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Neudling, Chester L.; Blessing, James H. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
This study was undertaken as a report on a relatively new kind of graduate program. It is intended to present the characteristics of existing general education programs in the humanities for comparison and appraisal. Since this study deals with a relatively new and still experimental field, it should be regarded as a status report, or perhaps even…
Descriptors: General Education, Graduate Study, Humanities, Program Descriptions
Conrad, Clifton F. – 1983
The past and current condition of general education in the two-year college is examined in this four-part monograph. Part 1 reviews the history of general education, tracing its roots in the European tradition of liberal education from Greco-Roman antiquity to the end of the 19th century in America. In addition, the 20th century general education…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems
Ambron, Joanna – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Identifies the forces responsible for the shift in writing instruction from product-oriented to process-oriented approaches. Briefly discusses the beginnings of writing across the curriculum at Carlton College and considers the suitability of this approach to community colleges. (DMM)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Educational History, Faculty Development
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1925
The Bureau of Education developed this course of study, published as a bulletin, reflecting increased interest of the movement for out-door education and in response to a request to the Bureau from the General Federation of Women's Clubs. It will be of value in promoting a type of study much needed in schools, and it will offer to the primary and…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Botany, Plants (Botany), Gardening