Part of an eight-module, graduate level, competency-based curriculum to prepare specialists in vocational education curriculum development, this module provides information, activities, and experienced designed to develop expertise in writing goal statements, performance and instructional objectives, and in developing instructional plans. Preceded…

Provides the syllabus for a graduate course in communication technologies and social change offered at the University of California (Annenberg School of Communications). Includes a course overview, a list of readings, and a weekly breakdown of topics and assignments. Addresses the preindustrial, industrial and information societies. (TW)

This description of the Extended Campus Program offered at the University of Alberta that allows remote students to meet residency requirements for a Master of Education degree emphasizes the use of electronic communication to provide access to library resources, staff services, and computerized databases. Evaluations of the program are provided.…

Oral Roberts University is facing a crisis in credibility because of mismanagement and scandal, and financial support of the university and the many related enterprises has dropped drastically. Financial problems and a declining reputation have caused the departure of some faculty and students. (MSE)

Reports on a survey of universities in the United States which offer computer science graduate programs. Summarizes findings relating to the general attributes of responding universities, hardware and software resources, graduate student entry requirements, and courses of study. (TW)

The chair of a small college department of modern languages reviews the struggle and progress of advanced literary study in foreign languages, covering such issues as: lack of courses and students able to study such courses; needs for curricular reform; and cooperation with other college departments. (CB)

Contrasts the elementary and secondary education of students in the People's Republic of China with that of the United States. Describes the chemistry program at Lanzhou University. Lists the required and elective courses taken for a bachelor's degree along with the instruments and equipment available to students, and the careers the graduates…

Queens College, a women's liberal arts institution, regained prosperity by maintaining its traditional, quality undergraduate offerings and adding coeducational graduate and continuing education programs and degree options for mature women. (MSE)

Theories and facts about the origins, current status, and future of U.S. upper-division colleges are discussed, including expectations met and unmet, enrollment problems, unforseen inadequacies in the curriculum, environment and lack of student life activities, specialized institutions, current college missions, mergers, and institutional change.…

Data on graduate study enrollment and financial aid include public, private, master's-granting, and doctorate-granting institution and total figures for total graduate enrollment; first-time graduate students; applicants received; graduate assistants; graduate fellows; average stipends for teaching assistants in chemistry, economics, electrical…

University of Saskatchewan graduate research since 1912 on Canadian native peoples included 62 theses (listed in a bibliography) done for the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Education. A majority of studies (73 percent) were contemporary in focus; 78 percent were descriptive; 30.1 percent were related to school and teaching processes.…

Private higher education has surged in recent decades and now forms a major part of the world's total higher education. A fourth of total enrollment might be a reasonable guess, albeit a very rough one. Only Western Europe remains mostly marginal to the global trend. Whether new or continuing, contemporary private growth is notable, especially in…

A graduate communications course in multimedia literacy uses a completely online environment to assemble faculty and curriculum resources normally unavailable in traditional classrooms. Guided by a teacher/coordinator, a librarian teaches information literacy by examining Internet copyright and fair use issues, ethics, and the evaluation of…

This report examines the need for ongoing support of teachers as professionals, offering concrete steps that presidents or chancellors can take to improve their programs. It highlights: "A Call for Action"; "What Can University Presidents Do To Best Assure a Competent, Caring and Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom?"; "Why Focus on Professional…

Surveys were conducted to examine the post-college plans of York University (Canada) graduates of the Faculties of Arts, Fine Arts, Pure and Applied Science and the Schulich School of Business. The first survey population included all bachelor's degree candidates who had graduated in fall of 1995 and the second involved all June 1996 graduates;…