This catalogue provides full information on most graduate degree programs in writing in the United States, with additional information on a number of undergraduate programs. In addition, the various functions and services of the Associated Writing Programs (AWP) are described. Two short sections, "Creative Writing at an Urban Campus,"…

This project was directed towards exploring issues in undergraduate engineering education and presenting recommendations for future activities in engineering education at two universities. The report includes 14 recommendations pertaining to engineering education in areas such as: practical training, course structure and organization, teaching…

This study examines the present status of broadcast education in colleges and universities and reports the attitudes of broadcasters toward the undergraduate programs offered in 205 colleges and universities. The report is in five parts: (1) a review of the administrative units which house broadcast educational programs, (2) a summary of the…

Traces the development of a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through four semesters of large-scale use in introductory courses to the program's suspension. (CP)

Reports on an experiment in which students were taught the learning skills necessary for the understanding of a physical definition or law and those skills necessary for a type of problem solving. Results indicate that students can be taught such general cognitive skills and that they can transfer these skills to areas outside of physics.…

Undergraduate education for manpower staff was reviewed in relation to concern for need, curriculum content, and program design within the university. This article describes new curricula being developed for areas of manpower specialization, complemented by more traditional majors and offerings in economics, political science, psychology, public…

The goals, teaching methods, and requirements of an undergraduate physics-and-society course are presented and related to the courses content and survey approach. The problems, frustrations, and rewards experienced in developing and teaching the course are shared. (Author/CP)

Describes objectives, instructional methods, and operation of a field trip program for an undergraduate geology course. (CP)

Describes an instructional format for introductory undergraduate earth science in which students work in small groups on topics of interest in earth science-related fields. (CP)

Presents an undergraduate laboratory exercise in elementary statistics in which students verify empirically the various aspects of the Gaussian distribution. Sampling techniques and other commonly used statistical procedures are introduced. (CP)

The deployment, utilization, and potential future employment opportunities for Bachelor's level social workers is examined. Reports concerning budgeted and vacant positions for different types of social service personnel, degree and academic fields specified for the positions, and estimates concerning future social service personnel positions are…

A quiet revolution is taking place in Harvard Yard. With little fanfare but with great determination, the college is attempting to restore order to the near anarchy that has prevailed in its undergraduate program. Specifically, Harvard the nation's first university, is aiming at changing vague course requirements to those of a core curriculum--all…

Information concerning an undergraduate level experiment on the effects of surface forces is provided. (CP)

Describes the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to study a three-component system and the technique by which to define a ternary phase diagram. (CP)

The need to differentiate degree levels in social work education reopens the question of generic and specific education, which is here related to discussions in the 1950s, prior to the widespread adoption of the generic curriculum. The importance of the generic curriculum to professional identity is examined along with implications of structural…