Described is the computer science program at the Harbin Shipbuilding Institute in Harbin, China. Required courses are listed, facilities are described, and observations are provided. (MNS)

Describes the development and growth of an undergraduate degree program in speech communication that combines courses from different disciplines. (PD)

This is an era when the explosion of technology makes society increasingly dependent upon the quality of the engineers it produces. In response, engineering education was evaluated during a 2-day workshop to insure its adequacy to meet the demands of the 21st century. This report is intended to act as a guide for engineering colleges and their…

This study details the procedure and results of developing a mission statement at a language institute for the purpose of obtaining a program accreditation from an international language commission. A serious self-study process results in the development of a solid, true and ambitious mission since the mission covers all areas related to achieving…

Many placement counselors, as revealed in this study, are now moving into the classroom to teach career exploration techniques. (Author)

In July 1969, Governors State University was created by an act of the legislature of the State of Illinois and, since then, has become operational. This paper is a report on curricular research and development at Governors State University, with a discussion of special emphasis factors and processes which have influenced work in the area of…

The proceedings of a conference which reviewed the content of undergraduate animal science curricula, content of courses in the animal sciences, and methods and materials used in undergraduate teaching in the animal sciences are presented in this bulletin. These individual papers are included: Trends in Animal Agriculture and the Future of…

American colleges and universities (N=1,188) were surveyed to determine availability of creativity courses. Six percent of the colleges conducted such courses, and the 76 colleges are listed. Course content, credit value, departmental context, and geographic regional trends are examined, along with respondents' reasons for not developing…

American higher education is striving to create the appropriate academic environment in order to prepare students to be interculturally competent for the realities of the twenty first century, and curriculum internationalization is part of this process. The purpose of this study was to investigate the process by which the curriculum is becoming…

This article documents a curriculum reform of the second-year German program at the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. This curricular reform had two goals: (1) compressing two semesters of intermediate-level language instruction into a single semester; (2) incorporating a strategy-based approach to literary…

This directory describes each of the 147 cooperative college-school science projects supported by the National Science Foundation in 1970. The purpose of each is to improve in some way the elementary and secondary school science and mathematics programs of the participating school systems. (RS)

Briefly reviews the broad-based first degree programs in British Universities and considers the general problems of such programs. Explains the general approach used at the University of Leeds, including seven combined degree programs with physics as one principle subject. Employment prospects for graduates are considered good. (PR)

Indicates tendencies dangerous to the basic purpose of Black Studies, and identifies four external challeges--imperialism, paternalism, nihilism, and materialism. An internal challenge is considered to be the use of European and Establishment constructs to analyze black reality. (DM)

A survey of postsecondary business communication instructors received 284 responses from a sample of 700. Business communication is taken as a required course by mostly juniors at four-year and sophomores at two-year colleges. No major differences in course content were revealed. Declines in enrollment reflect an overall drop in the number of…

Presents the responses of Norman L. Fortenberry, Division Director of the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), and Bob Watson, immediate past director of DUE, to questions submitted by AACC regarding NSF's education programs, opportunities, and grant applications. DUE is the focal point of the National Science Foundation's agency-wide effort…