Assesses the state of applied Japanese studies in American universities, offering suggestions for curriculum improvement, providing data on 15 programs, and describing six programs (including one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Indicates that few science/technology majors take Japanese despite strong present and future needs for…

Describes an approach to health and social education about drugs, alcohol, and other issues. The approach draws upon advances in the social and cultural sciences and deploys these advances in a practical way in the context of increasing interest in education about work and the family. (JN)

An experimental adult studies curriculum for adult students at Empire State is analyzed in terms of trends in adult participation in higher education and of four theoretical perspectives: life cycle theory, ego development, moral development, and adult learning style. (MSE)

Describes the development of an interdisciplinary chemistry-business major (University of Wisconcin-Eau Claire) designed to prepare students for nonlaboratory careers in the chemical industry. Provides information on courses offered, sample program sequence, and description of a novel undergraduate industrial chemistry course. (JN)

Describes a curriculum based on the concepts of culture, nature, and life. Discusses symbols, living earth, interconnectedness, fluctuation, womb of life, life, and nature's callings as they relate to the curriculum. Includes diagrams demonstrating interrelationships between people, culture, and nature. (BC)

Describes the main components of the Sloan Foundation's New Liberal Arts Program (NLAP) at Union College: development of a quantitative freshmen preceptorial; course development in mathematics and technology; and a computer-oriented humanities project. Also describes the components of a technology studies program (under the NLAP) at Grinnell…

To provide undergraduate students in developmental psychology and child psychology courses with examples of developing behaviors in infants, two teachers videotaped the infants of friends during the first 18 months of life. The project is described. (RM)

A new major at Marylhurst College for Lifelong Learning called human studies is described. It is a phenomenologically based curriculum in quality of life and intentional change. The major is individualized and problem-centered. (Author/MLW)

Describes how the Legal Services Society of British Columbia, from 1975 to 1981, worked with secondary teachers in a partnership to help improve the teaching of law in the schools in British Columbia. Curriculum materials were produced, teacher training was conducted, and a newsletter was disseminated. (RM)

This centralized system permits matching patients' care needs with students' learning needs and enables assignment of students to appropriate agencies. (Editor)

Article described a program with the goal of developing a creative music curriculum that would interest and challenge sixth-graders. Students were motivated to write the lyrics and music for their own songs. (Author/RK)

Discusses the undergraduate liberal arts chemistry curriculum of Drew University which emphasizes preparation of students either for a chemistry vocation or for medical or other science careers. Indicates that interdisciplinary training, articulation of courses to students' background, and elimination of traditional course organization are main…

Discusses the purpose and curriculum of interdisciplinary engineering management programs conducted at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Indicates that the development of a proper balance of engineering, science, and management is proved satisfactory by student acceptance, graduate placement, and feedback from both graduates and employers. (CC)

Discusses the conduct of a master degree industrial management program at the Polytechnic Institute of New York for students with undergraduate training in engineering and science. Indicates that the program is characterized by unique options developed on the basis of students' strengths and proved satisfactory in fostering actual upward mobility.…