The Sociology/Anthropology Articulation Committee has engaged in a project resulting in tandem reports for each of the respective disciplines, which identify flexible pre-majors for both Sociology and Anthropology and summarize the specific types of courses that must be taken by students to allow them to transfer into third year of a major. A…

A graduate curriculum in Management Information Systems with a Supply Chain Management focus is presented. The motivation for this endeavor stems from the fact that the global scope of modern business organizations and the competitive environment in which they operate, requires an information system leveraged supply chain management system (SCM)…

In 2005-2006, students with disabilities comprised 9 percent of the student population in the United States, and English language learners comprised about 10 percent. Many of these students spend a majority of their time in the general classroom setting in elementary and secondary schools. Most teachers are initially trained through teacher…

In 2001, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched a 10-year, multi-million dollar initiative, the Washington State Achievers Program (WSA), to increase opportunities for low-income students to attend postsecondary institutions in Washington State. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation granted funds to the College Success Foundation…

The governor of Utah presents 13 challenges he has issued to Utah's educators. (MD)

The governor of Virginia presents proposed changes that should occur in education. He believes public policy about education must be articulated and that the priority of education should be clearly established among services offered by state government. (MD)

Surveyed 216 counselor education programs to determine the proportion of required coursework devoted to instruction in scientific research and program evaluation. Responding programs were found to devote approximatley twice as much required instructional time to scientific research as to program evaluation. A rationale and suggestions for change…

Considers some of the most common cliches and their implications about foreign language requirements. (EKN)

Survey responses from 204 of 500 business schools identified most often topics in business statistics I and II courses. The most popular software at both levels was Minitab. Most schools required both statistics I and II. (SK)

Six panelists (Enrique Trueba, Ronald Takaki, Victoria Munoz, Sonia Nieto, Margaret Andersen, and Doris Sommer) discuss the following questions: What is ethnicity? Who decides? How is ethnicity connected to education? and What does it mean when racial minorities are referred to as ethnic? (SK)

A survey of nursing students at the University of the West of England revealed a need to improve practical cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills. Compulsory training was implemented, partly funded by providing basic life support training to the general public. (SK)

Lists by state and province the current continuing veterinary medical education (CVME) requirements in the United States and Canada and provides additional analysis and comment on CVME requirements. (EV)

Argues against the practice of designing a major or concentration in English as a gumbo of courses thrown together to add up to required credit hours. Presents five reasons why the "gumbo" model of picking and choosing courses to suit students' taste is not an effective one for students, or helpful to other constituents to whom educators…

Looks at the current interest in thinking about rhetoric and composition not just as a required first-year course but as a program of study. Suggests that the current trend to think not just of writing courses but of writing studies and a curriculum with advanced courses, majors, and minors is interesting and important. (SG)

The article describes a two-year, interdisciplinary humanities core requirement, "Portraits of Human Greatness." Established in 1977-78 at St. Anselm College (New Hampshire), this course requires freshmen and sophomores to study groups or individuals in Western Civilization in a lecture/seminar format with extensive reading and writing…