Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago has started an interdisciplinary degree program called Education and Experience in Engineering.'' (PG)

The Master of Human Services (MHS) offered by the College for Human Services, is intended to be the equivalent of any master's degree in social work. Students are provided with jobs in the field and are taught professional expertise over a varied 2-year (8 semester) period. (Author/PG)

Reviews recent reports on graduate education and offers the following recommendations: train specialists for social service, continue federal fellowships, develop long range planning for graduate level manpower preparation, and develop equality of access for disadvantaged and minority students. (Author/PG)

The adult degree program (ADP) at Goddard College in Vermont is a nontraditional program for students over 26 who once started but never completed work toward their BA degree. Goddard offers parttime study, with no grades, required courses, texts, lecture halls, or residency requirements. (Author/PG)

Blind to marketplace criteria, college drama departments offer too much pedagogy and too little contact with professionals who work in the theater. As a result, students receive degrees certifying only amateurism. (Author/PG)

Although enrollments in undergraduate liberal arts curricula and in traditional graduate programs are slowing, enrollments in explicitly inter- or multidisciplinary graduate liberal education programs are increasing. Some of these programs are described. (LBH)

Higher education must arrive at some fresh convictions to restore integrity to the baccalaureate degree. Assumptions about the degree's meaning should be made explicit in both the curriculum and extracurricular activities. The objectives of the Association of American College's Project on the Meaning and Purpose of Baccalaureate Degrees are…

The premise of "A Quest for Common Learning," which questioned the value of distribution requirements in 95 percent of U.S. colleges, is challenged. It is suggested that the varied academic disciplines demonstrate the pursuit of truth, and general education must immerse the student in a number of disciplines. (MLW)

The debate over the nature and form of general education is discussed. The Project on General Education Models, which surveyed colleges and universities that had taken concrete steps to review or revise their general education programs, is described. Some new programs are outlined. (MLW)

The practice of awarding honorary degrees by American colleges and universities is examined. Topics include the background of the practice, schools that refuse to participate, the selection process used by some institutions, possible financial and other reasons for granting honorary degrees, and benefits gained by those honored. (JMD)

The Humanities External Degree Program at California State University, Dominguez Hills, is a fully accredited, interdisciplinary program offering both a bachelor's and a master's degree and waiving all attendance requirements. Its curriculum, procedures, and emphasis on independent study are described.

The history of undergraduate teaching in the United States is discussed in an attempt to determine whether the curriculum is now in a period of crisis. The most crucial ingredient in the excellence of higher education may be the admissions policies and the quality of the faculty teaching available courses. (MLW)

Harvard's recommendation of a core curriculum is examined and related to the general status of American higher education. It is suggested that the Harvard curriculum offers insight into the crisis faced by academe, and that the so-called reforms reveal failures of imagination and will and offer too little too late. They fail to examine the…

Occidental College offers international programs and foreign affairs courses. The emphasis on international studies extends to the core curriculum with three major areas that deal with the history, politics, and culture of other countries. Undergraduates are required to take almost two years of a foreign language. (MLW)

The quest for the powers and skills of informed judgment, for the dual capacities of appreciation and criticism should stand as the goal of every level of the college curriculum. The fundamentals of a college education are seen as decisions between interpretations and the skill of understanding interpretations. (MLW)