The role of colleges and universities in corporate education can and should be substantially expanded, or academic institutions will be increasingly pushed aside by proprietary and nonprofit organizations. Issues to be addressed in this change include academic arrogance and corporate resentment, college faculty as consultants, and corporate…

Assesses the factual basis for the stereotyped images of each other that are prevalent among instructional developers in business and education and argues that this problem of conflicting images can be overcome if graduate programs and the industrial community would begin to share ideas and create opportunities for dialogue. (Author/MER)

Illustrates a variety of approaches that can be used in training undergraduates, graduates, and professionals in industry to solve trouble shooting or diagnostic problems. (CS)

Discussion of distance learning focuses on the SBC Center for Learning that uses two types of video conferencing technology. Describes higher education and corporate learning programs and discusses future plans that will include emerging technologies and new instructional design models. (LRW)

Questions the merits of many topics taught in college degree programs. Ponders the relevance of any curriculum as to applications to careers. (CP)

Discusses a career alternative for speech communication students, one that relies on the traditional role of teaching but is centered in business and industry. (PD)

Discusses the purposes and benefits of sandwich courses, which are now an established feature of the British system of higher education. These courses provide students with a period of industrial experience sandwiched between academic periods in college. (JR)

The Xerox Center for Training and Management Development considers itself an adjunct rather than an alternative to traditional higher education; the center's responsibility is to supply its students with the specific knowledge and skills they need to do their jobs efficiently and to advance professionally. (JMF)

Describes a course in applied physics with solid state electronics, aimed at providing a continuing broad background in general physics while allowing for the gradual development of an emphasis on applications, engineering expertise, and relevant industrial experience. (Author/GA)

Identifies the pedagogical principles underlying the teaching and learning activities that constitute effective electronic learning in higher education and in corporate settings. Discusses return on investment; desirable attributes of an electronic learning environment; developing content; learning objects; assessment; learning management systems;…

Describes a game called UPSIDE DOWN that is designed for use in higher education courses or in corporate training to sensitize participants to cultural issues when interacting with groups with different backgrounds. Both intragroup and intergroup interactions are described, suggestions for debriefing are given, and a complete set of rules is…

Discusses results of a survey that investigated practices in the design, development, and application of training and education that incorporates interactive hypermedia-based job documents, especially Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals. Military, industry, and higher education practices in traditional, electronic, and virtual classrooms as…

Identifies and examines the problems that staff in multinational corporations (MNCs) experience in horizontal communication with other units and discusses the implications of these problems for in-company language training. Concludes that illustrative interview data suggests that corporate training schemes should focus on the broad spectrum of…

Discusses the use of 3-D virtual classrooms for online learning, both by corporations for training and by universities for online courses. Topics include cost effectiveness; required software; problems encountered; and differences between corporate and university approaches to using 3-D virtual classrooms, including presentation and sense of…

Through its cooperative education and industrial training program, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) in the Philippines provides 250-800 hours of work-based education to students enrolled in 3-, 4-, and 5-year programs of training for such occupations as professional engineer, technologist, teacher, and technician. At the…