In the fall of 1969, Hiram College launched a new curriculum. All the traditional discipline-oriented graduation requirements were eliminated in favor of several types of interdisciplinary programs and more student electives. The focus of the Hiram curriculum is on the freshman year. As a result of these changes, a task force was appointed to…

Are today's college students really educated men and women? Harvard frets that many are not, and proposes reforms. (Editor)

Describes both faculty and student expectations for the major and their evaluation of the curriculum. Students' career interests and differences in gender, race, and grade point average influenced the changes that were made in course requirements and department services. Suggests questions and resources other departments might use in revising…

Arguments for and against extension of dental education to a mandatory five years because of current overcrowding of dental curriculum are presented in debate form. Affirmative arguments center on the inefficacy of restructuring existing curricula, and arguments against focus on current curricular inefficiency, costs, and other practical…

The status of formal ethics instruction was assessed by a dental school survey and literature review. Although three-fourths of respondents indicated commitment to teaching ethics, there was no agreement about what is being taught as ethics. Issues of curriculum content, teaching methods, degree requirements, and faculty are discussed. (Author/MSE)

Reports results of a survey on what practicing communication specialists do as well as what they perceive to be important skills for future communication specialists. Respondents' job descriptions indicate two types of communication specialists: journalists and trainers. Implications for academic preparation for each are included. (JMF)

Describes and outlines medical-physics courses that are taken in parallel with physics courses and designed for the medical physicist. (GA)

Describes a model for the design of undergraduate curricula in the discipline of computing that was developed by the ACM/IEEE (Association for Computing Machinery/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Computer Society Joint Curriculum Task Force. Institutional settings and structures in which computing degrees are awarded are…

The creative responses of the University of California at Berkeley English Department to changing social and economic conditions are described and recommended as exemplary. (JH)

On October 3, 1972 the faculty of Mars Hill College approved the extension of the present core curriculum and the modified 4-1-4 calendar through the 1973-74 academic year. The faculty further asked that the study of the competence-based curriculum be continued. This document contains a partial list of the proposals produced by the ongoing review…

The bulletin of Empire State College, New York's non-residential college, describes the organization of the decentralized college, its educational philosophy and innovative educational program. The College's plan calls for a network of regional learning centers located within reasonable commuting distance for most New York state residents.…

Suggests an alternative to writing the traditional dissertation as a requirement for the doctorate in biology. Recommends the production of one or more journal journal-style manuscripts contributing knowledge in the field as a substitute. (MA)

Discusses the background of and rationale for a newly published requirement of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that all accredited undergraduate degree programs contain a basic core of general education courses. Considers the possible effects on community colleges. (DMM)

Although there are 30 universities, schools, and organizations world-wide that give postgraduate degrees or diplomas in architectural conservation, there is no clear consensus of the professional standard such degrees or diplomas represent. It is suggested that architectural conservation should be established as an independent discipline and an…

The three-year bachelors degree program is an old part of American educational tradition. Herein, the author discusses the implications for use of the three-year baccalaureate. (RK)