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Heath, G. Louis – Integrated Educ, 1969
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. Council for Occupational Education. – 1985
Designed to clarify the function of the Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree, this report lists and explains criteria for the degree as a means of enhancing the potential of the AAS to serve as a national employment credential and as the curricular foundation for the occupational mission of the community, technical, and junior colleges. The…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Ciofalo, Andrew – 1987
To prepare college graduates for careers in the magazine publishing industry, a magazine curriculum requires a complex array of disparate courses. Small colleges offer the best environment for reformatting magazine education. In order for a magazine curriculum to develop, grow, and thrive it must have access to students with specialized interests…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
Morgan, George A. – 1971
In the fall of 1969, Hiram College launched a new curriculum. All the traditional discipline-oriented graduation requirements were eliminated in favor of several types of interdisciplinary programs and more student electives. The focus of the Hiram curriculum is on the freshman year. As a result of these changes, a task force was appointed to…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Curriculum, College Freshmen, Curriculum Development
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Goldhaber, Paul; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1982
Arguments for and against extension of dental education to a mandatory five years because of current overcrowding of dental curriculum are presented in debate form. Affirmative arguments center on the inefficacy of restructuring existing curricula, and arguments against focus on current curricular inefficiency, costs, and other practical…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Debate, Degree Requirements
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Odom, John G. – Journal of Dental Education, 1982
The status of formal ethics instruction was assessed by a dental school survey and literature review. Although three-fourths of respondents indicated commitment to teaching ethics, there was no agreement about what is being taught as ethics. Issues of curriculum content, teaching methods, degree requirements, and faculty are discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements, Ethical Instruction
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Yeilding, David – Community College Review, 1987
Discusses the background of and rationale for a newly published requirement of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that all accredited undergraduate degree programs contain a basic core of general education courses. Considers the possible effects on community colleges. (DMM)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Curtis, Mark H. – National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi Journal, 1985
In working to integrate liberal and professional education in the undergraduate curriculum, the various faculties must begin to have systematic conversations with each other to discover their common ground and the potential for working together. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
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Baron, Naomi S. – Liberal Education, 1982
Foreign language teachers' catalog course descriptions are criticized for using inappropriate arguments for them and for not clearly articulating the need for language study. These arguments favoring language study are categorized as sociopolitical, instrumental, and cognitive, and are examined individually. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Ciofalo, Andrew – 1988
Addressing the need to prepare college graduates for careers in book publishing, this report examines the necessity and structure of a book publishing curriculum at the undergraduate level at Loyola College in Maryland. A 1977 bulletin by the American Association of Publishers (AAP) cited a lack of awareness of publishing as a possible career, and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
Lawson, Hal A.; Pugh, D. Lionel – 1980
James Bryant Conant's book, "The Education of America" (1963), triggered a major change in physical education curricula. Formerly a (sports) skills and applied techniques oriented discipline, physical education has expanded to areas such as kinesiology and sports sociology. However, performance and performance courses are still an important aspect…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Competency Based Education
Blanchard, Robert O.; Christ, William G. – 1988
Several events in 1987--including the publication of Ernest L. Boyer's "College: The Undergraduate Experience in America" and the second edition of the "Oregon Report"--reflect the developments in curriculum reform in journalism and mass communication education. Boyer's "enriched major" perspective (stating that…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
Mills, Norbert H. – 1979
The tradition of forensics is being threatened by philosophical differences within departments of speech communication. If the area of forensics is to regain its former academic and cocurricular prominence, directors of forensics need to adjust to changing philosophies and needs. They must clarify the aims and goals of forensics programs,…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Debate, Degree Requirements
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Dumke, Glen S. – New Generation, 1971
The Chancellor of the California State Colleges calls for such innovations as achievement-based degrees, greater flexibility in terms of length of courses and requirements, student responsibility for independent study, and credit for work and life experience. (JM)
Descriptors: College Credits, College Curriculum, College Planning, Curriculum Development
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Veysey, Laurence – Change, 1981
The history of undergraduate teaching in the United States is discussed in an attempt to determine whether the curriculum is now in a period of crisis. The most crucial ingredient in the excellence of higher education may be the admissions policies and the quality of the faculty teaching available courses. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements, Educational History
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