A survey of 58 university-affiliated programs serving persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MR/DD) found that 74% were affiliated with a school of social work and identified types of and settings for MR/DD training opportunities. Results suggest that potential exists for creating and expanding such training relationships.…

This study seeks to understand lecturers' views about the effectiveness of curriculum change procedures taking place in 2006 at the English language teacher education departments of Turkish universities. The study collected both quantitative and qualitative data through an open-ended questionnaire completed by 27 lecturers working at fifteen…

This document for participants comprises the agenda and abstracts of papers to be presented at the third national conference on the retention of black college students. The conference will offer 4 general sessions, 6 special sessions, 31 concurrent sessions, and several special activities. A total of 130 presenters will present abstracts of select…

The program approval process of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) and the local process of course and program approval used by Illinois community colleges are detailed in this report. Following an introduction and study overview, course and program approval processes at John A. Logan College and Shawnee College are described and…

During the great increase in college enrollments of the 1950's and 1960's, many linguists saw opportunities for expanding the prominence and practice of linguistics by starting a linguistics program where there had been none before. New linguistics programs can no longer be justified in view of the current job market. The number of linguists being…

The results of a parent education survey among 44 colleges and universities are reported. The greatest indication of need is for curriculum and demonstration materials as well as good textbook material for college students in education for parenthood classes. The survey reveals a need for materials and leadership in parent education. (Author)

Describes the development of the communication program at Illinois State University during the last 10 years. Explores the type of curriculum changes that are required for communication study to survive. (PD)

A report on the ways in which Alberta Vocational College at Fort McMurray delivers a variety of training that helps men and women in northeastern Alberta become self supporting. (DS)

Changes in collegiate business schools within the context of the university through new approaches to curriculum content, new assumptions about student characteristics and needs, changes in instruction, and graduate programs. (MF)

Discusses the trend in colleges and universities toward interdisciplinary instruction organized under a Communication Arts program, but deplores the decline of English as a discipline. (RB)

This paper examines the undergraduate beginning political science course offered in colleges and universities in the United States--what it has been, what research reveals it is, its relationship to the undergraduate curriculum, and its role in the discipline of political science as a whole--and especially speaking to the relationship between…

The nine papers included in this volume were presented during the "Working Conference on Undergraduate Education in Environmental Studies" at Dartmouth College. The rationale and strategy for environmental studies at Dartmouth College are considered in part one. Details of the proposed programs at both Dartmouth College and Williams College are…

Discusses the issues involved in defining the objectives, the sphere of operation, the curriculum, and the academic justification of the hundreds of Black Studies programs that have been set up in all sections of the country in all kinds of institutions. (Author/JM)