The Michigan State Board of Education's policy statements on higher education for the 1978-79 fiscal year are presented. Progress in implementation of the policies through the beginning of fiscal year 1977-78 is reviewed, and action needed to more fully implement the policies in the funding process are recommended. State Board policies relate to…

This study and evaluation of development education initiatives at the higher or postsecondary level in some industrialized countries has been prepared within the context of the education and information programs supported by Action for Development, a United Nations program. An opening chapter gives background on development studies in general, and…

The ethnic arts major at the University of California, Los Angeles--an interdisciplinary undergraduate program of courses in anthropology, art, dance, folklore and mythology, music, and theater arts--is described. The program objectives are to facilitate cultural and cross-cultural investigation of human artistic expression, and to provide an…

The status of women faculty at West Chester State College, Pennsylvania in 1979-1980 was examined. The data permit longitudinal comparisons concerning: the distribution of full-time professional staff by rank, division, and sex as related to the national percentages; the number of student majors and degrees conferred by faculty, school,…

The nature of program changes taking place in undergraduate general education and factors that affect curricular change were addressed in a survey. A sample of 272 colleges and universities that were conducting serious review or revision of their undergraduate general education programs were sent questionnaires, and 139 responses were received.…

The current activities of recent alumni of the College of Staten Island (CSI), New York, were surveyed. Data were obtained in 1980 on the educational and employment activities of the class of 1979, and on their satisfaction with their academic preparation at CSI for their current areas of activity. A modified version of a National Center for…

Undergraduate course syllabi on law enforcement, courts-law, corrections, and general criminal justice-criminology were assessed, based on 759 usable submissions from 193 junior, community, and senior colleges and universities. Based on the analysis, a set of syllabi to represent the core of a criminal justice curriculum was constructed. Course…

Approaches to the difficulties facing higher education are considered, based on the viewpoint of the governor of Oklahoma. It is suggested that if scarce financial resources are used to maintain a broad-based liberal education, difficult choices will need to be made in other areas in order to preserve that priority. For example, it is too…

A longitudinal study has been conducted on 1960 graduates of a stratified sample of 28 medical schools to provide information on physician characteristics as they relate to career decisions. This 1976 followup study, with a response rate of 73 percent, provides information on the practices of 1,850 respondents. Of approximately 900 items of…

Information is presented on nonclassroom-based learning in Missouri higher education during the 1977-78 academic year. Only six institutions in the state reported using television, radio, newspaper, or correspondence study as a means of making college-level credit courses available to students. Correspondence study is a much more frequently used…

Contents include statistical data in tabular form, with some narration, on: a two-year comparison of median undergraduate charges; a regional comparison of median undergraduate tuition and fees for 1978-79; a two-year comparison of median tuition and fees for graduate and first professional students; the median of the difference of tuition and…

NEARLY 100 SCHOLARS AND TEACHERS GATHERED IN THREE SPECIAL CONFERENCES ON THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ATTEMPTED TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE IN THE JUNIOR AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENGLISH PROGRAM, THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM, AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH. A PAPER…

An interdisciplinary course in problem solving, entitled "patterns of problem solving," and its unique peer program offered at the University of California, Los Angeles, are described. The emphasis in the subject matter and approach is to expose the student to the wide range of alternative problem solving techniques and to enable the…

This paper describes an undergraduate training program for psychology students in the clinical, technical aspects of psychology. The program is designed to prepare students for work under the supervision of doctoral-level psychologists without having to obtain graduate degrees in clinical psychology. The program was developed in 1971 by Georgia…

This is one of a series of 14 instructional components of a semester-long, environmental earth science course developed for undergraduate students. The course includes lectures, discussion sessions, and individual learning carrel lessons. Presented are the study guide and script for a learning carrel lesson on pollution of the oceans. The slides,…