This paper argues the need for curricula for women's growth, highlights the experimental curriculum, content and process, summarizes the data on the pre, post, and longitudinal measures of ego and moral maturity, and presents implications of curricula for women's growth. Prepared for the American Psychological Association, Chicago, 1975. (Author)

Investigates the effect of technical progress on educational reform in France. Factors considered include the lengthening of compulsory schooling, introduction of guidance and counseling facilities, vocational education reforms, and introduction of technology as a subject in the secondary school curriculum. (Author/DB)

Briefly examines a junior high school correspondence course in social studies. Ten specific skills were introduced at a fairly simple level in the first ten lessons and then repeated at a more complex level in the remaining lessons. Four examples of the skill development components are given. (Author/JK)

An exploratory study addressed two problems: (1) Can basic concepts or clusters of issues and problems be identified in the field of psychology as it is currently taught to undergraduates? (2) What influences a teacher's selection and coverage of specific items? (Author/AV)

The appropriateness of the Part I examination of the National Board of Medical Examiners to evaluate second-year curricular performance of students at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine was examined. The school used the results in making policy-changing decisions. (Author/LBH)

The University of California at Los Angeles has initiated an interdisciplinary doctoral program in Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE). It includes an academic program encompassing courses in earth sciences, biology, engineering, chemistry, and the social sciences, as well as a 1 1/2-2 year off-campus internship. (LBH)

Summarizes curriculum guidelines for the following engineering technologies: chemical, industrial, mining, petroleum, nuclear, civil, mechanical, electrical, automotive, and manufacturing. In a few years, these Engineering Council for Professional Development committee guidelines are intended to become the criteria by which programs will be judged…

The principle for unification around which a minimal, necessary consensus could be mustered among various constituencies in public education is to include in every curriculum a strand of instruction designed to prepare pupils for enlightened citizenship in a modern, democratic society. (Author/MJB)

Advocates a multidisciplinary approach to marine studies in which the sciences act as the core and the humanities as supplementary curricula. (CP)

The nation's proprietary schools, the privately owned post-secondary institutions that teach marketable career skills, are rapidly gaining a new degree of acceptance and respectability. Discusses several recent developments responsible for creating the climate in which many proprietary schools are prospering. (Author/RK)

Emphasizes how various notions about popular culture manifest themselves in the classroom and identifies the uses of the traditional and progressive approaches in dealing with such studies. (MH)

Described are guidelines for minimizing the difference in college biology curricula in the nations of Western Europe. A four year central core program is outlined. The fifth year options for training in research, biotechnology, teaching and industry or public service are listed. Continuing education programs for biologists are also mentioned. (AJ)

At the Center for Biomedical Education at the City University of New York, nutrition is integrated into the chemistry-biochemistry sequence of a six-year B.S.-M.D. program. Students perform an actual analysis of a sample of their own food, learning basic techniques and concepts, and also carry on experiments with rats on other diets. (Editor/LBH)

Following a historical review investigating the participation of boys in high school home economics programs in the United States during the 20th century, several generalizations concerning the nature and circumstances of this participation are formulated and some implications for the future are discussed. (SH)