An emphasis on diversity is one of the greatest challenges in my teaching. Everyone, myself included, enters the course with a set of expectations for human behavior, and literature can be very disruptive of these expectations. International literature, for example, often disrupts the narrative expectations of readers who were trained by stories…

After initial hostility and skepticism to Open Universities, the critical response became more favorable. From 1971 onwards there was a tremendous amount of writing about the Open University, not only in British journals and newspapers but also abroad. This bibliography incorporates over 130 entries dealing with the Open University in Great…

Describes issues discussed at the Association of American University Presses, June 1986 meeting, as being divided between those interested in using the techniques of commercial publishers and those committed to publishing what is worthy. Chandler Grannis describes "New Directions for University Presses" and Doug Armato "The Power of…

This annotated bibliography consists of general citations regarding the state-higher education relationship up to 1972. Citations are listed in alphabetical order with brief annotations accompanying each entry. (MJM)

Clinical advocacy programs offer educational potential to the planning student and service to the community in a context somewhat broader than attending public hearings on issues that have either already been decided or offer no opportunity for meaningful input by planning students. More specifically defined advocate planning strategies have been…

Lists titles and authors of master's theses in progress at selected universities between 1984 and 1986. These schools submitted titles: Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical; Atlanta; Fisk; Howard; Meharry Medical; Morgan State; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical; North Carolina Central; Southern; and Baton Rouge. (KH)

In a discussion of the development of higher education in America, its European roots are traced to provide a historical perspective to some current issues. The paper examines the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment in relation to the influence that each of these historical periods had on the first colleges and universities in this…

This bibliography brings together all the publications in the Colorado State University Library which bear the Colorado State University imprint. It consists of 1059 citations of scholarship, research, and literature which the University has published from 1970 through 1976. The arrangement of the bibliography is either by author or main entry as…

This is the first yearly supplement to the first edition of a bibliography compiled to bring together all the publications in the Colorado State University Libraries which bear the University imprint. The supplement lists an additional 170 citations of print and nonprint materials published by the University in the areas of scholarship, research,…

Lists title, author, institution, and availability of 521 theses and 182 dissertations from 61 institutions in 15 subject areas. Notes the top master's subjects (nutrition, family relations, clothing, child development, home economics education) and doctoral subjects (family relations, nutrition, food science, home economics education, child…

Lists title, author, institution, and availability for 531 theses and 201 dissertations from 59 institutions on 15 subjects. Notes top master's subjects (nutrition, family relations, child development, food science, home economics education) and doctoral subjects (nutrition, family relations, food science, child development, consumer…

Following the Morrill Act of 1862, the Land-Grant institutions developed, keeping pace with the industrial, social and economic changes in our national life. It is the purpose of this bibliography to present sources containing information on this development, through general references and histories of the individual Land-Grant institutions. The…

Thousand of books, monographs, proceedings, and articles have been published concerning colleges and universities in the United States. As guides to his extensive literature, many bibliographies in the field of higher education in general, or special aspects of it, have been prepared. These vary greatly in comprehensiveness, in recency, and in…

The directory of the Educational Film Library Association lists by state 16mm film collections in colleges and universities throughout the United States. Data supplied by the institutions provide the following information: institution in which the collection is located; complete mailing address; name and position of the person in charge of the…

For a nonthesis master's degree in social studies, many Canadian universities require that students do a major project or monograph. A bibliography of such projects done between 1971 and 1980 is provided. An analysis of the projects is also included. (RM)