As a result of forces both in society and in their professions, college faculty find it difficult to raise the question of moral judgment with students. However, it is the disciplines themselves that offer the method and substance for values education. (Author/MSE)

A good liberal arts education is not a dress rehearsal for anything, but a real experience in maturing--intellectually and personally--and in developing the crucial skills of creativity, confidence, and curiosity. These skills are at least as important as the knowledge accumulated in class. (MSE)

The honors program in public affairs at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) consists of five seminars, an internship, and a senior workshop. Program goals, program content, instructional strategies, students in the program, and benefits of the program to CSM are described. (JN)

Two decades of undergraduate curricular crisis have reduced the traditional academic authority of the humanities. One response is to provide a course in cultural criticism, demystifying the Western tradition and teaching students to engage in an ongoing dialogue about its meaning and purpose. (MSE)

Areas in which surgery is uniquely positioned to offer an outstanding experience to students and those areas in which it fails are discussed. Solutions to some of the problems of surgical education are proposed. (MLW)

The traditional history of higher education in the United States, especially during the nineteenth century, is outlined. The new revisionist historians' findings regarding the curriculum's content, mode of instruction, believed theory of learning, quality of college leadership, and egalitarianism are reviewed. (MSE)

The text of a report by the Education Commission of the States study panel is presented, offering eight challenges and 22 recommendations to state leaders concerning student preparation for life after college, college preparation, college participation and completion, student diversity, student involvement and performance, faculty motivation, and…

Criticizes "A Nation at Risk" and "Involvement in Learning" in terms of their attacks on postsecondary vocational education. Decries the lack of involvement of vocational educators in the formulation of these reports. Calls for a definition of excellence that integrates, rather than fragments, the educational enterprise. (DMM)

Recommends pluralistic general education programming to accommodate diversity in faculty orientations, values, and perceptions of knowledge; and disparity in students' academic ability, values, and preferred learning styles. Suggests a multi-track general education model emphasizing different, but equally demanding, educational experiences for…

Describes difficulties encountered in presenting a college course on nuclear weapons and disarmament. Maintains that such courses must strive for a fuller historical account of the arms race, in addition to stressing the humanistic and ethical questions involved. Warns that controversy will arise and concludes that even blind anger is preferable…

A survey of 71 schools of pharmacy and 22 post-entry-level doctoral pharmacy programs revealed that most have at least one course containing nutrition information in the curriculum, with varying course content and emphasis. Instructors prefer more formalized lecture to therapeutic and nutrition of health topics. (MSE)

Recent criticism of the college curriculum stops short of recommending one thing that should be central: a core curriculum that speaks to the forces of culture and tradition, providing an intellectual context for all other studies. (MSE)

Despite perceived threats to the humanities, the academic profession can reassert its integrity and shape the futures of institutions by using existing networks and organizations to change the formal structure of education to improve its product. (MSE)

The proceedings of the meeting and stated objectives concerning the creation of national bodies for application of the regional convention concerning international transfer and recognition of training, and national legislation and conclusion of regional and subregional agreements for that purpose are summarized. (MSE)

The curriculum development process leading to Bradford College's new Practical Liberal Arts Education plan, an interdisciplinary core curriculum focusing on the theme of the common bonds of human beings, is discussed. (MSE)