A new liberal arts curriculum to meet the challenge of global interdependence is proposed. Four courses (human culture, global values, comparative environmental studies, and global transformations) would form a required common core, with 28 electives providing opportunities for students and faculty to exercise choice and personal responsibility.…

Emerging challenges for the community college include working with the public schools to accommodate the needs and skills of college-bound students, meeting changing work skill demands, and providing meaningful general education for a diverse student population. (MSE)

A new program at Madonna University (Michigan) builds on the institution's existing emphasis on the humanities in teacher education by creating faculty development activities that promote an interdisciplinary learning community and developing courses to forge formal curricular links between key humanities general education courses and required…

A general education reform initiative, emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach, is being developed at the State University of New York-Geneseo by a team of faculty and administrators as the result of a national conference. Emphasis is placed on the process by which the initiative evolved, team membership, the role of the conference, and timing.…

Describes the bachelor of arts program in applied language at the University of Brighton, England, which combines second-language learning and linguistics. The limitations of the program as it was originally conceived are examined, as well as recent improvements. Course objectives, content, and teaching methods are discussed. (17 references) (MDM)

By focusing on current social and technological change, critics of higher education often fail to see that the greatest challenge is the need to restructure the lower division studies, which are currently simply less-intensive versions of specialized curricula. To address this need, trustees need to bring about change in three areas: curricular,…

A variety of assessment techniques to measure and document the outcomes of interdisciplinary study at the college level are examined, focusing on the contexts and problems of such assessments. Several programs are profiled, suggestions for assessment design are offered, and an annotated bibliography of information sources is presented. (MSE)

Even minor changes in the college curriculum, especially across disciplinary boundaries, can have profound effects on the organization of the institution and roles of faculty and administrators. A typology of eight kinds of campus organizational change outlines the implications of each, and a checklist of considerations surrounding change is…

Presents an overview of an evaluation of projects developed to improve students' quantitative reasoning skills and understanding of technology. (ZWH)

Few nurses receive the formal education to recognize chemical dependency in their patients. This article reports on one school's coordinated approach to curriculum implementation of alcohol and other drug abuse materials. Discusses training plans, curriculum implementation, faculty survey, and evaluations that were used in the program. (RJM)

Discusses the implications of the National Curriculum Study finding that English as a Second Language is the fastest growing area of the curriculum. Indicates that community colleges may need to evaluate their policies toward the provision of ESL courses in light of current demographic trends. (16 citations) (MAB)

Mathematics educators have led the educational reform movement in recent years. New curricula and innovative teaching methods are emerging in elementary and secondary programs, as illustrated by the work of the College Board, University of Chicago, University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco, and the National Science Foundation. (MSE)

At Dickinson College (Pennsylvania), a workshop approach to teaching introductory physics, in which students alternate hands-on experience and theoretical discussion, has been effective in improving student attitudes toward the subject, helping students master concepts considered difficult to teach, making students comfortable with laboratory…

Educational achievement should be intellectually and philosophically divorced from cultural affirmation, which is merely a byproduct of the inclusion of diverse voices in the search for truth. A model based on the relationship between the valuation of oneself by others and by oneself is presented to explain differential effects of schooling on…

Contends that many colleges and universities have reviewed and revised their liberal arts curriculum in recent years, paying particular attention to the "capstone course," a culminating experience for students in their major field. Concludes that a capstone course should transcend other sociology courses and help assess students'…