Over the past several years I have taught a career orientation course at St. John Fisher College. This course was designed to increase student awareness of potential careers following their undergraduate studies in our Biology program. Additionally, the course has also been used as a model for similar experiences in our Psychology, Chemistry,…

Describes the potential problems and benefits of departmental-level mentoring programs to improve faculty teaching, then describes the Program for the Enhancement of Teaching at DePaul University, including its specific activities such as lunches and seminars. (EV)

While many teachers assume that graduate students have mastered the art of using the library, there is evidence that graduate students do not know how to find the information they need. A library instruction program for graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout is described. (MLW)

The issue of the relationship between teaching and scholarship in the community college is discussed and a revival of scholarly activities at the community college is argued. A program to encourage faculty scholarship at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, is described. (MLW)

Central features of "write-to-learn" are discussed and the results of a faculty workshop that aimed to acquaint faculty members in the Pennsylvania State University system with the method are presented. (MLW)

Revisioning graduate professional-development programs is critical to enhancing graduate education. Both graduate students and employers have expressed a desire for an educational experience that better prepares students for their professional roles. This article describes the revisioning of a graduate professional-development program using a…

Four teaching techniques were used to enhance conceptual learning and to increase student performance in a course in physical-chemical principles at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. One of the techniques, "concept overview," is described. (MLW)

Common notions about what college writing centers are and do are examined so that faculty and students may understand how to make the best use of them. Issues discussed include their organizational status and role, audience, and specific functions and activities. The structure and objectives of tutoring sessions is briefly addressed. (MSE)

A teaching workshop for faculty from member liberal arts colleges in the Central Pennsylvania Consortium is reported. Presentations of the William Perry scheme of student intellectual and moral development are described. (MLW)

Ways in which instructional development activities can be transformed into eagerly awaited opportunities for personal and institutional growth are discussed. The teaching workshop conducted by an expert from another campus is discussed. (MLW)

Little effort has been made to combine the "writing-to-oneself" process with an exercise in creative thinking as an effective way to teach any subject or to learn a given subject. A program to combine writing and a creativity exercise to foster learning for students studying basic economics is described. (MLW)

A library orientation program for newly arrived international students at North Texas State University is described. The program has evolved through the efforts of language teachers and librarians working with students taking non-credit English classes prior to being admitted for a degree in the university. (MLW)

University of California writing instructors must teach poorly prepared freshmen how to survive English classes and how to adapt the skills they learn to the rest of their university writing assignments. Reading, thinking, organizing, and stylistic problems are discussed. (MLW)

The University of New Hampshire teacher education program's implementation of the Dean's Grant program, a federally supported effort to prepare regular classroom teachers to work with students with special needs, is outlined and the change process in the department is discussed. (MSE)

A collaborative course, "The Human Encounter with Alcohol," offered to freshmen at the University of Colorado College of Arts and Sciences is described. The idea was to offer a subject that would intellectually interest students, as well as provide a subject suitable for freshmen level library research. (MLW)