This paper discusses vocationalism versus a utilitarian view of the university in the context of funding and inclusion of pre-professional writing courses in a liberal arts education. It begins by describing a situation in which pre-professional writing courses for medicine, law, and business might be eliminated, based on their vocational…

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) convened the "Symposium on Business and the Liberal Arts: Integrating Professional and Liberal Education" in Chicago in May 2007 out of concern that the proportion of students graduating with degrees in the liberal arts has been declining as preprofessional and technical programs have expanded and the…

This study analyzes catalog descriptions from a large state university in ten-year increments from 1965 to 1995 to look for evidence of a transformation of colleges and universities as a result of the introduction of women as a subject in the curriculum. Feminist scholars in the 1980s predicted the transformation would occur gradually and…

The Office of Personnel Management should designate a new professional series for hiring individuals in outdoor recreational management. A new professional series would help set a standard for professionals with training in both resource management and the social sciences. Recommended educational requirements for the series include: (1) natural…

Presenting an historical overview of the development of speech courses at Millersville University (Pennsylvania), this paper analyzes the past, present, and future status of speech communication within the context of the general education curriculum. The historical perspective treats the origins and definition of speech as a college course…

This series of exercises is designed to provide undergraduate students with some experiences to deepen and clarify their understanding of the various approaches to personality. The exercises include the semantic differential, modeling, systematic desensitization, shaping, role construct repertory, free association, and approach-avoidance…

Despite the increasing acceptance of the value of psychotherapy, there are still those who think people should solve their own problems. A study was conducted to investigate the attitudes of college students toward seeking professional help before and after taking a course in abnormal psychology to determine whether exposure to the purposes and…

At our present state of development, courses in historical bibliography provide unusual advantages in relating the past to the present and opportunities for linking the different elements of professional study in schools of librarianship. Even if, in some future age, librarians are concerned solely with electronic journals and online services,…

At Gallaudet College, additional computer hardware has been required to meet the computer needs of administration, faculty, and students. Used in such disciplines as English, mathematics, chemistry, and foreign language; computer assisted instruction has proven particularly helpful in teaching the deaf. (EMH)

Oral Roberts University opened in 1965 with an audiovisual Dial Access Information Retrieval System designed to provide basic course information to students. After the novelty and problems of the start, the system has progressed to the point where over half of the general education course work is now offered by the systems approach--creating a…

Many students come to college with little knowledge of or interest in traditional humanities topics; however, a college teacher of humanities can use science fiction as a "door in," a tool to take students from the known to the unknown. Literary elements such as characterization, plot, setting, theme, and point of view are present in science…

During the half a million years that man has been on earth, three fundamental technological revolutions have taken place: the agrarian revolution, the industrial revolution, and the era of high technology. In contrast to the first two revolutions, the high tech revolution has taken place at a much more rapid rate, causing pressures that have many…

In order to determine whether advertising should be taught in the journalism school or the business school, it is necessary to consider the strengths of both schools and then to compare them to the objectives of advertising education and the needs of advertising students. The strengths of the business school grow from its systems approach while…

This paper discusses the objectives of a program in biomechanics--the analysis of sports skills and movement--and the evolution of the biomechanics program at Iowa State University. The primary objective of such a course is to provide the student with the basic tools necessary for adequate analysis of human movement, with special emphasis upon…

This paper addresses the issue of faculty participation in development programs. Participation in faculty development programs has not been part of the culture in engineering education and with the focus on reform, ways are being sought to involve faculty in retraining. At North Carolina State University (NCSU), representatives from the…