Responds to the argument that service-learning must be supported by a theory of knowledge--antifoundational pragmatism--holding that this characterization of the pragmatist model retains the dualism seen as a fault of traditional epistemology. Suggests a remedy, and then extends the original argument by setting more restrictive limits on the range…

A discussion of the role of biology in the social work curriculum provides evidence of the need for biology content, considers obstacles to infusing biological material into existing curricula, and suggest alternative models for integrating biology into the master's level program. (Author/MSE)

A student of the 1950s reflects on how moral issues were ignored in both the college curriculum and campus activities, and reviews research on moral development. Milestones in research on moral development since then are reviewed and applied to circumstances of individual colleges to encourage the creation of opportunities for student moral…

Argues that news-writing instruction that relies on explicit rules is inadequate because: (1) rule violations are common; (2) some rules work well only in particular situations; and (3) some rules overgeneralize. Identifies the difficulty of teaching students to develop a "good ear" for writing. Concludes that instruction must balance…

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)

Discusses the difficulty of defining and measuring curricular quality and traces the long history of the search for quality in education. Reviews the criticisms and recommendations voiced by the writers of the educational reform movement of the mid-1980s. Describes the Great Books curriculum at Saint Mary's College in California. (DMM)

Questions whether voluntary self-regulation as practiced through institutional accreditation can adequately regulate expanding international education activities. Points to challenges related to legality, international linkages, curricula, and regionalism. (DMM)

Warns against the dangers of an undertrained work force and suggests that continuing education play a stronger role in worker training. Suggests an ideal set of continuing education offerings, with units focusing on workplace training, further professional training, and programs to address special community needs. (DMM)

Questions whether English literature should be retired from the two-year college curriculum or, at the very least, altered. Contends that the time has come to require the English literature course as prerequisite to college entrance and eliminate it from the first two years of college study. (MS)

A review of college courses on the philanthropic tradition includes descriptions of programs at Babson College, Chapman College, the City University of New York's Bernard Baruch College, Georgetown University, Illinois State University, Northwestern University, Regis College, and Seton Hall University. (MSE)

Relates that art education has not been an integral part of the university curriculum. Contends that the recent emphasis on design education in universities and the discipline based art education movement in the public schools have a great deal in common that might enhance curriculum development at both the university level and in the public…

Specific suggestions for reducing the emphasis placed on college athletics and increasing the emphasis on precollege and college academic standards are made. They include abolishing post-season training, reducing eligibility, increasing accountability for athlete graduation, and not accepting or recruiting academically deficient high school…

Draws upon a case study of a community college program review to examine the application of a competency-based approach to the process of curriculum design. Suggests that competency-based curriculum development shifts the basis for decision making from teacher knowledge to an objectified accounting system of employers and curriculum technicians.…

In a discussion of whether higher education must define, for the general public, the meaning of the baccalaureate degree, two higher education policy specialists present their perspectives. One argues that greater emphasis should be on the education behind the degree and recommends research and experimentation into outcomes. The other finds…

Liberal education is incomplete if it does not prepare educated people to address the presence of technology, particularly the information products of technology in the modern world, in an informed and critical way. In this context, computer literacy is not computer training, but rather is related to aesthetic education, history and science, and…