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The article presents news briefs related to education in the U.S. A paper released by the North Carolina Public School Forum suggests to the state to focus more on high-achieving students and rely less on standardized testing. Career and Technical Education is seeking a better reputation through more challenging and distinct course offerings. Indiana plans to outsource its state lottery for science research and scholarship purposes.

The article offers information on the freebies for science teachers in the U.S. Educational materials and lesson plans will be given to teachers in celebration of the Endangered Species Day and the International Year of Biodiversity on May 21, 2010. The "Edutopia" magazine releases a 13-page booklet that contains tips to help teachers with modern classroom technologies. Meanwhile, Marcal Paper Products releases four lesson plans that focus on the importance of recycling.

Presents a course syllabus for college students created by professor Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt at the Indiana University School of Law. Information on the role-playing game of a fictitious Labor law; Impact of the course on students; Assignments for students.

Reports that the University of California-Berkeley officials suspended a student-run course on male sexuality in February 2002, after reading a report from 'The Daily Californian.' Activities reported by the paper, which included sexual activities of students and instructors; Comment from Ian Bach, a student instructor, on the course.

The article reports on the "21st Century Learning Environments" white paper released by Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) and sponsored by Cisco Systems. According to the paper, educated can not provide 21st-century instruction in schools because of tight schedules, inflexible facilities and restrictions between grades, disciplines and classrooms. The white paper also suggests enhancing education standards as a week as curriculum. It also asserts that learning should be measured by determining how students apply their knowledge in situations.

Profiles Maria Dixon, a communication professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Educational background; Information on a dissertation written in 1979; Details of a communication course that Dixon wanted to teach her students.

Discusses the development of course curricula at the University of Phoenix in Arizona. Details on the method of curriculum development at the university; Effect of the number of students at the university on curriculum development; Involvement of curriculum developer Cal Alford and instructional designer Stacey Barrett in the development of the curriculum.

Describes a tutorial program at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, which pairs teams up two students and one professor. History of the program in the late 1980s; Description of a typical session of James B. Wood's tutorial on World War II; Description of the student-faculty interaction caused by the programs.

The article presents news briefs related to higher education in the U.S. A report found that Deborah Crowder, a manager in the department of African and Afro-American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provided fake courses for the university's football and basketball players. A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on a case regarding the Georgia State University library's electronic reserves (e-reserves) system. The American Studies Association discussed its academic boycott of Israel.

Presents an overview of a course of study being offered at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Remarks from Henry Adams and Joel Langer, joint professors for the course, about the curriculum; Feedback from a student; Reference materials that can be used in the study of the curriculum.

Presents information on class Mechanical Engineering 624 at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, which teaches students on failure analysis and accident reconstruction. Required reading; Assignments.

Features the Life on Mars course at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Goals of the course; Books included in the syllabus; Activities included in the syllabus.

Provides the syllabus for the New York Union College course, 'Construction for Humanity,' taught by Ashraf M. Ghaly and Steven D. Sargent. Combination of engineering and liberal arts in the course; Books which the students were required to read; Assignments given to the students.

How to use movie trailers, social media, and other nontraditional forms of rhetoric to improve student writing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses several issues related to science in the U.S. The American Chemical Society (ACS) makes a compilation of more than 140 hands-on science activities to help educate students from grades two-six featured at www.acs.org/kids. Richard Garriott, an American astronaut, will fly to the International Space Station for his first space mission in October 2008. The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point announces the launching of its Fundamentals of Environmental Education course.

Presents an article on the reuse of lesson plans in college teaching in the U.S. Advantages and disadvantages of recycling lesson plans; Way of dealing with burnout and comfort; Reason for making an occasional overhaul in courses.

Reports on the move of some universities and colleges in the U.S. to improve their writing courses. Reason for the move; List of the universities that improved their courses; Replacement of graduate students by lecturers as teachers of the courses.

Focuses on the efforts of U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Education Secretary Rod Paige in pooling resources to develop a financial education curriculum for schools. Formulation of a white paper summarizing the effective methods and opportunities for integrating financial education concepts into core curriculum.

Reports the design and display of a billboard by a freshman writing course at Davidson College, North Carolina. How the billboard design was the idea of Alan Michael Parker, the teacher of the course; Description of the billboard; Comments on a Web site for discussing the billboard; Support of the president of Davidson College, Robert F. Vagt, for the idea.

