Effective listening is fundamental to learning, yet it is seldom taught in a systematic, comprehensive way. The Integrative Listening Model provides a unique and practical framework to address this teaching/learning process. It stresses contextual and personal filters, as well as self assessment and goal-setting, to promote ongoing listening…

Asserts that general education revision committees are often unprepared for their task. Presents an analysis identifying four key issues confronting reformers--knowledge, student learning, faculty competence, and content--and describing how three models of general education (Great Books, Scholarly Discipline, and Effective Citizen) might respond…

The three-year bachelors degree program is an old part of American educational tradition. Herein, the author discusses the implications for use of the three-year baccalaureate. (RK)

Presents a case study illustrating processes used to implement curriculum reform at North Dakota State University. Describes methods used to develop the general education curriculum and to collect and relay information within the university. Provides a model of the involvement of academic departments in the process. (22 citations) (AJL)