of mass balances in flow processes, heat balances, reactors, separation processes, and scaleup. (DDR)

A marketing approach to higher education, viewing students as customers, can erode the quality of education. In such an approach, curriculum may be negotiated based on customers' self-perceived needs rather than academic standards. (SK)

In the current economic climate, the arts and liberal arts, traditionally closely linked, are struggling separately for survival in higher education. The arguments made for them tend to be linked to practical issues. However, a liberal arts education provides students with a foundation on which to build the capacity to create and appreciate…