This publication presents the proceedings of a meeting at which the discussions centered around higher education as a field of study. Five presentations are made in the document. The first is a review and interpretation of the literature surrounding the topic with a 53-item bibliography as a conclusion. The second offers insights into educational…

The Commission Four report, one of a series of conference reports of the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE), is concerned with the developing language needs of the whole younger generation from preschool to adult life. (RB)

This report includes the presentations of the various speakers at the first of four conferences entitled "Curriculum Change in Black Colleges." Presentations concern the need for a new college; a focus of curriculum redesign in the black college; new directories in black colleges; de-parochializing general education; some basic issues of general…

In this conference report the functions, problems and directions of ethnic studies in the University of Wisconsin system are addressed. Brief papers and discussions by conference participants focus on the history of the task force charged with developing American ethnic studies programs, a perceptual approach to ethnic studies, defining Afro…

The papers contained in the first section of this publication were prepared as background material for a Contemporary Music Project (CMP) Conference on College Music Curricula held in October 1970. The papers concern musical analysis and evaluative competence, compositional processes and writing skills, music history and literature, performance…

This document reports the proceedings of a conference and workshop at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Nursing on behavioral objectives. Presentations include: the management of learning; behavioral objectives and the teaching/learning process in nursing education; curriculum development; curriculum development in the SUNYAB…

This volume provides synopses of discussions at a meeting of project directors holding grants from the National Science Foundation for the development of instructional materials to be used in science and mathematics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The focuses of these discussions were new degree programs, identification and…

The Midwestern Conference for Visiting Fulbright-Hays Scholars, held at Ohio State University, May 14-16, 1973, was designed to be a forum for international cultural exchange of ideas between scholars with transnational interests. The theme was "Universities and Transnational Approaches to the Solution of World Problems." One primary objective of…

The purpose of the conference was to discuss the following issues: (1) curricula relating to the pure and applied sciences of the environment; (2) programs designed to develop the technological skill necessary for the person who deals with some aspect of maintaining a healthful environment; (3) programs designed to develop managers of the…

The major thrust of the conference dealt with employment problems of the physics community and measures which might be taken at the graduate school level to alleviate these problems. These measures involve a reexamination of traditions and a deliberate set of innovations to maintain physics as a viable career option. (Author/GS)

This publication includes the proceedings of the December 1974 long-range academic planning workshop for the 1974-75 Cooperative Academic Planning (CAP) consortium, the first in a series on curriculum change for this new consortium. This workshop represents a new thrust for the CAP program in terms of establishing coordinating and comprehensive…

Pacific Lutheran's integrated studies program includes eight courses and one seminar, all with "dynamics of change" as the theme. Courses are related to each other in pairs or sequences, each sequence having its own unifying and controlling topic expressed in the particular subjects of each course component. (Author/LBH)

Business schools have incorporated a new field of study, often called "business and society" or "business and its environment." Its aim is to understand the social, political, cultural, legal, and ethical environment in which business operates, and to help solve human and social problems facing business. (Author/LBH)

Twenty-seven papers related to the themes of making engineering education more responsive to societal needs and integrating social implications into curriculum which were read and/or submitted at the workshop appear in the text. In addition, the results of five workshops sessions are reported. Summaries and recommendations are made in the areas…

This document presents background papers prepared for the eight regional conferences sponsored by the Midwest Regional Council of the American Association for Higher Education. Following an introductory paper concerning new approaches to undergraduate education, each paper examines a new approach. The approaches reviewed include time-shortened…