This proposal contains a plan to alter the curriculum at Georgia Institute of Technology for the following reasons: to educate its students in Total Quality Management (TQM) approaches and practice, to develop a major research initiative designed to understand what TQM approaches work and why, to become a major center for the collection and…

Argues that information relating to entrepreneurship should be part of every curriculum within the field of home economics. Discusses characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and discusses how the curriculum can be modified to develop these characteristics. Reviews sources of entrepreneurship materials. (CH)

States that although credit-bearing videotaped college courses ("telecourses") are a recent concept, the market is large and potentially lucrative. Points out increasing pressure on college administrators and communication educators to develop videotaped business communication and management instruction. Concludes that by identifying and…

Hungarian business education in a restructuring era faces such challenges as underemphasis on corporate finance/accounting and overemphasis on bookkeeping, lack of status for marketing in the curriculum, and isolation of subjects with little practical application. The goal of sustainable development is a possible focus for business administration…

Business schools, rich in resources and flooded with applicants, are doing little planning and are ignoring important trends. A three-year study that included visits to 60 business schools, interviews with 200 corporate executives, and surveys of 9,000 educators, executives, and business-school students and alumni is described. (MLW)

Presents translations of 13 articles on topics of higher education reform in China. Reforms began in 1976 with the purging of supporters of the Gang of Four and continues today with fundamental changes in funding, administration, curriculum, and faculty policies. Notes that many proposed reforms run counter to existing Chinese views and may…

School personnel may use these guidelines in planning, implementing and evaluating educational programs about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). All aspects of planning such a program, including how to prepare personnel, select appropriate teachers, design curricula for all ages and assess the program, are discussed. Appendices are…

Topics discussed in 14 papers concerned with software design, curriculum development, evaluation, and intelligent systems include teaching and learning systems, development of computer-assisted learning (CAL) courseware (music and reading), evaluation of CAL packages for mastery learning and modelling, assessment of CAL in physics and the primary…

Factors influencing the effectiveness of advising programs--including the appropriate purpose, goals, time, and tasks--are discussed. The relationship between advising and curriculum reform and students' freedom of choice, exercise of school ownership, and control of school experience is analyzed as the theoretical base of advising. (MJL)

Reviews the history of educational reform in Quebec, at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. The areas of curriculum design, parent involvement, human resources, and administration are addressed. (AM)

Intended to assist district and school curriculum developers, this report offers clarification of the relationships among 12 state goals of education using information obtained through a survey of Department of Education staff and representatives of professional associations. Defined as the goals of education are the areas of communication skills,…

Reports on a survey of 183 midcareer Master of Public Administration students to determine their perceptions of the content, effect, and curriculum development needs of their educational experience. Argues for the adoption of a service delivery ethic stressing knowledge coproduction in the educational process. (Author/CH)

The need for education concerning societal issues with technological components persists, as does the need for education of engineers relevant to the public sector and the public interest. The need for evaluation of technology and public policy programs is emphasized. (MLW) '

This journal presents nine bureaucratic reports on the role and structure of the Soviet secondary technical education system. Each article describes aspects of the specialized training of young people for entry level jobs under rapidly changing economic conditions. (AM)

The development of academic planning is traced from its origins in medieval Europe to its role in today's university. Several styles of academic planning in the United States are described, the role of the executive is discussed, and a definition of contemporary academic planning is offered. (BH)