Multidimensional scaling was performed on scholars' judgments about the similarities of the subject matter of different academic areas. Three dimensions were common to the solutions of both samples: (a) existence of a paradigm, (b) concern with application, and (c) concern with life systems. (Author)

Depending on the characteristics of their area, scholars differed in (a) the degree to which they were socially connected to others, (b) their commitment to teaching, research, and service, (c) the number of journal articles, monographs, and technical reports that they published, and (d) the number of dissertations that they sponsored. (Author)

Suggests that closer cooperation between subject-oriented teachers and methods teachers could result in more effective teaching. (DS)

An essay analyzing the conceptual and structural relationships between these two disciplines. (SE)

Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting, Modern Language Association of America, December 29, 1970, in New York City. (DS)

Environmental studies programs are goal oriented and depend upon strong disciplines in the university for their methodologies. Geographers contribute important methodologies to interdisciplinary environmental studies programs but should not lose their identity as members of a distinct discipline. (NH)

The attention of sociologists in Europe and the U. S. continues to be directed to sociological analysis and the elucidation of major sociological themes. Institutionalization has occurred but integration is discontinuous. (VW)

Discusses the positive value and usefullness of the Barth and Shermis definition of social studies and points out that in spite of circumstances which wmay limit its classroom influence, it should serve to focus attention on the important question of professional identity. Related article SO 500 188. (JB)

Points out that business communication may be following the same path that led English, education, and sociology into their present state of decline: making a subject out of a method, overanalyzing the field, and overstating its importance. Calls on business communication specialists to be teachers, not research scholars or analyzers. (PD)

Reviews continuities and discontinuities in the field of developmental psychology between 1970 and the early 1980s, limiting discussion to areas of cognition and learning. Three major theoretical trends are identified: Piagetian, behavioristic, and information-processing. The field is perceived as fragmented, and it is expected that such…

The ability to communicate effectively is fundamental to communication education. For internal validity, communication educators need to concentrate on knowledge-building (competence) and skills training (performance). For external validity, the speech communication discipline must establish a common understanding of its work and send clear…

Applies a recently suggested method for the automatic indexing of full text to extracts from the Brown Corpus and finds that scientific and technical extracts give rise to a larger number of index terms than social science and humanities extracts. Four tables and an 8-item reference list accompany the text. (Author/JL)

The programs that will become the chief medium for giving women's studies a permanent place in the academic world are those in which scholars with other intellectual affiliations and interests work simultaneously (1) to develop women's studies and (2) to integrate its materials into the long-established university department. (MLW)

Focuses on the difficulties encountered by graduate students in getting information on graduate work in the history of psychology. Identifies several departments of psychology within the United States and Canada which offer programs in the history of psychology. (DB)

Offers some specific recommendations for strengthening speech communication as a discipline. Reports briefly on a survey of opinions regarding the quality of offerings in speech communication. (JMF)