Institutions of higher education frequently acknowledge their role in contributing to the common good through their mission statements. The current literature suggests that in order to be effective mission statements must be clearly articulated and reflected in all the activities of the institution including its curriculum. Faculty members at…

As concerns about the skyrocketing costs of a college degree have converged with the increasing availability of open educational resources (OER), higher education administrators are asking faculty and curriculum designers to use OERs to design courses and programs. This case study explores the decision making process and outcomes of an online,…

This study addresses the challenges concerning the internationalisation of higher education, with a particular focus on designing new international programmes. It presents a case study of a novel international study programme: the MA in Media Education at the Faculty of Education at the University of Lapland, Finland. The study looks into its…

Online education continues to permeate mainstream teaching techniques in higher education settings. Teaching upper-level classes in an online setting is having a major impact on education as a whole and is fundamentally altering global learning. "Cases on Critical and Qualitative Perspectives in Online Higher Education" offers a…

This article outlines a methodology for characterising features of programme-level assessment environments so that the relationship between features of the assessment environment and students' learning response can be studied. The methodology was developed through the detailed case study of nine undergraduate degree programmes: one in each of…

Describes a media studies program that allows undergraduates to develop a speciality (such as broadcast sales) within a liberal arts program and communications core curriculum. (PD)

Faulty curriculum decision making is partially responsible for present criticism in education. It is necessary to incorporate rational processes in decision making. One process for making curriculum decisions is to determine implied and explicit assumptions regarding possible alternatives and determine their validity. (Author/EK)

Documented are the development and results of a course in engineering management. The course incorporates experiences in engineering management problem solving in actual field situations. Student teams function as consultants for a paying client over a two-semester period. (RE)

General reform in the admission requirements, curriculum, organization, and location of Swedish higher education institutions is described. (DE)

The variety of approaches to environmental education are discussed from the standpoint of the environmental education student (the non-science student, the environmentalist, the interdisciplinary approach, the generalist, and the graduate) and from the standpoint of the university (the degree, faculty, courses, and program orientation). (JT)

Results and analysis of a 1973 survey on futures courses and programs are reported. Information on learning and teaching fashions, key methodologies, program strategies, definition, and status was sought through 1200 open-ended questionnaires. The number of systematic futures courses was found to have declined while conventional subjects were more…

Describes graduate training geared specifically to prepare students for work in industry. Reports on schools offering such a program, and outlines the major characteristics of each school's curriculum. (GS)

Conclusions based on the replies of 22 schools in Kentucky as to course requirements in the training of secondary teachers of English are presented. The conclusions are: (1) 17 of the 22 schools require 36 or more semester hours for a major; (2) a 6-hour requirement in Freshman English is almost universal; (3) a requirement in Introduction to…

Higher education has not properly responded to employment needs in the field of aging. Employment needs and projections are related to the increasing demand for short-term training programs and the emerging interest in lifetime learning approaches to adult education. (Author)