Recommends including an introductory public relations course in technical communication programs to dispel the widely held but inaccurate view that technical communications and public relations are entirely different endeavors. Stresses that including the public relations course would help eliminate misconceptions regarding both fields, and…

Four papers on science instruction are presented: "Science as a Human Activity" (Harmon Dunathan); "Science as a Historical Process" (Robert Proctor); "Science as a Creative Process" (Robert Pollack); and "Making Science Assessible" (Walter E. Massey). (MSE)

If art students are to be educated for the twenty-first century, still preserving creativity, students must be taught that art is an integral, functioning part of the world. Their education must go beyond one or two areas in the fine arts to include a solid liberal arts grounding. (MSE)

A discussion of American Sign Language looks at its history in the context of deaf education and its increasing acceptance as a complete natural language both among linguists and in the college curriculum. (MSE)

During two periods of expansion in higher education, the curriculum of undergraduate education has undergone major changes. Toward the end of each period of expansion, a movement for assessment has developed, with the goal of restoring coherence and substance to the undergraduate program. (MLW)

The American undergraduate arts and sciences curriculum is a great accomplishment, but is in danger of collapsing under the weight of its own successes, to its own detriment and society's. Its cultural and intellectual foundations are crumbling and must be reestablished. (MSE)

Notes the rapid rise of social sciences within universities of Brazil during the 1960s and 1970s. Identifies the interrelationships among the social sciences in Brazilian universities and their involvement with political developments. (JDH)

In working to integrate liberal and professional education in the undergraduate curriculum, the various faculties must begin to have systematic conversations with each other to discover their common ground and the potential for working together. (MSE)

If sciences were taught as truly liberal arts, part of the trend toward scientific illiteracy could be reversed, with one result that students could leave college with an appreciation for and understanding of the scientific approach to knowledge. Liberal arts science courses should be conceptually rigorous, mathematically attainable, and…

Criticism of higher education in recent years has been characterized by a failure to examine our assumptions about what education should be and a wish for an authority to prescribe it. Educators have the right and responsibility to educate without arrogance, ignorance, and dogma. (MSE)

Three recent reports on the quality and need for reform in American higher education are examined as opportunities, particularly for faculty, to renew their commitment to excellence in their profession. (MSE)

Discusses highlights of a survey undertaken to determine practitioner attitudes toward specific courses in the present M.L.S. program. Topics highlighted include training and/or education, elective courses suggested by respondents, professional competency, American Library Association and Office of Personnel Management viewpoints, and continuing…

Oral communication competence is essential for career success and for effective participation as a citizen in a democratic society. Unfortunately, many students do not have oral communication competence, and even more unfortunately the success of graduating students rests heavily on their communication skills. Oral communication competence,…

In the future, colleges should educate students broadly, so that they will be knowledgeable and flexible enough to live in a society that will demand adaptability. Interdisciplinary and integrated curricula, rather than narrow specialized studies, are needed to prepare such students. (PP)

Suggests ways community colleges can implement the recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Education concerning educational content, academic standards and expectations, time use by faculty and staff, and leadership and fiscal support. (DMM)