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Hugues Engel – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2025
Thanks to a wealth of research on college student retention, we have today a good understanding of the factors that facilitate student success. However, actions taken to promote student success are far from always effective. The teaching-learning environments differ between institutions and provide, to a greater or lesser extent, the conditions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Romance Languages, Classical Languages
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Galinsky, G. Karl – ADFL Bulletin, 1981
Credits classics programs with the earliest experiments in the interdisciplinary approach, showing how classics, as the study of all aspects of two important cultures, the Greek and the Roman, are particularly well-equipped to develop a diversified curriculum. Discusses current opportunities for maintaining this trend and developing outreach…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Curriculum Development, Greek Civilization, Higher Education
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Geiger, William A. – Classical Outlook, 1979
Suggests reintroducing Latin into the curriculum during the present educational trend of returning to the basics. A course is discussed called "Practical Latin," designed to deal directly with the areas where the students need the most help: vocabulary, spelling, and grammar. (NCR)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classical Languages, Classical Literature, Curriculum
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Verhoeven, Pim; Verloop, Nico – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2002
To what degree is a Dutch curriculum reform in classics incorporated into teaching practice? This study included two data sources: questionnaires that asked teachers about their beliefs concerning curricular innovations and an analysis of authentic assessment material, i.e. school examinations constructed by teachers. The findings suggest that the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Performance Based Assessment, Classical Languages
Renoir, Alain – MALT Bulletin, 1975
Unlike modern foreign languages, but like English and Biblical Hebrew, the Graeco-Roman tradition constitutes a major component of the cultural identity of every native speaker of English, and, as such, should be a mandatory part of every American's intellectual luggage. Because of the academy's relectance to face the fact that our active…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Classical Literature, College Language Programs, Curriculum Development