Higher education is seen as an industry. The roles of a faculty member who manages a department or a division in an institution are discussed including: planner, evaluator, recruiter, innovator, motivator, and entrepreneur. Faculty members need to increase productivity. (MLW)

In this ongoing debate, Egan still maintains that because social studies is based on incorrect theories of child learning and aims to socialize and because the idea of social studies is confusing, the discipline should be allowed to die. (RM)

The way in which the concept of a paradigm came to be associated with geographical studies in the Anglo-American tradition is discussed. The validity of the concept in relation to geography is examined, and whether geographical studies can be encompassed within the purview of one paradigm is assessed. (Author/RM)

Provides a descriptive diagnosis of the state of the communication discipline. Concludes that the trends are symptomatic of a field moving toward greater scholarly maturity and respectability. (PD)

Paper delivered at a 1975 Conference on Humanities and the Social Sciences, sponsored by the Rockefeller Institute. (DD)

Two models for teaching people to think, the Deweyan problem-solving model and the traditional discipline-oriented model, are described and evaluated. (GW)

This volume, 16th in a series about service learning and the academic disciplines, focuses on the ways service learning adds immediacy and relevance to the study of history. The authors of this collection provide answers to why history and service learning should be connected, and they describe strategies to bring this about. The chapters are: (1)…

The articles in this volume, seventh in a series of monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines, discuss service learning in sociology or students engaging in sociological analysis through projects designed to make a positive impact on communities. The discussions consider ways that service learning projects can be adapted in most…

This study examined trends in students majoring in the liberal arts. Responses to the College Student Experiences Questionnaire at each of five types of institutions (Selective Liberal Arts, General Liberal Arts, Comprehensive Colleges and Universities, Doctoral Universities, and Research Universities) and at four time periods (1983-86, 1990-91,…

This paper offers a history of curriculum research. It discusses how, by 1969, the conventional curriculum field in America had become irrelevant. This situation would change in the 1970s as curriculum research began its climb back toward legitimacy. During the decade, a new trend in synoptic curriculum efforts appeared--a more considered approach…

The goal of this issue of By Request is to offer educators, parents, and policymakers a brief introduction to writing across the curriculum (WAC) and the two approaches most commonly associated with it: (1) writing in the disciplines (WID); and (2) writing to learn (WTL). The following are provided: (1) a brief overview of the theories; (2)…

This report presents long-range projections of the number of degrees that will be earned at institutions of higher education in the United States and its outlying areas. Projections by level of degree are provided for total degrees and for certain selected fields of study for the years 1965, 1970, and 1975, as well as for the 5-year periods…

The major differences in social studies curricula between the United States and England and Wales are the interdisciplinary approaches found in the programs of the United States and the informal, individualized approaches of England and Wales. (Author/KM)

This review of "Victor Cousin as a Comparative Educator" by Walter Vance Brewer disputes the author's classification of Cousin but suggests it to be the result of an over zealous attempt to find a firm foundation for the science of comparative education. (JH)

Discusses the role of disciplines and departments in relation to the forces of stasis and change that envelop American society and universities in the 1970's. Predicts that significant changes in the nature of departments are inevitable, with a continuing increase in interdisciplinary and cross-departmental activity. (JR)