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Download full textGnanapragasam, Nirmala – Advances in Engineering Education, 2010
Seattle University has an industrially sponsored, yearlong, senior design program that has been in existence for more than 20 years. Students work in teams of three or four under the guidance of a liaison from the sponsoring agency and a faculty advisor. The students prepare a proposal in the fall quarter detailing their plan and a design report…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Engineering Education, Design, Student Projects
Peer reviewedStewart, Donald C. – College Composition and Communication, 1989
Examines undergraduate English programs through a survey of 108 American colleges and universities. Argues that the overwhelming emphasis on the study of literature gives students a narrow impression of the field, and that departments should offer, in addition, opportunities to study creative writing, languages and linguistics, and composition and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, English Departments, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMyers, John W. – English Education, 1983
Reports results of student teachers' evaluations of one university's course offerings in the Department of Education and the English department, their English methods course, and the degree to which the two departments worked together. Concludes that cooperation between the two departments could be improved. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs, Educational Research, English Departments
Duke, Charles R. – 1978
The purposes of the Basic Writing Skills Assessment Project, begun in the spring of 1977, were to provide a review and assessment of the existing English proficiency program and to develop a data base on which generalizations might be made about the status of writing skills at Plymouth State College. This report was written on the basis of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Students, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
White, Edward M.; Polin, Linda G. – 1983
To describe and evaluate current practices in college composition programs, a study was conducted of the 19 California State University campuses. English department chairs completed a short survey on courses, staffing, and special projects, and structured interviews were conducted with these chairs and various other program coordinators from a…
Descriptors: College English, College Faculty, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Lyons, Paul R. – 1976
In 1975, the departments of English, history, modern foreign languages, and philosophy at Frostburg State College (Maryland) cooperatively proposed a master of arts program in modern studies. A survey was conducted to assess reactions to the program proposal. Three populations were surveyed: (1) undergraduate English, history, and foreign language…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Leaders, Consultants, Departments
