Discusses Great Britain's largest degree-granting institution and describes it as the world's most successful distance learning operation and most important innovation in the history of higher education since the establishment of the land grant college. Explores the possibility of the program's application in the United States. (AEA)

Describes a graphic design program at the Rhode Island School of Design that reflects an intellectual and theoretical tradition while fostering the generation of visual experiment. Discusses the value of semiotics in defining curriculum needs relative to language systems, and presents descriptions and visual samplings of each problem of…

The history and decline of an undergraduate interdisciplinary course on contemporary Britain at the University of Sussex are described. It is suggested that interdisciplinary courses require higher investment of resources and commitment to survive, and structural constraints and features are of continuing concern to their proponents. (MSE)

Aviation programs at many colleges and universities have been viewed by administrators in all sorts of perspectives, from very favorable to complete nuisances. As a result, these programs have ended up being located in a wide variety of academic structures. (Author/RE)

Considers the value of university programs in preparing students for photojournalism, notes trends and problems in photojournalism education, and describes experiences helpful to the development of photography skills. (GT)

The Bilingual Teacher Aide Training Program was composed of nontraditional students. Evaluation found that adult students are serious and will usually overcome greater obstacles in pursuit of a college education. With a little academic and/or personal advising, the nontraditional adult can successfully complete a university curriculum. (Author)

Interdisciplinary work has an important role to play in undergraduate study, but only as part of a larger pattern in which the disciplines as such must occupy a central position, since they supply the forms and structures that support a heritage of learning. (Author)

Presents the findings of a questionnaire survey of 140 college and university English departments regarding courses in children's literature. (DD)

Examines three aspects of curriculum change: (1) comprehensive plan and goals formation, requiring climate assessment; (2) institutional commitment, gained through leverage approaches (accreditation, competition, or external evaluators) and incentive (e.g., Title III funds, public relations, institutional vitality) approaches; and (3)…

Traces the historical development of liberal education in American higher education and argues that a new conception of liberal education is now emerging, but that basic structural reform of the curriculum is needed in order for the new form of education to emerge. (Author/JG)

Using the process of situational learning effectively we develop the capacity to discover who and what we are. This technique affords us the opportunity to explore how we were conditioned into the patterns and habits that now compose our being. (Author)

Examines religious studies inclusion in community college curriculum and discusses programmatic and financial constraints to incorporating religious studies into the community college curriculum. Also presents examples of community colleges that have incorporated religious studies into the curriculum with varying degrees of success. (SM)

States that when a college or graduate school toughens its curriculum, entry requirements, or graduation requirements, two opposite effects on enrollment occur: (1) students know more and command higher salaries which enhances enrollment and (2) the pool of eligible students diminishes which has a negative effect on enrollment. (JEH)

Reports the outcomes of a mentoring program for students in an introductory anatomy and physiology course. Exam scores and retention in the course improved as a result of the program. (Contains 17 references.) (DDR)