This discussion of the organization of the university's undergraduate curriculum and program administration, draws on models that focus on demand, supply, and use of management principles for streamlining supply. A modified, contingency model is proposed as the most useful theoretical approach to effectively reorganize undergraduate programs. (MSE)

Cooperative and dual-degree programs at colleges and universities are helping to increase the number of graduates in underrepresented groups. Several undergraduate engineering-education programs involving both historically black and predominantly white institutions illustrate the effectiveness of this approach. Minority students can build…

Changes in the role of the university up to 1932 are discussed, focusing on the growing complexity of the curriculum, the trend toward specialization, changes in the scholarly environment, political and social events, and inquiry by the American Association of University Professors into the university faculty's new and future role. (Originally…

Explores the most frequently listed undergraduate psychology courses for four institutional types by analyzing 400 college catalogs. Reports that some segmentation continues in the research methodology and developmental areas, the balance of natural and social science courses appear stable, and there are no signs of a change toward vocationalism.…

As a pedagogy for citizenship, academic service learning offers students the opportunity to experience and reflect on how citizens organize to bring their communities and their country closer to democracy. The three-course Democracy Project at Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania) illustrates how this approach can be developed within a college…

Presents results of survey of senior level public relations executives in for-profit organizations, regarding: what courses should be taught in a public relations curriculum; skills public relations graduates should take into their first jobs; the skill-level of recent hires; and in what department, school, or college public relations should be…

Describes a semester-long activity added to traditional homework assignments in which students complete a project that brings art together with science and mathematics. Students may choose any one of a combination of different art forms. (DDR)

Traces the development of a senior level course for biology majors the integrates curriculum studies with critical analysis of current biology research and communication skills. Objectives for the course include understanding the scientific method and assessing and using information sources. (DDR)

Describes the development and design of the "master learners" program at Fort Lewis College (Colorado), in which faculty members from varied teaching backgrounds are given release time to participate as students in a year-long Human Heritage course to show freshmen how a master learns. The program has evolved into an exemplary faculty…

Focuses on the implementation and results of the Science Foundation Programme (SFP), a year-long pre-degree program designed to identify academically talented but underprepared black students who want to pursue tertiary studies in science or applied science. (DDR)

As location becomes less relevant to education choices, the need for a more comprehensive credit articulation policy increases. The Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) Distance Learning Policy Laboratory is working to develop a plan that would facilitate credit articulation among the SREB's 16 states. Discussion includes challenges and…

Analyzes the hierarchies that have defined college English. Reviews two models for how literacy programs can contribute to public learning. Suggests that if educators adopt a civic stance on graduate studies, they may be able to place graduates in positions where they can use their leadership skills beyond as well as within departments of English.…

Discusses the founding and demise of the North Central Association's Commission on Unit Courses and Curricula (CUCC), which was designed to help develop and standardize curricula. Indicates that the accrediting bodies for secondary schools and higher education handle their own public relations without the coordination provided by CUCC. (Contains…

Traces the economic growth of embedded software in industrial products and explains that there is a shortage of engineers in this field. Proposes a different view of engineering education. (DDR)

Outlines how an example from the field of animal husbandry is used in a DNA Technology course to motivate students to take a deeper interest in the material. Focuses on paternity testing in dogs. (DDR)