Describes three storytelling strategies, each suited to a different classroom environment. Notes that these strategies illustrate the potential for storytelling to empower and engage culturally diverse students while providing a context for critical thinking. (MM)

This 1995 federal survey designed to provide the first nationally representative data about higher education distance education course offerings. Data were collected in fall 1995 from 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions and were weighted to provide national estimates. The study includes information about the percentage of institutions…

Uses a case study to explore the concept of academic authority and how it manifests itself in written arguments. Investigates how differences in authority are played out in the academic environment. Examines how the lack of authority shapes the reading and writing practices adopted by students. (HB)

Discusses the current status of noncollegiate training programs in industry and government and describes the development of an articulation policy established between a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act center and the School of Technical Careers at Southern Illinois University. (JP)

Current conceptions of the student personnel worker's role as that of regulator, service" man, or therapist must be replaced if the profession is to be responsive to the new emphasis on individual student development. New roles and functions will require greater involvement and initiative in relationships with the administration and community, as…

Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Rappaccini's Daughter" reflects the author's view that inherent in the human dilemma are ambiguous ironies which cannot be resolved. Although Hawthorne (unlike Ralph Waldo Emerson) perceives evil as an extraordinarily potent force, he offers no clear moral solutions in this story, but examines various dimensions…

Describes the implementation of peer reviews in a Hong Kong tertiary classroom: the background, classroom procedure, types of students' negotiations during peer reviews, comparisons of students' drafts before and after peer reviews and interviews with students. Results support the need to introduce peer reviews in second-language writing classes.…

Examines Ernest Hemingway's indictment of Jewish culture through Robert Cohn, a character in "The Sun Also Rises." Argues that Hemingway's portrayal of Cohn reveals the apprehensions that mainstream Americans had about an alien immigrant population. Concludes that Hemingway reacted to what he viewed as a breakdown of values and a threat to…

Suggests that literate ability at the end of the 20th century may best be measured as a person's capacity to amalgamate new reading and writing practices in response to rapid social change. Reviews preliminary reflections on a study of 65 Americans who were asked to answer questions about their own literacy development. (TB)

Describes a study to develop a demographic profile of the 703 students enrolled in automotive mechanics courses at technical institutes in Georgia and to identify differences in the educational goals of different groups of automotive mechanics students (e.g., day/evening students, and different age, racial, and employment status groups). (MAB)

Comparative evaluation programs developed at the state or national level tend to promote uniformity in course content and method of presentation, and may overemphasize learning in the cognitive domain. An alternative to preserve local variety and innovation, yet provide the same degree of accountability is described. (JO)

Reviews the findings of the 1952 California Study of General Education and their current applicability. Considers reasons for supporting general education, instructional approaches in use in 1952 (i.e., great books, liberal arts, survey of fields of knowledge, functional courses, infusion approach, and composite of approaches), and fields using…

A 9-item questionnaire was given to registering students for fall and spring 1969. For easier handling, its form was changed for the next semester. By accident, the two versions were handed out and 687 students answered both in quick succession. The staff decided to compare the two forms to see if the answers differed. Two questions were…

A brief commentary on major emphases in writing about composition in 1978 and an annotated bibliography describing 98 articles and books on the teaching of composition. (DD)

Describes the City University of New York's steps toward improving credit transferability, including the compilation of comprehensive information on the transfer of courses to the system's 10 senior institutions and the formation of faculty-based articulation task forces to address problems in specific liberal arts and sciences disciplines. (DMM)