The nation's proprietary schools, the privately owned post-secondary institutions that teach marketable career skills, are rapidly gaining a new degree of acceptance and respectability. Discusses several recent developments responsible for creating the climate in which many proprietary schools are prospering. (Author/RK)

Emphasizes how various notions about popular culture manifest themselves in the classroom and identifies the uses of the traditional and progressive approaches in dealing with such studies. (MH)

Described are guidelines for minimizing the difference in college biology curricula in the nations of Western Europe. A four year central core program is outlined. The fifth year options for training in research, biotechnology, teaching and industry or public service are listed. Continuing education programs for biologists are also mentioned. (AJ)

At the Center for Biomedical Education at the City University of New York, nutrition is integrated into the chemistry-biochemistry sequence of a six-year B.S.-M.D. program. Students perform an actual analysis of a sample of their own food, learning basic techniques and concepts, and also carry on experiments with rats on other diets. (Editor/LBH)

Following a historical review investigating the participation of boys in high school home economics programs in the United States during the 20th century, several generalizations concerning the nature and circumstances of this participation are formulated and some implications for the future are discussed. (SH)

Three models of faculty organization for teaching behavioral science in medical schools are reviewed and compared with regard to their effects on curricular structure and content. Significant variations on existing models are described in the context of a behavioral science curriculum in a new medical college. (Author/LBH)

Issues to consider in introductory college-level courses include: considering general education's purpose in the context of specific disciplines; avoiding the assumption that freshman-level courses must be broad-based; thinking of the disciplinary as leading to the interdisciplinary; and using the first year to engage issues significant in the…

A faculty member given the opportunity to become a full-time undergraduate for a term rediscovers what the student experience is like and learns where to make improvements in instruction. (MSE)

Issues to be considered in implementing a required postdoctoral dental education requirement are discussed, including the impact on predoctoral program patient pools, costs, faculty, student career choices, specialty training and practice, national enforcement, and financing. (MSE)

Considers the setting of priorities for making decisions about school curriculum. Demonstrates how curricula in three schools reflect philosophies and priorities for learning which the schools have established. The evolution of elementary school curriculum is discussed in light of political, social and economic forces. Problems in setting future…

Contends that school science programs should return to the visionary programs of the 1960's, which developed logical thinking and problem solving. These have since given way to a barren emphasis on fact acquisition and "cookbook" lab activities. (TE)

Argues that science programs developed during the 1960's should be replaced by "science/technology/society" (S/T/S) programs, which build on students' curiosity and concern about local problems. (TE)

A dental school program that provides students with the option of studying abroad at a participating school or hospital or designing their own course of study during their final four months is described. (MSE)

A study of sex bias in law school course content found many topics of particular concern to women to be virtually absent from criminal law casebooks, despite growth in legal scholarship and public sensitivity. Casebook authors and law professors are urged to integrate these topics into the curriculum. (MSE)