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Blummer, Barbara – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2015
The ubiquitousness of images in the digital era highlights the importance of individuals' visual communication skills in the 21st Century. We conducted a literature review of visual literacy initiatives in academic institutions to illustrate best practices for imparting these skills in students. The literature review identified five categories of…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Best Practices
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Richardson, Julie; Montemuro, Maureen; Cripps, Donna; Mohide, E. Ann; Macpherson, – Educational Gerontology, 1997
Undergraduates in clinical placement formed a team within a larger clinical team and attended problem-based tutorials. Data from exit interviews, surveys, and team conferences revealed discomfort with the preceptors' role, peer support among students, improved communication styles, and mutual learning between students and professionals. (SK)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Boone, Jerry N.; And Others – NASPA, 1975
A description of a comprehensive remedial program involving: (1) diagnostic and counseling services; (2) English and mathematics study laboratories; (3) developmental programs in reading and study skills; and, (4) tutorial services at Memphis State University. (Author)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Counseling, Higher Education, Humanistic Education
Schiavone, James – Improving College and University Teaching, 1976
The remediation problems of an open city college with many disadvantaged students are revealed. The concept of Integrated Remediation was implemented at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and places the responsibility for remediation within the respective departments of the college. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Departments, Educationally Disadvantaged
Nold, Ellen W. – 1979
The work of teaching faculty in the major disciplines how to teach writing often falls to the writing program administrator (WPA), and this paper explains one WPA's hypotheses, reasoning, and methods used in promoting writing in a college engineering department. Principles underlying the program related to the motivations of faculty and the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Fulcher, James – Improving College and University Teaching, 1978
As a liberal education program, an interdisciplinary study of integrative topics encourages knowledge, clarifying judgments and broadening interests. At Lincoln College these values are reinforced with tutorials, panels, and projects to promote effective study habits and skills. (JMD)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Benefits, General Education, Higher Education
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Smith, Louise Z. – Writing Center Journal, 1986
Notes the inevitable tensions that arise between centripetal writing centers and centrifugal writing across the curriculum programs. Examines the tutoring program at an eastern university as an example of a decentralized writing center that resists pressures to assume a uniform composition pedagogy and coordinates its work with many parts of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Fassler, Barbara – 1977
The English department at Central College (Pella, Iowa) has implemented a program that involves the entire faculty in the development of students' basic skills. The program's support system for students and faculty includes the following components: a skills laboratory staffed by a full-time skills coordinator and by trained student tutors…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Faculty, English Departments, Graduation Requirements
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Maxwell, Joseph A.; Wilkerson, Luann – Academic Medicine, 1990
A curriculum involving reduced lecture time, small-group tutorials, a commitment to problem-based learning (PBL), and a strong reliance on self-directed study, was implemented at Harvard Medical School in 1985. This study focuses on the attitudes of 14 faculty tutors who had never tutored in a PBL curriculum. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Independent Study
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Howell, T. Howard; Matlin, Karl – Journal of Dental Education, 1995
Harvard University's new dental school curriculum, and the changes mandated for its implementation, are discussed. The curriculum is characterized by small tutorial groups, student-centered instruction, and clinical treatment teams. The innovations have required significant institutional revitalization efforts and financial investment, with…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Clinical Experience
Chaisson, Arthur P. – 1987
Suffolk University (Massachusetts) has developed a degree program in international marketing in French and Spanish that links curricula in the economics department and the department of humanities and modern languages. Language tutorials are mandatory for students in the international economics major. The tutorials are taught by native French- and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements
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Marshall, Terry L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Proposes the "multi-language seminar" as a format for teaching a greater variety of languages at the high school and college level. The seminar approach assumes active involvement of the target-language speaking community in instruction and new sources of classroom materials. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Community Role, Educational Strategies, High Schools
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: methods for teaching students of English as a second language and remedial students in freshmen composition courses; Maryland community college English teachers' backgrounds and attitudes…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Compensatory Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Practices
Victoria Univ. (British Columbia). – 1972
The Commission on Academic Development, which was established to examine the goals and development of the University of Victoria, was made up of a broad spectrum of people from the academic community who are appointed by the president. The commission focused on problems and issues of primary concern to the university, such as the academic goals of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Rating, Admission Criteria, Adult Education
Zanoni, Candido P. – 1980
Efforts of the General College of the University of Minnesota to increase student retention during the 1979-80 academic year are described. The target groups were high-risk students, especially representatives of minority groups from traditionally nonacademic populations. The college mounted a pilot education program (PEP) comprising three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Basic Skills
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