Methods of planning the academic environment at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine are described. Focus is on planning sequence, recruitment, staffing, facilities, curriculum, student and faculty scholarship, department organization, and priorities in decision-making. (LBH)

Discusses the impact of competency-based approaches on curriculum design in the health sciences. Student assessment is viewed as the locus of competency based approaches from which curriculum development will follow. (VT)

Presenting evaluation results of a kindergarten bilingual education program and followup program, this article indicates French immersion can be effective among rural and urban students of both middle-upper and low socioeconomic status. (JC)

The Apple Skills Exchange will teach almost anything to almost anyone--moped maintenance, juggling, dealing with compulsive eating, an introduction to cabinetry. Zhenya Lane, who is managing the school, discusses its characteristics as well as those of the students. (Author/RK)

Attacks the concept of teacher freedom put forward by the teacher unions. (Editor)

Considers the merits and faults of the voucher system and compares it to the magnet school concept, which embraces the favorable aspects of the voucher system while minimizing the principal objections to such a system. (Author/RK)

Suggests that educators will have to broaden the definition of what is educational and begin to tap the potential of those institutions and sectors outside the schools that are also educational. (Author/AM)

The podiatric medical residency program in the Health Science Center at San Antonio provides an intensive exposure for the newly graduated podiatrist to practice in a multidisciplinary environment. Residents become more familiar with general medical and surgical diseases and disorders as well as podiatric pathology. (LBH)

Describes an interdisciplinary humanities curriculum developed by a consortium of three community colleges. The curriculum consists of a general core course based on the classical humanistic studies of history, philosophy, and the fine arts and three "optional" courses designed to appeal to special interest students. (DC)

Suggests that teachers lack the will, confidence and expertise to decide for themselves what ought to be taught and examined in secondary schools. (Editor)

Presents practical issues and possible objectives in classroom strategy having a multicultural approach. (RL)

The development of the Individualized Study System (ISS) in The Netherlands from 1970 to 1975 is reviewed and a case study for first-year engineering is described. A classification of ISS courses illustrates the complexity of the system, with advice offered on the management of individualized study systems. (Author/LBH)

National identity and schooling are predicated on a particular yet ill-defined view of culture. To counter "popular" and "high" culture polarizations and arguments for cultural pluralism, this paper proposes that curricula be designed for student access to forms and symbols defining Australian culture through discourse and…

A major and largely unacknowledged factor in U.S. educational problems is the increasing diversity of the student population and the circumstances that limit the maximization of student potential. The public discussion and criticism of the curriculum has neglected this costly and difficult challenge. (MSE)