Viewbooks are an important medium by which institutions of higher learning entice students to matriculate. Indeed, an entire industry exists to aid institutions in the design and production of these publications and college and university admissions and public relations professionals spend a significant amount of time and money fashioning…

More faculty report each year that they are incorporating service-learning in their academic courses, which is often related to attempts by colleges and universities to link academics with service to the community as part of their mission, or by the academic disciplines that see service-learning as a way to link theory and practice. Critical to…

This article presents the authors' critique of lessons proposed by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). The authors initiate a discussion about content that they hope will play out in schoolhouses and statehouses across the country. They take on a different task: they present a handful of lesson ideas from P21 that could enhance studies…

This study examined the relationship between state policies mandating increased mathematics credits for high school graduation and access to postsecondary education. The purpose of this study was to determine if the state policy intervention of increasing high school mathematics requirements was related to a higher likelihood that students would…

This study examined the longitudinal effects of 2 first-grade universal preventive interventions on academic outcomes (e.g., achievement, special education service use, graduation, postsecondary education) through age 19 in a sample of 678 urban, primarily African American children. The classroom-centered intervention combined the Good Behavior…

Observations are made on the religious education programs of the Catholic University. (KM)

Proposes an alternative way of viewing general education, suggesting that the purpose of education can be viewed in spiritual or religious terms. Applies an ecclesiastic metaphor to portray an education that emphasizes an awareness of assumptions and the process of knowledge acquisition. Discusses teaching practices that facilitate the pursuit of…

This paper presents concepts relevant to, and the benefits to be gained from, using a "systems" model in thinking about academic planning in general and curriculum development in particular. An attempt is made to show how the "systems" approach provides key tools for a diagnosis of academic structure in a college or university.…

Presents a revised version of the keynote address to the Central States Speech Association (1977) by Marie Nichols, Professor of Speech Communication, Emerita, University of Illinois. (MH)

Reprinted from Higher Education and Research in the Netherlands,'' 1971, Bulletin 4, v15 p37. (Editor)

The role of higher education is discussed in this essay with regard to the "new mission" of basic learning skills. It is suggested that teaching basic skills should be pressed back on the precollegiate educational units where it belongs, and that colleges must defend the idea that they are institutions for higher studies and advanced intellectual…

Presents experts' and politicians' comments on the type of curriculum which would meet students' vocational education needs in Britain. Based on analysis of these comments, proposes a curriculum framework for vocational education in schools and colleges. (Author/AEM)

Discusses the negative impacts of academic and vocational tracking. Academic consequences include (1) limiting access to knowledge, (2) differing instructional quality, (3) differing student outcomes, and (4) curricula inequality. Suggests new goals and new curricula to improve education for all students. (CH)