Examines the public health nurses' need for synthesis of general background knowledge in nursing. Lists core curriculum essentials in baccalaureate level nursing education and discusses the synthesis process and integration of field and course work. (CT)

This study examined whether students at the Northeast Missouri State University felt the present Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Study requirements allowed enough freedom in choosing classes, and how students would respond to more free electives. Responses of 508 students were obtained to a questionnaire addressing the following areas: (1) how…

The goal of a one-year vocational education teacher training program was to upgrade the subject matter, teaching skills, and qualifications of vocational education teachers from the postsecondary Micronesian Occupational Center and the secondary schools of the districts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by facilitating the…

This journal presents a collection a essays that offer several new perspectives on teaching practice; give descriptive and narrative accounts of curricular and teaching innovations; and discusses a range of shared learnings obtained from public university, community college, and private college multicultural change processes. Chapters and their…