There is an urgent need to bring values into the college curriculum. College human resources personnel are uniquely qualified to train college faculty and administrators in ethics and to assist in development of curricula in each discipline incorporating ethics. (MSE)

The experience of a University of Rhode Island department in developing a new curriculum illustrates the difficulty of accomplishing meaningful change in the context of institutional regulations, divergent faculty priorities, institutional needs, and department politics. It is concluded that a new curriculum is not necessarily an effective change…

Southern Appalachia has a rich heritage of folk, country, bluegrass, gospel, and old-time music, and many schools and colleges in the region offer music lessons in these genres. Despite Berea College's stated goals of serving the needs of Appalachian students and celebrating Appalachian culture, its music department has focused on the classical…

If college faculty and institutional commitments to academic integrity were to achieve a status similar to that of academic freedom, there could be a transformation of the intellectual community. Faculty must see academic integrity as a complement, not a challenge, to academic freedom; a closer affinity of the two may further energize both. (MSE)

As Australian higher education advances, new ways of thinking about the college curriculum need to be developed to meet the changing imperatives of the global environment and address the need for student-centered instruction. Internationalization tends to destabilize conventional frameworks of curriculum design and implementation at local,…

There is a generation gap in physiology teaching. Speculates on the causes of this phenomenon and reviews the predominant attempts at correction in programs over time. (DDR)

This discussion of the organization of the university's undergraduate curriculum and program administration, draws on models that focus on demand, supply, and use of management principles for streamlining supply. A modified, contingency model is proposed as the most useful theoretical approach to effectively reorganize undergraduate programs. (MSE)

Changes in the role of the university up to 1932 are discussed, focusing on the growing complexity of the curriculum, the trend toward specialization, changes in the scholarly environment, political and social events, and inquiry by the American Association of University Professors into the university faculty's new and future role. (Originally…

As a pedagogy for citizenship, academic service learning offers students the opportunity to experience and reflect on how citizens organize to bring their communities and their country closer to democracy. The three-course Democracy Project at Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania) illustrates how this approach can be developed within a college…

Analyzes the hierarchies that have defined college English. Reviews two models for how literacy programs can contribute to public learning. Suggests that if educators adopt a civic stance on graduate studies, they may be able to place graduates in positions where they can use their leadership skills beyond as well as within departments of English.…

Discusses the founding and demise of the North Central Association's Commission on Unit Courses and Curricula (CUCC), which was designed to help develop and standardize curricula. Indicates that the accrediting bodies for secondary schools and higher education handle their own public relations without the coordination provided by CUCC. (Contains…

Traces the economic growth of embedded software in industrial products and explains that there is a shortage of engineers in this field. Proposes a different view of engineering education. (DDR)

Teachers often act more like artists, in the sense that they tend to jump back and forth between new trends in pedagogy and theory. Meanwhile, the public, concerned that student evaluation as manifested in grading procedures rests on shaky ground, are losing faith in the credibility of their children's teachers. One way for teachers of all…

A close examination of the classics of western civilization reveals values that transcend any narrow definition and so absolve the classical tradition from the accusations leveled against it for being mere "representations" of the dominant culture. The classical tradition, with its values of individualism, freedom, and human dignity, has…

Clarity of written expression is prized highly in the university curriculum and in the societal arena. Professors need to study, analyze, and appraise diverse recommended philosophies in teaching writing. An existentialist writing curriculum should: include extensive input from students on topics, forms of writing to be emphasized, and planning of…