There is a whole infrastructure that must support a successful universal student computing requirement. Conventional approaches would have the students plugging into a wired network. That would necessitate network wires and hubs or many ports in each classroom. Students would need access to course-related software. Because the needs would change…

This discussion of the interrelationship between libraries and learning focuses on the development of university libraries. Changing attitudes toward students' involvement in the learning process and expanding curricula are cited as reasons for the growth of university libraries. The professionalization of librarianship and increased participation…

The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy has, over a four-year period, developed and implemented a biotechnology program that has been fully integrated into the professional division of the undergraduate program. Addition of new technologies provides an increasingly coherent curriculum stressing the value of ideas. (MSE)

This paper examines academic degree programs that train outdoor leaders. A review of previous studies of outdoor leadership noted 12 critical core competencies of an effective outdoor leader. A survey of college outdoor programs identified 15 four-year academic degree programs in outdoor leadership at U.S. colleges and universities. The programs…

Dance, nurtured in physical education departments, has elected to move away from physical education and affiliate with other disciplines in academia. The strongest argument for dance to remain in physical education is that removing physical dance from physical education department is tantamount to removing dance from removing dance from physical…

Cornell's experience over the last decade suggests that writing across the curriculum programs should not be housed in English departments. In fact, that experience, which has been largely successful, suggests writing programs are best off as independent departments, directed by rotating members from a variety of disciplines. The reasons are as…

In recent years, education has shifted its goals from acquiring a classical methodology to learning how to make a living. Students are taking fewer liberal arts courses; and at the same time, reading, thinking, and reasoning skills are declining. With the advent of Sputnik in 1957, the idea that hard science had the answers to the world's problems…

This study investigated the effects of corporate financial support on the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) curriculum. The study evolved out of growing concerns that many university educators have related to the mushrooming of university efforts to secure corporate financial support…

Typical characteristics of program reviews, illustrations of to whom the reviews relate in a university setting, and conditions and expectations that may enhance the use of the results of program reviews are described in this report. It is argued that program reviews do not serve all levels of a university equally; the primary beneficiaries of the…

The relationship between the content and the context of curriculum was explored by applying basic concepts and approaches from the fields of policy analysis and organization theory. A chronology of the policy formation stage in which the University of Iowa developed its recommendations for curriculum revision is presented. The format indicates…

This study was undertaken to get an overview of the status of publication management courses and programs in journalism education. A one-page questionnaire containing eight questions was mailed to the deans, directors, and department heads and chairpersons of all U.S. journalism departments and schools listed in the January 1974 issue of…

In the year 2000, there will be approximately 1,400 community colleges in the United States. This estimate is based on extrapolation of the "saturated" models evident in such states as Florida, Washington, California, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, and New York, where a campus is within commuting distance of 90-95% of the state's population. Major…

The classical Aristotelian approach to justice and the aims of liberal education are discussed, focusing on distributive justice and access to education, education for leadership, and standards of achievement. (MSE)

Discusses how the study of literature enriches the education of the future technocrat. (PD)

Offers an historical overview and analysis of Catholic women's colleges, including their faculty and curriculum, asserting that the distinctive history and mission of these colleges give them a unique capacity to bring future generations the finest Catholic higher education has to offer. (EV)