The imperatives of institutional planning in an environment of scarce resources have brought program evaluation activities under more systematic processes serving varied needs. Evaluation processes at Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Houston are examined. (Author/MSE)

With artistic leadership, state agency roles can complement those of institutions and their governing boards, enhancing the renewal function of program evaluation and ensuring that evaluation centers on the improvement of educational effectiveness. (Author)

A strategy is described that can be used to instruct grammar in composition courses and to reinforce grammar in academic courses, addressing both the problem of grammar theory and grammar application. The strategy is a checklist that the student uses to proofread his essays or other written works. (MLW)

Discusses the steadily declining enrollment in classical languages programs at college level and explores ways of making curricula more viable. Describes alternatives based on the introduction of a single-subject scheme in classical studies and debates the pros and cons of reading the classics in translation. (MES)

The contrast and complementarity of the curricular and co-curricular areas of higher education are presented to justify the existence of student affairs as a legitimate contributor to the education of the whole student. The distinctive features of academic and student affairs are presented with suggestions of how they can work cooperatively. (JMF)

The development and use of a systematic preservice academic adviser training program is described in this article. The activities involved in working through each of the steps in the systems model approach used to develop the resulting program are recounted. (Author)

Study surveyed 369 universities to determine how widespread resident assistant training courses are and how they are typically structured. Results suggest consistency in some course elements, like required enrollment, course text and lectures, but a lack of consensus in other components, such as topics, grading policies, and goals. (Author/RJM)

Drawing on experience in South Africa, college-student learning difficulties are approached as problems in accessing and mastering the cognitive processes needed to develop the specific academic literacy required for the disciplines. Based on this theory, the article argues for integration of such academic development into mainstream…

The failure to successfully complete gateway calculus courses often prevents ethnic minority students from pursuing science and engineering majors. Research suggests that this failure to succeed is caused more by social factors than by attributes related to ability. This article presents the findings of an evaluation study done of the Wisconsin…

The Humanities Project was a 2-year collaboration between the Austin Independent School District (Texas) and the University of Texas at Austin. The primary goals of the project were, first, to provide selected teachers with an opportunity for intensive study in selected works of world literature, and second, to help teachers with the development…

While all professional fields, taken for granted in a developed society, are underpopulated in underdeveloped American Indian communities, there is a widespread negative attitude toward academic professionals among Indian leaders today. The attitude may reflect a national and, perhaps, a world trend in increasingly technological and conservative…

When designing a contemporary curriculum in communication, it is important to adapt the specific set of skills and knowledge to the needs of the marketplace. The change in the transformation from speech to communication to communication/information technology is reflected in the various names of university departments. Schools that have changed…

If teachers are to help students develop higher-order reading, thinking, and writing skills, then researchers must begin by articulating the ways of knowing that are central to particular domains. A study was elaborated to provide initial information about the ways in which people talk about "knowing" in academic subjects as they appear…

This paper explores the question of the relative quality of the academic and professional components of teacher education programs from three different angles: (1) a critical assessment of several widely publicized and representative critiques of education courses with a focus on describing the variety of the criticisms and on assessing the…

The responsibilities and functioning of an academic affairs committee of a college governing board are described. It is noted that the responsibilities of the academic affairs committee involve monitoring the relationship between mission and strategy in the academic realm. The following responsibilities of the committee are discussed: the…