Presents a classroom exercise for an introductory physical geography course on the college level which explores some aspects of vegetation mapping and the relationship between climate and vegetation type. (Author/DB)

Illustrates objectives and methods of public administration education programs in Turkey. Information is presented on general perspectives of administrative study programs, modernization in Turkish society, social sciences, administrative reform strategies, and the Turkish bureaucracy. (DB)

Describes a summer reading program that requires each high school student to read one carefully chosen background work, not a textbook, for each course to be taken in the fall. Sample titles in mathematics, science, and art are provided. (SJL)

Suggests that teachers must integrate the instruction of language and content if they wish to develop fully their students' cognitive abilities. (MKM)

Draws on the work of James A. Banks and adds the perspective of a cultural outsider to consider the future of the discipline of multicultural education, considering politics, technology, educational context, cultural capital, and the nature of culture. Transformative knowledge that makes its values explicit is a necessity for the development of…

Examines criticism of the National Research Council's 1995 report, "Research Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change," which ranks university departments across institutions based on peer ratings. It is argued that the criticisms are not based on the content or design of the study, but reflect general concerns…

Discusses the nature of term groupings, phrases, and text windows in full-text documents and computes the statistical significance of windows. Topics include classifying documents within disciplines or on a theory versus practice spectrum; and grammatical characteristics for automatic classification of documents, for information retrieval, and for…

Provides a brief survey of informatics, defined as the application of information technology to various fields, with respect to its historical background, disciplinary identity, fundamental aspects, applications, and challenges. Highlights include biological, clinical, dental, environmental, geomatics, health, legal, management, medical, museum,…

Investigates gender differences in subject choice patterns at the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and A level in England between 1970 and 1995. Provides background information on the British Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) (1975) and the British National Curriculum (1988.) Presents the results of the study in detail. (CMK)

Collection development for interdisciplinary areas is more complex than for traditionally well-defined disciplines, so new evaluation methods are needed. This article identifies variables in interdisciplinary fields and presents a model of their typical information components. Traditional use-centered and materials-centered evaluation methods…

Considers faculty versus administrative perspectives concerning the use of information technology for teaching and research. Highlights include resistance to change, examples of disciplinary interest and feasibility, innovative curriculum that uses technology to solve problems, defining quality, information technology and authenticity, and…

Investigates interlibrary loan use patterns for scientists at SUNY (State University of New York) Albany by analyzing one year's worth of filled interlibrary loan requests for journal articles. Highlights include differences among scientific disciplines; year of publication; and sources of citations. Contains 11 tables. (Author/LRW)

Examined synopses of academic mission statements to explore the relationship between stated mission and curricula of 327 colleges claiming to emphasize liberal arts. Results indicate that the curricula of 68% of these colleges were dominated by professional disciplines. Statistical analysis revealed several institutional characteristics that…

A study of whether true grade inflation existed at a college, the scope of the problem if it existed, and what corrective steps, if any, ought to be taken was limited to the years 1979-1986. Data suggest that true grade inflation probably exists or cannot be ruled out. (MLW)

Examines data on circulation and in-house use of academic library collections to assess differences according to use, measurement technique, and time period. The discussion examines differences in current periodical use and other kinds of uses, differences between circulation and in-house use, and the reliability of short sampling periods. (13…