Argues that instructional development (ID) faculty in higher education settings should use a systematic approach grounded in ID principles to present the case for filling vacant positions in their field and provides guidelines for using message design techniques to develop a file to support the case. Eight references are listed. (MER)

Instructional development projects in Medical Terminology and Orientation to Hearing Aids are reviewed to demonstrate the procedural steps used and the interactive dynamics employed by development teams at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Six references are provided. (MER)

Describes a curriculum development effort at Marymount University (Virginia) that combined a traditional human resource development (HRD) master's degree program with instructional systems design (ISD) and performance technology concepts. Courses in the program are described, with special emphasis given to one on performance improvement…