The article focuses on the preponderance of pigs in the history books of schools in America. Sixteenth-century buccaneers are reported to be named after the boucans or grills, on which they smoked the meat of stolen pigs. Swine, brought to America from Europe by early settlers, were the cause of fights over personal property between British colonists and their American Indian neighbors. Upton Sinclair's muckraking novel The Jungle, about the Chicago stockyards,resulted in the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. In the early 19th century, Cincinnati was the world's pork-processing capital and gained as a commercial center. Further, pigs were are alleged to be prominent at a prominent moment in Cincinnati's economic history. Indeed, it was there that assembly-line production models were pioneered as meatpackers made the butchering process more efficient by dividing it into discrete tasks-an approach that attracted the attention of the young Henry Ford. Furthermore, students take a midterm exam and write research papers on the history of pigs. They are divided into competing teams for special projects like designing a hypothetical exhibit on pigs for Cincinnati's history museum.

Presents information on the challenges faced by language and literature professors during the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2005. Average length of a doctorate course in English language; Purpose of the meeting; Comparison between the Similarities between the conference and an appointment with a doctor.

The paper reveals the plan of the American Library Association (ALA) to roll out a nationwide curriculum designed to help students navigate the murky waters of copyright law. It is a direct response to similar campaigns launched by the software and motion picture industries which have been criticized by some educators for dwelling too much on the penalties of piracy and not enough on students' rights under the law. Rick Weingarten, director of the ALA office for information technology remarked that though ALA is far from opposed to copyright protection in the digital age, the association also is highly supportive of provisions in the law that enable the sharing of files and other digital materials for educational and research purposes. The ALA chose to go the route of comic books because organizers felt it was something students could relate to. As part of the initiative, participating students were asked to write an essay that convinces their peers that file-swapping is not only illegal but fundamentally wrong. No matter the curriculum of choice, educators and experts agree, an urgent need exists for more copyright education in schools. Also alarming: Only 18 percent of students reported that they learned about protecting digital works from their teachers.

Presents information on the Steel Rails to Urban Trails: Environmental Issues in Pittsburgh course offered at Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Activities involved in the course; Significance of the course to the environmental history of Pittsburgh; Ways by which students are introduced to the environmental aspects of the city.

Provides information on the course Television Histories as Collective Memory at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Scope of the course; Reaction of students to the course; Classifications of students who take the course.

Comments on topics included in the course syllabus of history learning in the U.S. Skepticism on the election of William Jennings Bryan as president in U.S. history; Failures of inventor Nikola Tesla; Shortcomings of prominent individuals to qualify as losers in their field.

Describes the course 'Contemporary Propaganda' taught by English professor Tom Huckin at the University of Utah. Main focus of the course; Feature of the course that students like most; Books and assignments required.

Provides information on the electronic critique laboratory course at the University of Detroit Mercy in Michigan. Scope of the course; List of required readings; Assignments given to students of the course.

Describes a mathematics course offered at Saint Louis University in Missouri. Focus of the lesson; Required books for reading; Recommended assignments.

Presents information on the course titled `Agriculture and the American Midwest: Literature and the Environment' offered at the Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Way of ensuring that the freshmen understand the realities of agriculture; List of recommended books for the course; Assignment for the students.

Presents the syllabus for a course titled 'Presidential Campaign 2000: Inside the War Room and the News Room,' which is being taught at American University in Washington, D.C. by Leonard Steinhorn. Aim of the course which is to get beyond the hype that defines Washington politics; Hopes of Steinhorn to bring the media into the classroom; Reading list and assignments.

Reports the frequency with which colleges are teaching studio art and drawing online. How the students' work is critiqued using digital media; Online drawing course at the University of Idaho in Moscow; Advantages of being able to mark up a digital copy of a student's drawing; Details of the class.

Discusses the objective of 'The Big Money: America's Ambivalence About Wealth,' a class offered at Princeton University in the American Studies department. Reading list which includes 'The Big Money,' by John Dos Passos, 'The Great Gatsby,' by F. Scott Fitzgerald and others; Assignments; Reasons for offering the course; Comments by professor Marcia Y. Cantarella.

Discusses the author's experience teaching a continuing education class at New York University in New York City. Homosexuality and race as two subjects the class dealt with; How the subject of homosexuality divided the class; Relevance of the issue in light of the murder of Wyoming University student Matthew Shepard; Questions that were asked by the class; How the students reacted to their homework assignments; How the students papers showed how uncomfortable the students were with the subject.

