The DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process is described in this paper as a method for designing a curriculum that is responsive to the needs of business, industry, health, and public service fields. First, a variety of methods of curriculum development are contrasted with the DACUM process, which involves the construction of a single-sheet…

Examines contemporary models of undergraduate education, including their historical development and the reforms of the 1960's, asking whether the many social, political, and intellectual directions demand corresponding curricular responses or a new synthesis. Concludes that social complexity calls for emphasis on the aesthetic and intuitive as…

At the University of Oregon, career planning classes with as many as 128 students have shown that the large class experience can be valuable to each student. (Author)

Basic evaluation research of interim programs (concentrated curricular periods separated from the traditional semester) has employed three conceptual models. The three are identified, significant studies using them are outlined, and a fourth model is presented and recommended for use. (Editor/JT)

Proposes a social problems emphasis in gerontology in social work education as related to future manpower needs, enlightened social workers as citizens, and advocacy for the elderly. A proposal for schools is presented with implications for practice, fieldwork settings, research, and classroom instruction. (Editor/JT)

It is suggested that power relationships among people have become a unifying concept of human behavior in modern society, replacing the Freudian libido, and that this concept can function as a unifying principle for integrating racism, sexism and other key relationship concerns into the human behavior curriculum sequence. (Editor/JT)

In discussing the need for combination of theory and practice in the college accounting curriculum, the author presents a conceptual framework for the body of knowledge which teaches the student principles and puts them into practice through illustrations. (JT)

A 3-year law curriculum is outlined based on studying law as an applied social science to maximize its relevance to social life. The author contrasts it to curriculum designed to create technocrats competent in the legislative process and notes that immense changes would be necessary to implement such a curriculum. (JT)

Discusses the rationale for teaching comparative law and describes techniques and results of experiments with two kinds of courses at Boston College Law School: (1) Comparative Legal Analysis, a perspective course, and (2) integration of comparative law as another dimension into courses in a particular subject matter area. (JT)

Proposes a college course centered on research that has been done about college students. Author feels students, who are inherently interested in their own development, would thus be helped to clarify their own decision-making processes. (Author/EJT)

The article reviews the types of energy, estimates future needs for technicians, and discusses curriculum and training needs. (AG)

An analysis of the data compiled from the author's study of a curriculum changes survey in college clothing and textile courses from 25 member institutions of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges granting the largest number of bachelor's degrees in Home Economics indicates change is taking place. (Author/BP)

Media instruction should not be restricted to professional curricula at universities. Community colleges should deal with film, television, and the visual literacies in ways that facilitate their utilization by the individual and the community. They should also prepare students for future jobs in the communications field. (DC)

Undergraduates on college campuses are one of the best resources for learning about college student development. Nonetheless, graduate programs which prepare student personnel professionals have typically neglected to involve undergraduates in courses which attempt to teach student development theory and research. Without input and feedback from…