Commission of Engineering Education's report on its study to originate and develop innovative ideas for achieving greater excellence in engineering education. (Editor)

Describes an experiment designed to revitalize its undergraduate general education program's basic assumptions, overall structure and potential. (IR)

Social studies curricula are flawed by wrong assumptions about learning, by forcing history and geography (the two original components of social studies programs) to socialize students rather than allowing them to stand as autonomous disciplines, and by a confused concept of course content. The social studies approach to history should be allowed…

Outlines theoretical and practical dimensions of the use of bibliometrics (i.e., the scientific study of recorded discourse) to enhance library school curricula. A proposal for a course at the master's level and future prospects for teaching bibliometrics are included. Twenty-six references and a course syllabus are appended. (EJS)

Proposes that college students and instructors become more future oriented by studying classical utopian thinkers, futurists, and science fiction based on societal projections and fantasized future technology. Contends that futurism raises philosophical questions of determinism and freedom, ethics, theology, and the nature of man. (DMM)

Offers suggestions for an interdisciplinary approach to the promotion of business education courses and for the design of courses which will appeal to business and nonbusiness students. (JOW)

A course, PsychoSocial Aspects of Deafness, is offered to hearing impaired students at the undergraduate level at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and is designed to enhance their understanding of the impact of deafness on their educational, psychological, emotional, and social development. Emphasis is placed on the affective as well…

Discusses a parent's expectations of a secondary social studies program. Examined are three main areas: mechanics (standard procedures of outstanding social studies teachers such as good preparation and knowledge), content, and teacher expectations. (RM)

A course in human sexuality for the preservice teacher who may be teaching sex education is described. The course design is discussed as is the course content. An outline of topics, session by session, is included. (JM)