The article presents a list of deadlines related to higher education in the United States, including nominations for the Alan T. Waterman award, proposals for joint U.S.-Australian seminars and workshops for dates between October 1, 1977 and March 31, 1978 and papers for possible presentation at June conference on computers in the undergraduate curriculum.

The article reports on the regulations issued by the U.S. Veterans Administration that would restrict the operation of external degree program offered by Northwest Missouri State University and Elba Systems Corp. The program involves a combination of home-study lessons, once-a-month workshops in hotel rooms in various cities and a couple of term papers.

The article presents discussion regarding the pedagogical debate over core curriculum design in U.S. colleges in the 21st century. Introductory comments are given highlighting two conflicting approaches to education, one focusing on core skills and the other on core knowledge. Questions are raised asking which philosophy best prepares undergraduate students for their professional careers. Questions are also raised evaluating whether the two approaches are conflicting or are a false dichotomy. Parallel examples of schools which espouse and seek to promote these two approaches are profiled, including Eastern Michigan University, Portland State University, and the University of California at Riverside.

Highlights the political concerns on Israel studies in higher education in the U.S. Accusation of members of the Association for Israel Studies against the Middle-East studies group; Arguments of American Jewish donors on their endowments in the studies; Views of Martin S. Kramer, author of the book "Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America," on the Israel Studies.

Focuses on the impression of students toward opinionated professors in higher education. Criticisms against the curriculum in higher education; Effects of the exclusion of curricular content on the dignity of an academy.

Focuses on the partnership of Augsburg College with Capella University in an effort to offer courses online. Reaction of Augsburg professors to the partnership; Reputation of Augsburg as an institution; Terms of the deal.

Focuses on the changes in composition and rhetoric courses in the U.S., as of March 2003. Details of a study called 'Composition-Rhetoric: Backgrounds, Theory, and Pedagogy'; Topics included in recent composition-studies scholarship; Factors that contribute to the tension in composition studies.

Reports on the undergraduate curricular experiment at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. View of Andrea Leskes, an expert on curriculum reform, on the university's approach; One of the successful courses; View of Charles Glass and Stefanie Gabel, both freshmen, on pilot courses.

Focuses on the English 447, a Historical/Hysterical Imagination course taught at the State University of New York in Albany, New York, which focused on the cultural and psychological implications of mental illness. Anxiety and depression experienced by one female student after reading 'The Awakening,' by Kate Chopin and Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar'; Details of the book 'Surviving Literary Suicide.'

Discusses the University Studies general-education program at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Why the program is receiving criticism; Importance of the learning process over facts in the program; Emphasis on the community; Comments from students and professors regarding the program; Need for the University to evaluate the program.

The author reflects on Islamic textbooks published in the U.S. and its association to tolerance and educational decency and the association of Islamic studies curricula with social ills and immorality.

The article focuses on the impact of the U.S. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Elementary and Secondary Education Act on science education. According to a survey conducted by the periodical, 67.8 percent people believe NCLB had hurt their schools while 16.2 percent reporting it had made no difference. According to educators, the current science curriculum is lacking in real content and there has been a steady erosion of student knowledge.

The article reports on the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) program in the U.S. The growth of the AP program in public schools has been well documented, but the exodus among leading preparatory schools has also accelerated in recent years. Doubts about AP are not confined to the private sector, but private schools face fewer political barriers to dropping AP than do their public counterparts. The College Board recently began auditing AP courses as part of an attempt to require schools to gain board approval of their course syllabi. The AP curriculum is not the cause of all that ails the transition from high school to college. It has played a vital role in raising the sights of many schools, particularly those that serve less-affluent populations.

Discusses several U.S. universities that offer education on making and selling wine. Wine-related courses offered at the State University of New York; Efforts of the Washington Wine Institute to create wine-related education and research; Activities of students from the Walla Walla Community College's Institute for Enology and Viticulture.

Reports on the distance education program established by Eastern University in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania. Formats of the program offered by the university; Challenges faced by the university in creating the program.

Reports on the education in risk-taking students receive at California's San Francisco Art Institute. Freedom to make mistakes; College program devoted to performance and video art; Scandal in the oral sex staged by Jonathan Yegge; Works by the group of students calling themselves Artgals.

Discusses problems that hinder efforts of United States colleges to offer academic programs that teach students on how to protect computer networks and World Wide Web sites from vandals, cyberterrorists and malicious hackers. Overview on East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania's Fundamentals of Security Engineering I course; Shortage in computer-security researchers willing to stay in academe.