Authors reexamine assumptions formulated in the early years of their Managerial Grid and test them against what is known today. Focus is on managerial motivations and industrial leadership. Includes a table which categorizes varied multi-disciplinary approaches to leadership using the Grid framework. (EM)

The goal of the Architects-in-Schools program is to help students develop an awareness of the "built environment" and its relation with the natural environment. Students learn to make decisions and changes, which will affect the quality of their lives. The author relates how two schools in Virginia have used the program. (Author/RK)

The author discusses the proliferation of courses in futures studies which do not reach the majority of students and states that industrial arts teachers should infuse futures content into all of their classes instead of presenting a specific futures course. He suggests classroom activities to promote continuous futures thinking in technology. (MF)

The modular degree program in physics at Oxford Polytechnic is described. This program allows for a combination of physics with other undergraduate study areas. (MDR)

The process of developing a distinctively Canadian junior high school curriculum unit integrating subject content of history, science, and geography around a common theme is discussed. The unit focuses on the life cycle and environment of the Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar. (MJB)

Excerpts from a first grade teacher's diary describe bird study activities done by the class over a two week period. Each student studied a bird of their choice in detail and made a papier-mache model of the bird. These models were exhibited at a student initiated program for visitors. (MA)

This article is concerned with the future as a field of study. Disillusionment, anxiety, and expectation are examined as three factors that presently affect our approach to future studies. An annotated bibliography lists 50 sources including science fiction works, critiques of the present, and second generation works. (MA)

Students spent two months designing and building model solar homes. During this time, they learned about science, geology, architecture, landscaping, and interior decorating. This article describes and illustrates their work. (MA)

Describes a project which integrates subject matter with decision-making techniques and encourages students to become knowledgeable, interested, and sensitive decision makers. Journal available from Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies, P.O. Box 6637, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19149. (Author/DB)

Admissions and public affairs offices often work together but usually at arm's length. New College of the University of South Florida, faced with severe staff and budget cutbacks, decided to formalize a closer relationship between the two offices to help increase enrollment. The relationship proved an effective, goal-oriented arrangement. (Author)

Using funding from Project SPEED, this program was able to substantiate both a significant change in the cognitive levels of knowledge about drugs and its effect in society, as well as significant changes in attitudes of students to that of a more accepting attitude toward drug users. (Author)

Pennsylvania State University confers a Bachelor of Science degree in French and business administration. The reasons the major was placed in a non-humanities context and the function of the program are discussed. (SW)

The language usage by students of various health professions in groups composed either of their professional peers or of a number of different professions was examined. Observed differences between written and spoken concepts associated with "illness" were found that indicate barriers to effective interdisciplinary communication among health…

Although pharmaceutical and biomedical educators are best prepared for teaching undergraduate nonprofessional drug-related courses, few students can capitalize upon such expertise. An alternative described by a course director is to train the college teachers of such students. Major topics presented and representative interim projects are…

If society wants knowledgeable citizens who happen to value and to need a profession or some way to make a living, then for that society liberal education still has a vital function. The restoration of the humanities to a central position in the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Florida is described. (Author/LBH)