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| Current Issues in Higher… | 7 |
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| Burnett, David G. | 1 |
| Cross, K. Patricia, Ed. | 1 |
| Gaudiani, Claire L. | 1 |
| Lovett, Clara M. | 1 |
| Rehnke, Mary Ann F., Ed. | 1 |
| Smith, Barbara Leigh, Ed. | 1 |
| Tucker, Marc S., Ed. | 1 |
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| Collected Works - Serials | 7 |
| Opinion Papers | 4 |
| Reference Materials -… | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
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Gaudiani, Claire L.; Burnett, David G. – Current Issues in Higher Education, 1986
Academic alliances between secondary school teachers and postsecondary faculty are discussed. Teachers and faculty who teach the same subject in the same geographical area voluntarily meet regularly to examine the quality of teaching and learning in their discipline at the local level. School and college faculty together develop some common ground…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Smith, Barbara Leigh, Ed. – Current Issues in Higher Education, 1983
The writing across the curriculum movement is discussed in six articles. Barbara Leigh Smith's introductory article, "Writing Across the Curriculum: What's at Stake?" reviews the rationale for this movement, including the declining emphasis on writing in high schools and colleges. In the "Winds of Change: Thomas Kuhn and the Revolution in the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, College Instruction, College Programs
Lovett, Clara M.; And Others – Current Issues in Higher Education, 1984
A faculty opportunities audit consisting of two parallel sets of questions is presented. One set is designed to help individual faculty members assess their own professional situation and relationship to their institution; the second set is designed to help faculty leaders and administrators analyze how and to what extent their institution…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Evaluation Methods, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development
Tucker, Marc S., Ed. – Current Issues in Higher Education, 1983
Papers on the acquisition and use of computers and telecommunications systems by colleges and universities are presented ("Information Technology: Instruction Is the Issue--An Introduction"; "The 'Star Wars' Universities: Carnegie-Mellon, Brown, and M.I.T."; and "Instruction and the Computer"). The first section describes developments at…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education
Rehnke, Mary Ann F., Ed. – Current Issues in Higher Education, 1982
Five articles that address the merger of liberal learning and career preparation at the college level are presented, along with brief descriptions of 64 career preparation programs for liberal arts students, and an annotated bibliography of 33 documents in the ERIC system on liberal learning and career education. Article titles and authors are as…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, College Programs, Curriculum Development
Cross, K. Patricia, Ed. – Current Issues in Higher Education, 1983
Issues pertaining to underprepared students in colleges are addressed in five papers and an annotated bibliography. In "Can Higher Education Be Equal and Excellent Too?" K. Patricia Cross claims that colleges can provide equal access and quality if major changes are made concerning such outmoded practices as faculty-load formulas and credit-hour…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, College Administration, College Preparation
Current Issues in Higher Education, 1983
The implications for higher education of the U.S. transformation from an industrial to an information society are discussed in six papers. Russell Edgerton provides an overview in "Entering the Information Society: An Introduction." In "The Computer: An Enabling Instrument," Louis Robinson considers the current era of the personalization of the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Libraries, College Role, Computer Assisted Instruction
