Describes the process of creating the John Hope Franklin Institute at Duke University, including the sometimes complicated collaboration between the committee wishing to honor Franklin (a renowned historian) and the one planning a new humanities center; major players in its development; and funding issues. (EV)

Using Excel, an interactive program is designed to simulate the Solow and endogenous growth models to facilitate the understanding of these models for students of growth theory and macroeconomics.

This brief introduces "Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning," the American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC's) fifth national Learn and Serve America grant project and describes its grantee college programs. The goals of this grant project are to build on established foundations to integrate service…

A content analysis of 17 federally-funded campus drug programs provides information on criteria and objectives which should be useful to other colleges planning drug education programs. Addresses are provided so that additional information may be obtained. (CJ)

Today's business climate requires that management recruits not only know the technical aspects of their jobs, but also possess communication, teambuilding and leadership skills. Most business school curricula, however, focus only on technical skills, and do not address the "soft skills" in a formal setting or on a consistent basis. As…

Japanese is a popular choice amongst higher education students on IWLPs (Institution-Wide Language Programmes), but the language presents challenges for many learners. Students on university elective programmes begin their courses with enthusiasm but often become discouraged and drop out at the post-beginner stage. Thus Japanese elective…

As stakeholders continue to discuss, debate, and advocate their positions related to the value of online learning at colleges and universities, one element that will continue to be discussed, regardless of the specific issue at hand, is "academic integrity and fidelity". Academic fidelity of online degree program offerings is defined in this study…

Presented is an overview of four environmental education programs: the 5-year graduate program in Environmental Science and Engineering at UCLA; Energy Management and Power program at the University of Pennsylvania; the very broad program at the Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Bellingham, Washington; and the Outdoor Action orientation…

Describes how students flock to the classics department at Macalester College in Minnesota, drawn by archaeological projects and a new approach to studying antiquity. (EV)

In this review, the authors trace the evolution of mentoring programs in the United States in business and academe, provide insight on the challenges associated with the study of mentoring, and identify the limited research-based studies of faculty mentoring programs that currently inform our understanding of this professional development practice…

Describes two college level programs of interdisciplinary studies. Advocates basing such programs on investigations of fundamental concepts and the unknowns of nature of which many underlie both nonscience and science disciplines." (Author/AL)

Explores how college programs for prisoners have won new support as research shows that they reduce the rates of recidivism. Includes descriptions of several such programs. (EV)

Online education has come of age, and along with the advent of online education, there have been numerous calls for improvement in administrator preparation programs. As a result, many administrative preparation programs have revised and reshaped their programs to address this concern. In this regard, this paper will discuss one component of the…