Discusses the need for theater education at all levels, including a bachelor's degree in theater education. (MM)

The Model United Nations simulation is an effective way to provide undergraduate business students with international and multicultural experiences. Students develop personal and technical skills such as researching, caucusing, negotiating, and consensus building. (SK)

Counselor educators and students share an ethical accountability for the quality of service that these students will one day provide to their client populations. In this article, the author discusses how assessment can be understood as part of the contract educators make not only with their students, but also with the individuals they will…

The field of American Studies explores the cultures and practices of individuals and communities in the United States, as well as their transnational exchanges and impacts. It is an interdisciplinary field that is based on making "connections." Environmental justice, as a social movement, also makes important connections. It integrates…

Effective teaching of college level introductory courses in anthropology should include techniques used by anthropologists themselves. An effective learning environment is first achieved by having respect for one's discipline, for students, and for the processes of learning and intellectual development. Once the environment has been established,…

Physical educators have been over-attentive to the technical and professional prerequisites perceived as necessary for a first job or graduate school. Yet, all students need a sound liberal education if they are going to be contributing members of a society and live rich, productive, and rewarding lives. (MT)

Presented in this address by the recipient of the American Sociological Association's award for contribution to undergraduate education are reflections on teaching and a personal biography. Social relationships in academe are also discussed. (Author/RM)

The writer examines the goals, methods, contexts, and outcomes of liberal education, as seen through the lens of the seminar experience. Originally a forum for advanced graduate students, the seminar has become a central feature of undergraduate education and signature pedagogy of liberal learning. Sometimes described in terms of size,…

Presents an interview with "U.S. News & World Report" editors explaining how their annual undergraduate rankings work, what they measure, and how an institution can do better. (EV)

Humorously examines the presumption of undergraduate course titles, suggesting that they are not invitational and do not reflect the interests of the students. Offers an alternative list of courses based on the notion that relevance is determined not by course content but by the application of that content. (MAB)

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)

There are significant misconceptions within the chemical community and molecular science, particularly in the undergraduate curriculum and the associated textbooks. Some of the misconceptions are described, which give poor basis to understand molecular bonding and structure, and reaction mechanisms.

This article reviews the reform recommendations offered by the Holmes and Carnegie reports. The author maintains that many of the reforms will be in place by the year 2000, and that with cooperative efforts by all concerned groups, the transition to a new era of teacher certification will be calm. (JDH)

This paper, written for those in higher education mathematics departments, reviews curriculum reform. Three major reasons for programmatic reform are outlined: (1) higher education faces a changing climate; (2) higher education faces a challenging clientele; and (3) mathematics educators face a changing content. The case is made for programmatic…

Argues that current public disinterest in sociology is due to the unscientific way the subject is presented in introductory college courses. After comparing course content in introductory science and sociology courses, the authors conclude that only introductory demography courses would meet the criteria for a scientific approach to sociological…