This chapter is a case study of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's Pathways [TM] program. The goal of the Statway [Registered Trademark] and Quantway [Registered Trademark] pathways is to improve the success rate of community college students who place into developmental mathematics. What makes these programs unique is…

Discusses issues raised at a 1983 conference on the educational needs of the new American economy, which is heavily based on science and technology. Calls for the federal government to create legislation that would assist state and local governments and the private sector in making education responsive to the changing society. (KH)

The Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy (CFEE) has begun a 10-year study of educational policy that reflects a world transformed by science and technology. Links between education and the economy and how a national science policy will affect education and the economy are among the areas CFEE will investigate. (JN)

This annual report of the Carnegie Foundation sets forth the goals the foundation has established for the improvement of education: (1) an urgent call to national action in school reform; (2) a commitment to the disadvantaged; (3) a crusade to strengthen teaching; (4) state standards, with leadership at the local school; (5) a quality curriculum;…

This paper deals with the impact of recommendations in the Carnegie report ("A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century") on administration in schools. The Carnegie report gives a bold new outline for improving teachers' roles in the schools by greatly strengthening their decision-making role and advocating a much more…

The 1987 Carnegie classification of colleges and universities is presented. The classification groups institutions into categories on the basis of the level of degree offered-- ranging from pre-baccalaureate to the doctorate--and the comprehensiveness of their missions. (MLW)

The Carnegie Corporation's new Commission on Science, Technology, and Government will look for ways in which federal and state governments can better incorporate scientific and technological knowledge into their policy and administrative decisions. The panel includes university presidents, Nobel-prize-winning scientists, and former high-level…

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching report, "The Academic Life," finds that too often teaching is undervalued on college campuses. Teachers and teaching need to be elevated in the hierarchy of the academic profession. (MLW)

A national study of assessment in American undergraduate education by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching concludes that the current debate over assessment does not adequately consider educational goals and reflects divisiveness within and between faculties. (MSE)

The condition of the academic profession today is examined with a focus on the teaching and research functions in the academy. The diverse settings in which academics work are considered in three parts: (1) the foundations of the academic profession (the evolution of institutions; the elaboration of disciplines; and the open system); (2) the…

This report reviews the past 20 years of the Carnegie Corporation's philosophy and activities and lists 92 grants and 3 appropriations made in fiscal year 1981. Grants listed and described fall into the categories of higher education, elementary and secondary education, early childhood, public affairs, and a miscellaneous category. Also described…

The English Department at Carnegie Mellon believes they are creating a new-wave curriculum. Theoretical questions are becoming the center of undergraduate study. Scholars want students to think about the political, social, and historical forces that end up shaping a writer's vision, the written work, and the reader's interpretation. (MLW)

Summarizes viewpoints on the science policy, including those (1) of Harvey Brooks in "Science and Technology Policy for the 1980's"; (2) in the National Science Foundations'"Five Year Outlook"; and (3) of Christopher Wright, Director of Science Policy Program at Carnegie Institute of Washington. (SK)

Presents examples of unique contributions of individuals at private foundations to the emergence and growth of scientific research on child and adolescent development. Discusses specific leaders of the Carnegie Foundation and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Fund to demonstrate how influential individuals can be in determining major…

Adolescence is a critical period in biological, cognitive, and social development. The transition from childhood to adulthood is a time of particular vulnerability and risk as well as of opportunity for preventive interventions. The Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development is seeking to assess and develop programs to facilitate this transition.…