The Interdisciplinary General Education (IGE) Program at California State Polytechnic University is described in this report. The program is designed students in professional and math-based degree programs and offers an integrative-thematic approach to the humanities and social sciences components of the University General Education Program. It…

This report presents a proposal and plan for the use of contemporary technology at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC). Part I provides an overview of the use of contemporary technology in business, industry, and postsecondary education; highlights NIACC's contemporary technology strategic planning initiative; and outlines NIACC's proposal…

Interim programs at nine colleges are described. An introductory essay by Lee M. Swan, "The Interim: Potential for Quality Learning," emphasizes the potential for unique learning through the interim approach. At Augustana College (South Dakota), interim experiences are required, including core courses, internships, travel experiences,…

Variations in the number of doctoral degrees awarded by Swedish universities since 1890 are being studied. Within a certain field of study, variations are found both at a national level between different periods, and at an institutional level between different universities. The focus is on the faculties of liberal arts, divinity, social science,…

Focusing on the influence of cultural background on learning among black children, this book examines black culture and its effects on childrearing, play behavior, and cognition and explores the development of curricula relevant to blacks. Chapter 1 examines distinctive features of black life in the United States, emphasizing their West African…

In 1979, a study was conducted at Palomar College (PC) to measure student reading levels; to determine textbook readability in humanities, science, and vocational education courses; and to make recommendations for adjusting the curriculum and/or screening procedures in order to facilitate increased student success in reading technical content-area…

A freshman humanities course in reading and research was used by three English instructors to investigate the appropriateness of having students use an online database as a research tool. The results show that the acquisition of basic online database search skills is not qualitatively different from that of more traditional research skills.…

Grading standards in departments and school divisions at Stanford University were analyzed, along with grading trends, and the classroom performance of students with different majors. From 1975-1976 to 1981-1982, the proportion of A grades decreased, while B and C grades increased. In 1976, D grades were reinstituted. Considerable variation in…

The final meeting of a community project called "University Education as a Public Issue" was held in Carbondale in April 1977, and concluded a series of five town meetings held in southern Illinois. The project was designed to clarify the differing values in the present confusion over the identity and role of the university, to engage…

Traces American social advances and concludes that greater access to culture and education may in fact have results contrary to those intended. (Editor)

This report describes a 3-year project which used local architecture as a resource for teaching the arts and humanities at the secondary level. The project involved 24 Massachusetts high school teachers in art, social studies, industrial arts, and the language arts working with project staff. The teachers attended two week-long summer courses.…

The student syllabus, instructional materials, and a brief librarian/instructor guide are provided in this package of materials for a college library research course designed to give students an adequate conceptual framework and basic skills for working with a variety of information sources, including print, nonprint, and machine-readable sources.…

Chemeketa Community College's (CCC's) efforts to place a greater emphasis on the humanities within occupational curricula are described in this report. It first relates the background of the rift between humanities and technical faculty at the college, which developed after the introduction of a separate transfer curriculum in 1970 and which…

Eight programs are described that are representative of the variety of approaches to the problem of integrating the sciences and humanities. The reason why integration of science, humanities, and the social sciences is important in the undergraduate learning experience is addressed in an essay by George W. Hazzard entitled, "Knowledge…

As part of an effort to survey members of the humanities faculty at 178 community colleges about their instructional practices, a sample of 1110 class sections was chosen by pulling every tenth section from the colleges' fall 1977 schedules of day and evening classes. Because 92 class sections were not offered, only 1018 survey forms were…