The Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) is the official list of approved numbers for general academic transfer courses that may be offered by public community and technical colleges in Texas for state funding. This edition of the ACGM, effective September 1996, contains the latest information available for academic…

This very brief paper is a description of a business course, "Business 350 Managing Diversity," at Elmhurst College in Illinois. The course is taught in an intensive 6-day, 42-hour format. The underlying philosophy of the course is that one becomes more open to the diversity of others by better understanding the diversity within oneself.…

As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…

Describes the program in a summer institute for 25 junior high school science teachers. Innovations used in the program included lecture-demonstrations, small group discussions, open-ended laboratories, and viewing physics films. Problems that arose are reviewed. The method of evaluating the teachers is described. (LC)

Describes the development, objectives, and content of a self-paced physical geography course which involves students at Southampton University (Great Britain) in field and laboratory work. A tape-slide program is used as the core of each of 12 units. Instructions and exercises are provided in workbooks. Course assessment is also discussed. (AM)

Describes a college course for both men and women that investigates issues related to women in business, e.g., sex roles in organizations, leadership theories, sexual stereotypes, support networks, and equal employment opportunity guidelines. Activities and course requirements are discussed. (CS)

Authors outline a two-quarter, graduate sociology course in fieldwork that they teach at the University of California, Davis. The course addresses the tasks of data collection, focusing gathered data scientifically, data analysis, and dealing with consequences of the research. (GC)

In reference to a preceding article by Bogdan, outlines an "alternative model" for the teaching of educational fieldwork to graduate students. The course described is an introduction to fieldwork based on the concept of the classroom as the most fundamental unit in contemporary educational systems. (GC)

Presents the rationale, methodology, data analysis, and positive findings of an 11-year longitudinal study which investigated the effects of a technological intervention strategy (i.e., use of the talking typewriter, talking page, and voice mirror) on reading and reading comprehension at the Early Childhood Center at Drexel University. (EAO)

The development, implementation, and student evaluation of a course designed to train graduate students to evaluate their casework practice are described. A follow-up study found that most graduates were not using single-subject designs as part of their casework. The need to improve retention and generalization of research skills is discussed.…

Siamese baseball is used to introduce secondary government students to a study of authority, justice, responsibility, and privacy. The thematic/conceptual approach to the course is outlined. (RM)

Efforts of schools and universities in Ohio to improve the articulation between their programs in mathematics are described. The focus is on a junior-year testing program in the schools and a project to develop an electric course in mathematics for underprepared college-intending seniors. (MNS)

Students develop and use actual instrumentation in this course which focuses on analog computers, digital electronics, computer interfacing, and online computer techniques. Includes a student handout on the design of a bridge amplifier unit. Mimeographed experiment directions are available from the authors. (SK)