This is the tenth in a series of articles entitled "The Legacy Project." The Legacy Project focuses on the lives and actions of leaders who have forged our profession into what it is today. Members of the profession owe a debt of gratitude to these leaders. One simple way to demonstrate that gratitude is to recognize these leaders and…

Discusses the development and status of the speech communication field at the University of Virginia. (PD)

An approach to enhancing program quality in educational institutions through program mapping is presented in this report. First, the objective of program mapping is specified as a means to evaluate and clarify the learning outcomes of a college's educational programs; and its use as a graphic representation of the interdependent relationships…

Describes the development and growth of an undergraduate degree program in speech communication that combines courses from different disciplines. (PD)

Presents the responses of Norman L. Fortenberry, Division Director of the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), and Bob Watson, immediate past director of DUE, to questions submitted by AACC regarding NSF's education programs, opportunities, and grant applications. DUE is the focal point of the National Science Foundation's agency-wide effort…

Describes the development and implementation of an International Visiting Fellowship in communication studies at the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education, Sydney, Australia, from 1979-83. (PD)

Selected college peace studies programs are described, and perspectives on such efforts in higher education are considered in an article by Robert C. Williams, "Sounds of Silence: The Academy and the Nuclear Question." Following the essay, peace studies activities of six colleges are described. At Syracuse University, the Program in…

Recalling a program session at the 1981 annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association entitled "The Small College Speech Communication Instructor: Jacks and Jills of All Trades," this paper "revisits" that session by reviewing the comments and observations made then and offering reflections on the changes that have been observed in the…

Urban and regional development in Third World countries has been changing in terms of aims, planning style, analytic methods and scope. These evolving perspectives are reviewed, and recommendations for incorporating such changes into professional programs in urban and regional studies are presented. (WB)

Addressed are various concerns regarding the education of Muslim planners. Areas discussed include the planner's changing role, the role of the university, the professional nature of planning education, course content, and the need for continuous learning. (WB)

Ways that colleges and universities are responding to the new scholarship on women are described. First, an essay by Peggy McIntosh, "The Study of Women: Processes of Personal and Curricular Re-vision," considers stresses for the ego and challenges to the intellect that women's studies work brings to faculty members in traditional…

Describes four parts of a college composition program--the apprentice segment and the segments for future teachers, for students who need to discover in writing the self and the non-self, and for remedial students--and examines the processes of writing. (GT)

The uses of computers by colleges and universities are described, and some definitions of computer literacy are proposed. In addition, an essay, "Computing and Higher Education: The Revolution Is Through the Gates," by Robert G. Gillespie briefly considers the efforts colleges are making to explore the potential of the personal computer.…

In this article, the author discusses two major conclusions about initial preparation programs in the United States. On the upside, a good deal of energy and hard work is being poured into attempts to revitalize preparation programs. On the downside, people are not seeing much in the way of real improvement; that is, most of the change is on the…

The position taken by Stephen White, of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (New York, New York), in the title article of this collection, states that the programs of many liberal arts colleges are moving toward incorporating applied mathematics and technological literacy into the curriculum. White also states that colleges should be adjusting their…