Examines the impact of women's studies on the higher education curriculum by tracing the history and documenting specific examples of the institutionalization of women's studies. Suggests that new generations of scholars have benefited from the curricular revisions that resulted from the women's studies movement. (51 citations). (MAB)

Describes methods for teaching student writers by bringing in the literary concept of metaphor. Argues that such a method of writing instruction helps students to develop skills of imagination and logical reasoning. Claims that metaphors can help underprepared students control the chaos called the writing process. (HB)

Investigated the nature of biology teachers' global content understandings, and sources and formation of subject matter structures (SMSs). Reports that the initial formation of SMSs was credited to college content courses and modified by the act of teaching. Variables that differentially affected SMS translation included teacher intentions,…

In a survey, 50 continuing education faculty expressed concern about setting the right climate in the first session of a course. They attempt to balance students' needs and concerns with course and content issues. Although they wanted to create the proper social climate, they were only moderately concerned about "getting acquainted." (SK)

Stresses that an important industrial area is product reliability, especially for semiconductors. Suggests that physics students would benefit from training in semiconductors: the many modes of failure, radiation effects, and electrical contact problems. (MVL)

Suggests that a course in desktop publishing can provide students at rural schools with experience equivalent to internships. Notes that the course provided students with real-world experience and benefited the university in terms of services and public relations. (RS)

The National Academy for Voluntarism conducts management training and development for United Way through a four-part series on basic management skills, management for results, organizational change, and management strategy. A blend of university faculty and external consultants is a key element. (SK)

Hungarian business education in a restructuring era faces such challenges as underemphasis on corporate finance/accounting and overemphasis on bookkeeping, lack of status for marketing in the curriculum, and isolation of subjects with little practical application. The goal of sustainable development is a possible focus for business administration…

Presents information on how and what is taught in courses on the "Age of Goethe." Two appendices are presented that list the institutions responding to a questionnaire concerning the teaching of this course and the less familiar texts of the period that are treated by some instructors. (GLR)

Notes the increasing use of computers by professional translators. Argues that instruction in translation systems should prepare students for both the receiving and production ends of machine translation systems. Discusses considerations for the design of computer translation studies. Includes a course outline from a computer translation seminar.…

Reports a survey of 52 American Library Association-accredited library schools on their course offerings in research. Seventy-six courses were examined, and the textbooks, computer programs, and course content are discussed. Some of the reasons schools give for not offering a specific research course are also discussed. (three references) (LAE)

Suggests that citizenship education has been defined too literally and narrowly, resulting in loss of meaning for social studies. Argues that schools in the United States rest on solid civic motivations and were never intended to legitimate any particular school subject. Insists that every school subject must be understood to be based on civic…

Surveys experts to establish the importance of 87 content areas for an intercultural business communication course. Finds 22 of the content areas to be essential, 65 to be important, and none to be unimportant. (RS)

Summarizes what was learned from the experience of bringing desktop publishing into the curriculum of a business college, especially regarding hardware, software, textbooks, and assignments. (SR)

The Department of Nursing at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, has integrated into the nursing curriculum theoretical and practical content that addresses the needs of the client infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the client at risk for HIV infection, and the nurse at risk for infection. (JOW)