Examines the Russian Center of Cooperative Cataloging (RCCC), the first project of the cooperative cataloging in Russia, outlining its main purpose and technological tasks. Presents the information and functional structure of the RCCC and the RCCC host-center. (PEN)

Offers a survey of experiments in "learning communities," each of which involves an effort to connect knowledge across disciplines and, through collaboration, to draw students and teachers into communities that simulate the liberal ideal of dynamic, fulfilling civic life. (EV)

Describes the University of Arizona's approach to developing and implementing a comprehensive curriculum in integrative medicine, which integrates the best of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with the best of conventional medicine. Describes the curriculum, educational programs, clinical education, goals, and results, and suggests…

Reviews progress made since the adoption of formal policies in support of women in the profession by the American Dental Education Association (ADEA). Provides an overview of current ADEA programs designed to increase the number of women in academic dentistry and sustain an environment in which they can contribute. (EV)

Many small-shop alumni directors with no-frills budgets have found volunteer alumni help worth the organizing efforts. Some creative ways that colleges and universities have found to inspire new interest among the uninvolved are described. (MLW)

Describes an innovative program for ethical education at LaGrange College in Georgia which is built around a condensed version of Friedrich Durrenmatt's play, "The Visit," and an extended discussion following the performance of the play's ethical issues by the actors and the participants. (SR)

Describes the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University, the first in the United States. Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the college and notes practical advice for administrators. (SR)

Discusses the educational and cultural environment of The American University in Cairo. Describes some educational programs and the blending of cultures at the university for the past 75 years. (LZ)

Explores philosophies and practices of playwriting for young people, focusing on contemporary U.S. plays and projects that are aimed at improving the quality of theater for young audiences. Describes the New Generation Play Project. (PRA)

Notes that living creatively and fluidly often depends on an adult's ability to play. Describes a workshop designed to enhance awareness of the importance of play for adults and to provide imaging strategies helpful to therapists, teachers, and poets. (RS)

Presents eight teachers' accounts of professional growth activities designed to empower teachers to make choices for professional renewal according to their individual needs and interests. (RS)

Outlines the challenges of film and video production teachers. Describes "The Collaborative Film Project" of Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, which adapts the theater model of production training to film and video. Asserts that this project enables students to experience the organization, complexity, problem solving,…

Profiles GeVa Theatre's (a regional theater based in Rochester, New York) education programs, which offer student matinees to 5,000 students a year. (SR)

Describes how a graduate student at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln uses his distance education courses to improve production on his family's farm. (EV)

Describes the course-credit system in the United States, the standard means of measuring academic work. Discusses how the system is a means of measuring the time spent on study and not the quality of work; since the 19th century, the course-credit system has been the major "currency" in American higher education and has proven quite…