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Mayville, William V. – 1978
The many forms of interdisciplinarity in higher education institutions and the various ways it has been used to advance curricular changes are examined. Definitions of interdisciplinarity and its variants (multi-, pluri-, and transdisciplinarity) provide a conceptual framework for the examination. In this study, interdisciplinarity is understood…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Rosenfeld, Stuart A. – Foresight, 1986
The key to the survival of manufacturing industries in the South is the ability to innovate. Most of the responsibility for innovation rests on the technical skills of the labor force--not only the scientists and engineers who design the technologies but also the employees who ultimately will have to work with and understand the new technologies.…
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Needs, Futures (of Society), Models
Cunanan, Esmeralda S.; Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – TASPP Brief, 1993
This issue, the second of a two-part series on gender equity, presents strategies that nontraditional programs around the country have found to be helpful in combating the problems of educational and occupational segregation by sex. Described in detail is the Outreach Equity Non-Traditional Program located at the Florida Advanced Technology Center…
Descriptors: College Programs, Demonstration Programs, Models, Nontraditional Education
Dixon, Stella – FEDA Bulletin, 1997
Recent national policies and legislation have made it imperative for the United Kingdom's further education (FE) institutions to adopt strategic approaches to the management of quality, change, and organizational development. It is necessary that any strategic approach developed by an FE college integrate processes, culture, and structure into a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Straight, H. Stephen, Ed. – 1994
The papers in this special issue provide both a general overview and detailed discussion of specific examples of the languages across the curriculum (LAC) movement that is currently gaining momentum in colleges and universities in the United States. Papers include: (1) "International Students as Resource Specialists: Binghamton's Languages…
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Attitudes, Educational Strategies, Foreign Students
Hurst, Darrell, Ed.; Jobin, Robert, Ed. – VCCA Journal, 1990
Volume 5 of the "VCCA Journal" contains the following articles: (1) "Outcomes Assessment Weather Forecast: A Cold Wind Blowing from the North," by David C. Hanson; (2) "The National Endowment for the Humanities Grant at Piedmont Virginia Community College," by Evelyn Edson, Jane Kingston, William Owen, and Samuel…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, College Programs