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Download full textBrady, Gary M.; Gosnell, Russell J.; Keepler, Manuel; Smith, Laura B. – 1997
This paper describes a new core curriculum at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), a state supported black liberal arts college which emphasizes leadership and community service. The new core, "Critical Foundations in the Arts and Sciences" (CFAS), provides more interdisciplinary courses, and facilitates subsequent interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Computer Science Education, Core Curriculum, Cultural Education
Barnes, Carol P., Ed.; Goodhue-McWilliams, Kenneth, Ed. – 1992
Much of what teachers know about how to teach and how to conceptualize specific academic content is learned from their undergraduate professors. In 1990, California State University, Fullerton, received a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), Project Teach, to improve the quality of instruction which…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Child Development, College Faculty, Community Services
Miles, Christine – 1990
This book describes the state of special education for students with mental disabilities in Pakistan and attempts to introduce beginning teachers to special education practice. The general nature and causes of mental disabilities are discussed, including emotional problems, genetic factors, and brain damage. Teaching methods are described,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1983
To determine the status of humanities education in American public schools, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) conducted a survey of State Education Agencies (SEAs) in 1982. Data gained through a questionnaire sent to each SEA concerned humanities policies in the areas of organizational structure, general educational goals,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Educational Cooperation
PDF pending restorationBarger, Robert N.; Barger, Josephine C. – 1989
Academic advisors want to use all available data in helping a student select a major field of study. Recent research suggests that the identification of a student's basic philosophic viewpoint is one such piece of data that is not presently used. This study examined a random sample of college students (N=347) in order to determine the relationship…
Descriptors: Business, College Students, Education Majors, Existentialism
Trivisonno, Ann – 1987
The "problem-posing" education model of Paulo Freire takes as its departure point the life experience of the learner, rather than the teacher's knowledge. Ursuline College (Cleveland, Ohio) created several courses for returning adult students that were based on Freire's ideas. One course called "Humanities Focus on Life" is for…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Communication Skills, Continuing Education
Cassell, Eric J. – 1984
The contribution of the humanities to medicine is considered, with attention to the classic view, existing programs in medical school, and obstacles to continued or increased participation by the humanities. A shift is occurring in medicine toward a primary concern for sick persons, instead of disease alone. Specific values of teaching literature,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Helping Relationship, Higher Education, History Instruction
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1984
This supplementary report presents testimony on the community college transfer function given to the California Postsecondary Education Commission's Ad Hoc Committee on Community College Transfer. First, Paul Elsner discusses developments related to transfer and articulation with four-year institutions within the Maricopa Community College…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Khalil, Edna M., Ed. – 1983
Proceedings of the 1983 annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in the United States are presented. Included are reports of concurrent sessions, papers, and information on the Council's business meeting. Topics of concurrent sessions include: the federal legislative process, graduate school databases, the scholar-computer…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Programs, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
Brawer, Florence B. – 1982
Within a climate characterized by increasingly diverse and nontraditional student populations and by general student disinterest in learning, the liberal arts have declined precipitously in community colleges. Rather than serving primarily as stepping stones to higher education, community colleges now serve mainly as sources of occupational and…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges
Thomasson, John E.; Conrad, Clifton F. – 1985
The responses of graduate-level humanities departments to the oversupply of Ph.D.s and strategies that have been most effective in placing new Ph.D. graduates were investigated. Based on randomly selecting a representative cross-section of departments, a telephone survey was undertaken with 32 English departments, 32 history departments, and 22…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Change Strategies, College Graduates, College Programs
Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia. – 1982
Based on data gathered from 26 Washington community colleges for fall 1979 through fall 1981, this four-part report presents a series of tables providing information on enrollments, students, faculty, and courses in 13 humanities program areas; i.e., anthropology, art history, English as a second language, ethnic studies, foreign languages,…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Courses
Cohen, Arthur M.; Brawer, Florence B. – 1981
Findings are summarized for a survey of 15% of the nation's community colleges which was conducted in 1977 and 1978. The survey investigated types of courses, enrollments, and instructional practices in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and technologies and evaluated findings in terms of institutional size, location, and governance. The…
Descriptors: Agriculture, College Instruction, College Science, Community Colleges
American Samoa Office of Samoan Information, Pago Pago. – 1977
In fiscal year 1977 the two houses of the American Samoan Legislature enacted some 60 public laws. Some of these laws were preparing for the new elective governor, the first to be elected (rather than appointed) in the 77-year history of the islands as an unincorporated territory of the United States. The total budget for the government of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Change, Community Colleges, Community Organizations
MONFORT, JAY B.; AND OTHERS – 1967
DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT IS A PROJECT WHICH OFFERS INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION THROUGH EXTENSIVE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES, INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, AND ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. THE PROJECT, STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE, WILL ULTIMATELY BE HOUSED IN A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED RESOURCE CENTER WHERE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS,…
Descriptors: Consultants, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs
