Examines the question of what teachers can do to make their lectures and assigned readings more interesting. Argues that instructors must seriously address the crucial role of both logic and emotion in pedagogy. Maintains that teachers must speak, read, and write not only to be understood, but also to be felt and freely responded to by the…

Reports the results of a experimental study designed to determine the impact of alternative sequences, macro followed by micro, or vice versa, on students' learning and attitudes in economics. Results showed a micro/macro sequence produced higher economic understanding, but did not influence students' attitudes. (Author/JDH)

A curriculum design that focuses on the human sciences, the disciplines that concern themselves with the social and individual activities that are distinctively human, would be a better approach than the current separation of the humanities and social sciences. (MSE)

Descriptions of 48 evaluation training programs offered by colleges and universities are organized into five major divisions: postdoctoral training, doctoral training, master's training, specialist training, and multiple programs. Essential characteristics, placement statistics, admission requirements, and curriculum descriptions are listed. (BS)

Discusses the report "Integrity in the College Curriculum," the institutional response to the report, and the implications for communication programs. (PD)

Cites the Rockefeller Commission's findings regarding humanistic studies. Outlines steps for bringing humanism back to the humanities, e.g., by clarifying the humanities' substance and identity, elucidating a cogent and persuasive rationale for their study, and underscoring the importance of a cultural/humanistic context for vocational training.…

Describes the development and offerings of North Shore Community College's Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, which uses a variety of organizational and methodological strategies including team-teaching, multi-discipline courses with one instructor, thematic courses, and discipline combinations. Describes the 15 courses in the curriculum and…

This describes a course offered at a university to housewives. It utilizes group methods, offers students an opportunity for self-assessment and information on opportunities for careers, volunteer work and further education. The course is accredited. Recently participants are increasingly interested in feminist issues and assertiveness. (NG)

Condenses the report made by the Commission on Public Relations Education to the Public Relations Division of the Association for Education in Journalism, recommending steps to improve college public relations curriculums. (RB)

This study sets out the institutional educational project for undergraduate students. At the same time, the authors have tried to adapt the current study programs to the extraordinary scientific and technological development in the second half of the 20th century. The paper tries to integrate various sources. Written documents and the structure of…

This paper describes how librarians at the University of Southern Mississippi teach faculty, staff and students the basics of making a World Wide Web home page in a one-hour classroom setting. Following a brief description of the background to the class, three distinct parts of the class are discussed. Each class begins with a PowerPoint…

Many private colleges, suffering from enrollment problems, are innovating academic programs in an attempt to provide superior alternatives to public education. Describes three such experimental programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, and Austin College in Texas. (JR)

The Galveston plan implemented by the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Allied Health Sciences and Galveston College provides academic and clinical experience for the health care worker. The plan utilizes the core approach in instruction for its cooperative program. (DS)

Suggestions on improving the college compsotition course, primarily by making it genuinely rhetorical.'' (Author/SP)