This report summarizes the key discussions of a Conference of Directors of Carnegie-Funded Time-Shortened Baccalaureate Programs. Discussion centered on five major concerns, the nature of the baccalaureate; time shortening: where, when, and how; financing higher education; evaluation; and the dynamics of change. The report suggests that a number…

A sensible and exciting introduction to history in the various levels of public education is needed. Such an introduction should begin with personal family history, then move on to various aspects of local history, and finally, to national and world history. To be able to teach family and local history, history teachers must know: (1) how to use…

The Occupational Education Program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree at Southern Illinois University was adapted to enable military personnel to participate. Guidelines for determining the amount of credit hours to be awarded were developed. Participants were also required to have an occupational specialty or cluster that would relate to a…

Three major dilemmas challenging social work educators and practitioners are: the generic-specific issue, the dichotomization of the profession between social change and focus on the individual, and the educational continuum in BSW and MSW preparation. The findings of a national study of aspects of curriculum design and emphasis are discussed.…

Eastern Michigan University's (EMU) bachelor's (B.A.) and master's (M.A.) programs in Language and International Trade began in 1978, and have awarded 181 B.A. and 249 M.A. degrees in their first 10 years. Two surveys of program graduates revealed that most are employed in jobs with international concerns. Alumni observations strongly reflected…

Among the papers and presentations are: the keynote speech (E. Alden Dunham); the quality baccalaureate myth (Richard Giardina); the high school/college interface and time-shortening (panel presentation); restructuring the baccalaureate: a follow-up study (Robert Bersi); a point of view (Richard Meisler); more options: less time? (DeVere E.…

Healthcare technicians may receive their training in hospitals/clinics, community colleges/vocational-technical institutes, universities/medical schools, proprietary schools, secondary schools, or government institutions. Most allied health and nursing organizations also require continuing education for relicensure and certification; however,…

Virginia Tech has had an undergraduate bachelor of sciences degree program in vocational industrial education (also known as trade and industrial or T&I) since 1957. It was among the first institutions in the nation to establish such a program. Virginia Tech's program was renamed vocational industrial/health occupations education in 1978. The…

This paper analyzed time to degree and enrollment intensity (number of hours earned each quarter) for Ohio State University baccalaureate recipients. Using an investment theory framework based on an organizational behavior model, the study sought to determine whether commitment propensity variables were important in explaining degree commitment,…

Mississippi State University's revamped undergraduate foreign language program was designed to attract new students interested in job preparedness. The B.S. program is tightly structured to provide students with both general education and expertise in four areas of study essential for a career in world trade: foreign language fluency, proficiency…

A study examined trade and industrial (T&I) vocational teacher education baccalaureate degree requirements at colleges and universities across the country. Questionnaires were sent to all 26 institutions listed in the 1992 "Industrial Teacher Education Directory" as offering undergraduate degrees in vocational education, vocational teacher…

Developers of distance education courses need to determine the best and most efficient delivery systems. Traditional print-based correspondence courses are thought to prevail in the technological age because of inertia of administrators and instructions, but it is important to know the preferences of the adult learners who are the usual…

Murray State University (Kentucky) has approached the internationalization of the business curriculum by creating a bachelor of arts degree program requiring 2 years of foreign language study. To assess the program's overall success, three student surveys were undertaken. The first polled entering freshman business students in fall 1990 about…

Proceedings of a workshop conducted by the Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing include: patterns of assessment of experiential learning (John R. Valley); physical assessment of ethnic people of color (Julie Sykes); introduction and integration of health assessment in the associate degree phase at Brigham Young University College of…

In the context of an increased emphasis on accountability in higher education and time taken to earn a baccalaureate degree, the Board of Regents of the State University System of Florida conducted a national survey of 75 public universities concerning the minimum credit hours required for the baccalaureate degree for various disciplines. The…