Studied the courses and topics offered at schools of optometry and the total hours devoted to managed care. Responses from the 17 schools of optometry reveal significant variations in curricular coverage of managed care, although a core set of materials was found to exist that could be the basis for more standard curriculum. (SLD)

Explains the implications for business educators of globalization of business. Provides an annotated list of resources and a table of additional Web resources for teaching international business concepts. (SK)

Describes eight topics related to chemical/biological terrorism for a standalone nursing course or integration into other courses: surveillance systems; identification, communication, and response; chemical agents; biological agents; recognition of covert exposure; patient decontamination and mass triage; availability and safety of therapies; and…

Describes one of nine modules in the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Curriculum, a train-the-trainer course to prepare nurses for palliative care. Discuses teaching strategies to achieve high-quality care and includes a list of print and web resources. (SK)

Examines college students' choices of elective courses. Computes relative contributions to student satisfaction of six course and instructor attributes. Results suggest that choice is largely a function of perceived interest in course topic, applicability of course material to future career opportunities, and time of day course is offered.…

Discusses digital content management in higher education. Highlights include learning objects that make content more modular so it can be used in other courses or by other institutions; and a system at Ohio State University for content management that includes the creation of learner profiles. (LRW)

Examined data from 80 publicly funded colleges and universities offering bachelor's degrees in religious studies, religion, or comparative religion. Found disproportionately large amount of class time devoted to Christianity and Judaism, and a large percentage of instructors in departments holding professional theological degrees. (Author/NB)

A graduate course in fundamentals of curriculum is described. The discussion-centered course seeks to provide a historical/conceptual framework for treatment of curriculum issues, present a variety of approaches to curriculum construction, and help students create their own approach to curriculum. An appendix describing a paper assignment is…

Reports on a national survey of Association for Business Communication members to determine how extensively employment skills are being taught, what employment skills are being taught, how important they are, and what employment skills should be taught. (JAD)

One professor's approach to developing a course on French writers of the revolutionary era is presented. The lecture/discussion/oral report course was taught entirely in French and included a variety of literary genres. The syllabus, weekly log of lecture/discussion topics, and a bibliography are appended. (LB)

Describes the current status of photojournalism education, its impact on journalism and mass communication programs, and its role in the overall education of all students in those programs. Finds a gap between neglected and thriving photojournalism programs. (MG)

The Internet was integrated into course work to enable students to investigate contemporary issues in the area of communication technology. Students used three Web sites as primary information sources and assessed the value of the information they found. (Author/JOW)

Presents a framework for classroom discussion of innovation: advantages, risks, alternative strategies, and examples. Argues that such content could better prepare business graduates for success with workplace innovations. (SK)

Survey responses from 70 secondary agriculture teachers who included aquaculture in the curriculum indicated they averaged 4.5 years experience teaching aquaculture. Limited facilities, equipment costs, and low teacher knowledge were barriers. Only eight had used all of the aquaculture curriculum materials from the National Council for…

Students in a large human development course rated the accuracy of 50 developmental claims. Half of the claims were specifically embedded in the course content, but the remaining claims were not addressed in the course. Students also identified the major information source for each developmental claim rated. From the beginning to the end of the…