For the growing number of faculty requiring extensive student writing in and out of class, improving students' facility with the language is secondary to the idea that writing helps students learn subject matter. The additional communication between student and professor also improves classroom environment. However, empirical evidence is…

The intellectual disciplines comprising the traditional curriculum are actually territorial spaces carved out by academic scholars for their own purpose. Although middle-level educators have been engaged in reform efforts for two decades, the interdisciplinary, integrated curriculum is still rare and a working definition of a middle school…

Presents the first Canadian periodical price index, which covers foreign and domestic periodicals from 1989 to 1991. Prices by subject categories and by country of publication are presented, use of the price index for library collection planning and budget planning is discussed, and projected increases are described. (12 references) (LRW)

Describes the author's experiences in incorporating the critique of heterosexism and heterosexual privilege into an undergraduate course in teacher education at a Canadian university, exploring how an approach intended to counter inherent heterosexism in school curricula interacted with the social relations of the classroom and attitudes of the…

Argues that educators should reconsider their current commitment to problem solving as the way to promote constructionist teaching and learning and should focus on teaching important ideas developed within the disciplines. This idea-based social constructivism focuses on the possibilities of a given situation. (SLD)

A cultural approach to research on higher education views the academic community as being both a disciplinary and an institutional cultural entity. The pros and cons of these two perspectives are examined with a view to finding new avenues for research; it is argued that academic identity provides a seminal perspective for cultural studies in…

The academic performance of 840 Swedish college students in four study programs was observed for three years. Students were divided into those admitted on the basis of grade point average (GPA), Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT) scores, and SweSAT scores plus work experience. The last group was less successful than the other two. (SLD)

Calls on the foreign language profession to identify a field of study described as a discipline with four subfields (language, literature, linguistics, and culture). Urges that language be taught not just as language but also as a structure reflecting the verbal and nonverbal expression of the culture, through curricular outreach programs to other…

Discusses Ross Winterowd's pioneering efforts in establishment of graduate rhetoric programs; his efforts in training future high school teachers of writing; his high school textbook; founding of the Rhetoric Society of America; relations between the English department and the Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Literature program at the University of…

Study estimated how pay disparity varied by race, marital status, gender, and field. Results show considerable differences overall, with unexplained wage gaps for racial/ethnic group, dramatic variations between men and women, and further by field. Earnings differences among racial/ethnic categories are not uniform. The return on marriage for men…

Explores the inclusion of scholarship about Latinas into psychology courses by asking how to evaluate the scholarship that should be included and the factors that should be considered for inclusion. Conceptualizations of identity, gender role socialization, and educational achievement and aspirations lack validity if Latinas are not included. (SLD)

Discusses the inclusion of cartobibliographic instruction as part of academic bibliographic instruction programs. Highlights include bibliographic access to cartographic sources; problems, including lack of full cataloging, special locations, and unusual displays of information; and cartographic sources in various disciplines, including the…

Describes the College of Lake County's (Illinois) development of an enrollment projection process that satisfies the need for information for institutional planning and budget forecasting. The process includes statistically driven projections and adjustments to the projections that reflect unique conditions within the disciplines and requires much…

A study in England and Australia suggests that in science and engineering, where researchers within a research unit of any size re-form themselves into smaller groups (5-12), communication is efficient and productivity optimal, with little economy of scale for larger groups. In less tightly-organized disciplines such as mathematics and social…

A study investigated differences in graduate student supervision across disciplines at a Canadian research university. Most departments reported having some policies or procedures, but they tended not to be explicit. According to program directors, the two most important supervisor qualities were knowledge of research field and availability.…