The purpose of this bulletin is to provide administrators, teachers, parents, and other members of the New York City educational community with a resource that identifies, within all disciplines, the basic body of knowledge and skills to be taught at each grade or level (K-9). The bulletin begins with a broad perspective of each subject area,…

Black female, Chicano female, Asian female and total female enrollment representations as well as total Black, total Chicano and total Asian enrollment representations were determined for undergraduate major areas at seven University of California campuses. The number of mathematics courses required for each major was also determined from the…

James Madison College of Michigan State University provides a 4-year, residentially-based program devoted to the study of major social, economic, and political policy problems. It offers 5 fields of concentration: (1) Ethnic and Religious Intergroup Relations Policy Problems; (2) International Relations Policy Problems; (3) Justice, Morality and…

To aid the teacher of the mentally retarded in integrating art into other subject areas, two sample projects and two five-lesson units with core activities, one on clothing and one on the state of Iowa, are presented. In addition, suggestions for teachers are listed along with the expectations of normal children and the basics of good art.…

Presented is state-of-the-art report on the core concept as it is implemented in allied health professions education programs. The objective of the report was to bring together information about "core" which would enable allied health educators to clarify the meaning of the concept in allied health education and to provide a summarization of its…

On October 3, 1972 the faculty of Mars Hill College approved the extension of the present core curriculum and the modified 4-1-4 calendar through the 1973-74 academic year. The faculty further asked that the study of the competence-based curriculum be continued. This document contains a partial list of the proposals produced by the ongoing review…

A comprehensive and integrated basic studies program formulated in 1970 at a community college is discussed. To examine the effects of the program, applicants who graduated in the lower four-fifths and five-fifths of their high school class were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. Students in the experimental group were…

Five basic courses in a core curriculum for California Community Colleges in the Administration of Justice, phase one of the curriculum guide, are described and outlined. The courses are: Introduction to the Administration of Justice, Principles and Procedures of the Justice System, Concepts of Criminal Law, Legal Aspects of Evidence, Community…

This monograph is the third in a series summarizing the work progress of the Human Services Manpower Career Center, a special research and development project funded by the U. S. Department of Labor. This volume offers a core curriculum for the training of workers in state human services agencies, geared primarily to the use of the community…

Students can be motivated to develop writing ability when teachers help them to understand the rationales for learning to write, to set goals within the context of those rationales, and to select an appropriate writing course from a variety of choices. (RL)

Daniel Bell, author and Harvard sociologist, is interviewed. Among the topics discussed are his view of society, his books, ideology, universities and higher education--including Harvard's core curriculum project and the 1968 student revolt at Columbia University, and Israel and the Jewish experience. (JMD)

In this essay the author examines the state of the humanities with respect to four indicators--production. financial support, demand, and influence; offers a hopeful prognosis for the future; and prescribes ways for the humanistic disciplines to strengthen their positions, such as reinstating core curricula and teaching basic skills. (JMD)

Reviews recent trends with respect to the core curriculum in graduate (Master's level) library school programs in the United States. Only those programs which have been accredited by the American Library Association are considered. (Author/JAB)

What are the purposes of public education, how should our schools be structured, and how does education relate to our other social institutions, are questions examined in this interview of Ernest Boyer, U.S. Commissioner of Education. (JD)

Advocates the pragmatic approach to general education, suggesting that the educationally well-rounded occupational student advances more rapidly and goes higher in his career field. Stresses the importance of "general education courses", which make the student proficient and knowledgeable in his field and "supporting courses" which teach basic…