Presents a profile of business courses determined through a survey covering four factors in course offerings in high schools of various enrollment classifications: scope of traditional-length (semester/year) course offerings, status of business courses in the total program, most frequently offered business courses, and number of high schools that…

This seventh in a series of investigations of the basic communication course at 2- and 4-year colleges and universities that began in 1968 has as its purpose to gather longitudinal data on the nature of the course. This latest study differs somewhat from past studies. The survey instrument from 1999 was revised to include timely concerns such as…