Extrapolating trends from the past, particularly since the middle ages and the renaissance, the author posits probable and possible structure, tendencies for the future role, activities, and content of American higher education. (SJL)

A biographical sketch of John Galen Howard, founder of the Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, is presented. Howard's conservative outlook and idealistic nature are examined and his influence on the curriculum at the university is traced. (PHR)

A biographical sketch of William Wilson Wurster, dean of the Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, is presented. Tracing Wurster's early education and work, Wurster's belief that architecture was for people is illustrated. His influence on the curriculum, not only at the University of California but elsewhere, is…

The president of the University of Nebraska argues that the remarkable shift to a knowledge economy demands that colleges and universities rethink how they are preparing students for life after graduation, including consideration of partnerships with industry. (EV)

Argues for the inclusion of gay men and lesbians in the definition of multiculturalism on the basis that the identity-formation tasks racial and ethnic minorities must accomplish are the same for sexual minorities. Also, the counseling skills required for dealing with racial and ethnic minorities are important for dealing with sexual minorities…

Offers an overview of trends in business curricula as seen by Charles Hickman of the International Association for Management Education. Notes skill development, assessment tools, exit exam, integrated curriculum, curricular design/complex learning models, high tech models/distance delivery, and partnerships. (SR)

Describes the development and evaluation of a sexual health communication skills course for fifth-year medical students. Documents students' limited experience in discussing sexual health issues with patients. Contains 25 references. (DDR)

Describes efforts by the Association of American Colleges and Universities in its American Commitments initiative to foster diversity in the context of undergraduate courses that probe the complexities of such democratic values as equality, opportunity, freedom, and justice. (DB)

As much as Catholic social teaching is sometimes referred to as "our best kept secret" (Henriot, DeBerri, and Schultheris 1987), in recent years it has been gaining a renewed emphasis in Catholic higher education. This "renaissance" of Catholic social teaching integrates well with the self-evaluation of Catholic higher…

Three faculty members of Concordia University in Montreal, who played integral roles in the formation of a highly successful core curriculum as part of their institution, discuss the logistics, the politics, and the philosophy behind the founding and growth of their Liberal Arts College. For Frederick Krantz, their program is Platonic. The author…

In our summer 2006 issue, we ran a comprehensive overview of how postmodernism has degraded composition on our campuses. Steve Kogan enlarges that indictment and charges that the movement has deliberately corrupted every area of English instruction--from the acquisition of skills and knowledge to the more fundamental mission of developing in…

The last ten years have witnessed a nationwide proliferation of courses and programs in public relations. Consideration of the role and function of the introductory course in public relations involves the course's objectives, the methods used to teach it, and placing the course in a curricular setting so that its interrelationship with other…

The study of leadership must be multidisciplinary, and the examination of the link between family and leadership should be a primary concern. (MSE)

A graduate of a course in history's great ideas and the processes of thinking about them encourages the development of similar courses, arguing that important aspects of intellectual development are being ignored in the current college curriculum. (MSE)

Women's Studies programs contribute little to scholarship but instead act as forums for consciousness raising and advocacy of a policy agenda. Women and feminism can be the subject of respectable course work, but such work is best undertaken in traditional departments. (KH)