Using a specific course as an example, article presents a general approach to curriculum design, the computer techniques employed, the results obtained and the changes and adaptations which might be useful. (Author)

To train teachers through mere apprenticeships would be an unhealthy over-reaction against excessively scholarly emphases of the recent past. (JH)

Outlines a history of film course concentrating on John Ford. (CH)

The general question of what an undergraduate education is and how it should be related, if at all, to society as a whole, is discussed. Particular reference is given to the issue of liberal education and its relationship with career education. The thesis is that, although career education and liberal education may be incompatible in a specific…

This document describes Project Libra, a competency-based, field-centered approach to preparation of library media specialists at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Auburn University (Alabama). Thirteen global objectives for the programs are listed, and competencies within each of these are suggested. The program of study and outlines of…

Analyzes findings of a 1972 survey of 1,767 University of California students to determine the magnitude and structure of desire for non-traditional study programs. Discusses implications of the findings which revealed a negative view of established forms and modes and a desire for greater time and space flexibility in access. (JT)

The results of the 1974-75 Survey of Foreign Language Entrance and Degree Requirements are presented in four tables showing changes in the status of institutional entrance and degree requirements. The years 1965-66, 1970-71, and 1974-75 are compared for institutions having a variety of requirements. A discussion accompanies the tables. (CLK)

An investigation of events that cause adults to enroll in traditional college or university degree programs studied the general demographic characteristics of adult students, events that trigger adults to enter or reenter a bachelor's degree program, and the relationship between barriers to education and triggering events. In phase 1, 20 students…

Transcripts of three conversations on liberal education, recorded at a 1977 conference at St. John's College, Santa Fe, are presented. The idea that great books are the best instruments for liberal education is addressed, and it is suggested that great books demonstrate to the student what is possible in the way of inquiry and expression, and that…

This study reports an investigation of the way in which distance students use course materials and plan their work in order to complete mathematics exercises. Two undergraduate students of mathematics and one graduate student were asked to complete a course exercise using standard course materials under distance studying conditions. They…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE (1) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER PERFORMANCE AND UNDERGRADUATE ACHIEVEMENT IN SELECTED DISCIPLINES, (2) THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN UNDERGRADUATE ACHIEVEMENT, BOTH TOTAL AND IN EACH OF 12 SUBJECTS, AND TEACHING PERFORMANCE, BOTH TOTAL AND IN NINE TEACHING FUNCTIONS, AND (3) THE VARIABILITY OF…

PROGRESS MADE IN THE PREPARATION OF AN ILLUSTRATED SYLLABUS ON THE HISTORY OF BURMESE ART IS REPORTED. PREPARATION OF THE SYLLABUS IS A TWO-FOLD TASK REQUIRING THE WRITING OF AN OUTLINE AND THE GATHERING OF SLIDES FOR THE VISUAL PRESENTATION. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE DIFFICULTIES AND SUCCESSES OF GATHERING PUBLISHED MATERIALS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF…