Good teaching requires consistent scholarly commitment by faculty, including formal presentation of ideas and findings for public scrutiny. Institutions serious about undergraduate teaching should work imaginatively to make active scholarship compatible with teaching responsibilities. The difference in scholarship appropriate for undergraduate and…

Argues for change in the training of psychologists on the undergraduate and graduate levels. A new introductory course on applications of psychology to oneself and to society is proposed. A common core of courses for graduate students is recommended, with an interdisciplinary emphasis to ensure basic scientific literacy. (AF)

Administrators, deans, and department chairs in undergraduate intensive colleges of pharmacy must encourage faculty research with not only words and exhortations but also with resources. Institutional support of faculty research must not be seen as diverting money from the instructional enterprise but as enhancing it. (MSE)

This article examines trends and criticisms of higher education and encourages universities to place a high priority on the quality of undergraduate teaching. Other suggestions include involving university faculty in improving public schools, improving the health care system, and providing support to the business community. (DB)

To be effective in the current rapidly changing environment, individuals need more than a knowledge base. They also need information literacy which includes techniques for exploring new information, synthesizing it, and using it in practical ways. Undergraduate education should focus on such resource-based learning directed at problem solving.…

This paper on mentoring the individual dental student and effective advising is based on survey findings from dental students and other graduate science students at the University of Maryland and the University of California (San Francisco). Discussions cover what students expect from the faculty advisor, what faculty expect from the students, and…

This paper discusses the role of mentors and the mentoring process during transition between graduate school or specialty training and the first faculty position, including the potential benefits and risks of the process. Two sets of suggestions are presented in evaluating and participating in a mentoring relationship. (GLR)

Recommendations are made for improving pharmacy education and practice concerning sterile products. Suggestions address curriculum and program design needs for each of these groups: pharmacy faculty; undergraduate and graduate students; pharmacy practitioners; pharmacy technicians; and production technicians. (MSE)

Discusses an analysis of 10 common introductory psychology textbooks. Argues that the books tend to present psychology as tedious, even silly, and as a canned, multimedia, self-teaching program. Concludes that replacing textbooks with lectures based on the instructor's personal knowledge and experience would improve the teaching of psychology. (SG)

Examined is the uniformity of curricula and instructional methods used in college biology education in the United States. Areas of special focus include curricula, introductory courses, laboratories, field experiences, faculty roles, undergraduate research, textbooks, ethics and values, encouraging underrepresented groups, capstone experiences,…

The article claims that there are only about 200 true liberal arts colleges left (out of 3,400 colleges and universities). A listing of these colleges by state is provided using the author's definition and the Carnegie Foundation classification of Liberal Arts I and II colleges. (Author/MLW)

Advocates for a greater role for the arts in the core curriculum. Suggests that, rather than creating a curriculum that brings students to know about the arts, colleges and universities should offer an integrative approach through intelligences that can bring students to know through the arts. Contains 15 references. (CAK)

Presents guidelines for undergraduate teaching. The key concept is P-P-P-E-P: preparation, presentation, people orientation, evaluation, and practice. Other observations include the uniqueness of every individual, teaching students to want to learn, and being very selective in choosing the content to be taught. (AIM)

In this essay, the authors aim at contributing to the debate on "International Perspectives on Cultural Studies in/and Education" by presenting a perspective from Turkey, and problematizing the issues that are encountered in the country in the instruction and practice of cultural studies. They start with a brief survey of the Ege…

At Moravian College, the Communication course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the writing process, designed to help freshmen develop strategies for solving problems at each stage of writing. The course is unique in that it is not meant to be taught exclusively by members of the English department and is taught in close alliance with…