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Direct linkKidwell, Clara Sue – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2011
When American Indian/Native American studies (AI/NAS) programs began to emerge in the halls of academia during the late 1960s and early 1970s, some who served as faculty and staff questioned whether they would be one-generation phenomena. Would the programs survive, would they continue to draw students, and could they make an impact on…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Studies, American Indians, Program Descriptions
Lum, Lydia – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
This article describes the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Boston which complements students' career tracks and engages them in the surrounding Asian American community. For many educators, large numbers of graduates are not only a bragging right, but a goal. However, those involved in the Asian American…
Descriptors: Ethnic Studies, Asian Studies, Asian American Students, Intellectual Disciplines
Download full textChicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Government Funded Programs. – 1972
The report describes the Law in American Society Project which is designed to foster law education for elementary and senior high school students. Emphasis is upon developing unit and new course designs and training teachers in the study of law. Detailed accomplishments (paralleled with fourteen objectives for the purpose of this report) are given…
Descriptors: American Studies, Curriculum Development, Laws, Legal Education
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Leeward Community Coll. – 1997
In 1996, Leeward Community College (Hawaii) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. Working as a team, faculty members examined the multi-cultural groups in…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Discussion
Metropolitan Community Colleges of Kansas City, MO. – 1997
In 1996, the Metropolitan Community Colleges (Missouri) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The colleges' team formulated a humanities course exploring the…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Discussion
Rancho Santiago Community Coll., Santa Ana, CA. – 1997
In 1996, California's Rancho Santiago College (RSC) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. To enhance instruction about American pluralism and identity, RSC's…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Culture
Iowa Central Community College, Fort Dodge. – 1997
In 1996, Iowa Central Community College participated in the Exploring America's Communities project sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges. The project worked to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. Due to the limited scope of the students' understanding…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Kirkwood Community Coll., Cedar Rapids, IA. – 1997
In 1996, Kirkwood Community College (Iowa) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges The six goals in the college's action plan were as follows: (1) create a new…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Cultural Pluralism
Fresno City Coll., CA. – 1997
In 1996, Fresno City College (California) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The college's action plan has four major objectives: establishing an American…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Coll., Jackson. – 1997
In 1996, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which worked to strengthen the instruction of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The primary objective of the college's action plan was to establish a…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Discussion
Rockland Community Coll., Suffern, NY. – 1997
In 1996, Rockland Community College (New York) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The Task Force on College Pluralism and Identity, appointed in 1990, has…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism
Tyler Junior Coll., TX. – 1997
In 1996, Texas's Tyler Junior College (TJC) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. TJC's action plan goals were to solicit administrative endorsement and…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Tulsa Community Coll., OK. – 1997
In 1996, Oklahoma's Tulsa Community College (TCC) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. TCC's primary goals were to promote professional development, to…
Descriptors: Activities, American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism
St. Germain, Amos – 1976
The value of a college-level interdisciplinary American studies curriculum is examined in this paper. American studies offers the student a chance to fashion a desirable course of study for himself from various disciplines. It can produce the goal of the best traditional liberal-arts curriculum--the educated imagination. In a time when academic…
Descriptors: American Culture, American Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Cumberland County Coll., Vineland, NJ. – 1997
In 1996, Cumberland County College (New Jersey) participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which works to strengthen the teaching and learning of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The primary goals of the college's action plan were: emphasizing…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
