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A description of the course "Read-Around Technique Helps Broaden Student Thinking" is presented.

A description of the course "Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry's linerboard/medium manufacture" being offered at the North Carolina State University in Kennesaw, Georgia is provided.

An evaluation of the professional offering "The Municipal Accounting Maze: An Analysis of Political Incentives," by Jerold Zimmerman is presented.

This article presents an evaluation of the research paper entitled "Discussion of Expert Judgment in Audit Program Planning," by Edward J. Joyce. The author begins his evaluation with a few general observations and then proceeds to more technical comments. Several of the author's views point to work in the area of judgment analysis and decision making in accounting. A concluding summary paragraph is also included. Article topics include the importance of professional judgment in auditing and analysis of judgment models.

This paper describes a laboratory course designed to enhance education in a traditional mechanical engineering laboratory focused on controls and instrumentation. The laboratory course and specific modules are part of a broader effort to enhance the mechanical engineering laboratory curriculum with modern pedagogical methods, incorporate ethics through the curriculum, and improve student outcomes. The laboratory course was designed to inspire a heightened awareness of engineering ethics in addition to traditional controls. A new module has been added that applies the conventional topic of Programmable Logic Controllers in the context of controlling the breathing of an artificial lung. To assess the laboratory's success a survey was developed for students interacting with the new module. Results indicate the new laboratory experiment has been very successful in improving student awareness of the ethical charge engineers have to perform quality work. Introduction This paper provides an overview of a laboratory course in the mechanical engineering curriculum that has been designed over several years to enhance student awareness of ethics in engineering. A specific laboratory module described in detail is also part of a larger effort by several mechanical engineering faculty to enhance the entire laboratory curriculum and scaffold professional development (including ethics) with technical skills. The laboratory curriculum enhancement includes two facets: (1) Modernize and improve the technical skills acquired by students in the laboratory courses, and (2) thoughtfully incorporate developmental skills (soft skills like teamwork, communication, etc.) that are important for engineers. The larger pedagogical project uses evidence based instructional methods with an emphasis on backward design. The pedagogical methods are used to create new laboratory modules that use specific learning objectives with open-ended laboratory methods to create experiences where students "cook" without a recipe. The controls laboratory course described in this paper was part of the inspiration for this pedagogical effort with several open-ended laboratory modules that had been developed over time. The prior efforts in the pedagogical project have been described in other papers and include thermal science laboratories and material science laboratories [1]. The research team started working on large curriculum change several years ago and has successfully implemented several more coherent structures including design [2]. The idea of incorporating ethics in several places in the curriculum has been structured in several ways:•New ethics modules have been developed for specific courses as one or two lecture elements. Whenever possible the modules focus on engineering ethics topics relevant for the course [3]. This paper describes changes to one laboratory course at the junior level as part of this effort.•Class projects have been modified to help students develop a growth mindset about ethics issues like inclusion. A heat transfer project was modified to help students gather insights about the importance of inclusion over the course of the semester and project.•An elective class has been developed that allows students to take a leadership role in improving the culture of ethics at the engineering school. In the first offering of the course the students developed an ethics module and video to be presented to second year students [4]. In the junior level ME 351 laboratory course the students have traditionally interacted with electro-mechanical devices and learned hands-on approaches to controls for engineering applications. Over several years the class theme has become focused on aspirational ethics. One manifestation of the ethics theme is assistive technology, where students complete an openended class project that must result in a device that will improve or assist people. An important goal for the new laboratory module was to encourage students to take this idea of aspirational ethics and struggle with possible consequences of engineering decisions. The module replaced a more traditional controls module that had no back story and provided only technical knowledge. The new module uses the idea of a breathing assist lung to help students learn programmable logic controllers, but also to help them consider important ethical decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presented is an evaluation of the professional offering "Municipal Finances in Perspective: A Look at Interjurisdictional Spending and Revenue Patterns," by Elizabeth S. Hansen.

An evaluation of the professional offering "Financial Distress in Private Colleges" by Katherine Schipper is presented.

The article presents an evaluation of the professional research paper entitled "Discussion of Patterns, Prototypes, and Predictions: An Exploratory Study," by Ian R.C. Eggleton. The author of this article states that Eggleton's exploratory study is a very ambitious undertaking which is complex because of its size. The author indicates that the paper reports on only the first two parts of the three-part experiment. The author believes that because of peripheral discussions, readers lose sight of the true nature of the research.

The article presents reviews of several syllabi on policy sciences, including the classes "Nuclear Weapons and World Order," by Prof. Daniel Deudney of Johns Hopkins University, "American Public Policy Online," by Prof. Sarmistha Rina Majumdar of Sam Houston State University, and "Public Policy Issues and Analysis," by Prof. Jeffrey D. Greene of the University of Montana.

The article reviews Western Michigan University's (WMU) Graphic & Printing Science (GPS) four-year degree program in printing.

The article reviews the book "The Bulletin of the Institute for Research in English Teaching."

Reviews the book "Recent Developments in Curriculum Studies," edited by Philip H. Taylor.

The article offers information on the Digital Health course using design thinking approach being offered at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts in collaboration with nonprofit AARP.

This article presents an evaluation of a professional offering entitled "Financial Distress in Private Colleges," by Katherine Schipper.

A description of the TAPPI Linerboard/Medium Manufacture Course is provided.

A description of the courses "Flexography Basics for Quality Corrugated Printing" and "Printing Enhanced Graphics on Corrugated Substrates" offered by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) is provided.

This paper provides a review of Reconstructing ‘Education' through Mindful Attention: Positioning the Mind at the Center of Curriculum and Pedagogy by Oren Ergas. The review examines the central argument of the book, namely that present educational theory and practice avoids substantial self-inquiry, paying lip service to reflective practice but stopping short of any real encounter with the complex dynamics of the self. In Ergas’ bold inquiry, we are invited to attend and to see for ourselves by considering perspectives and practices rooted in contemplative traditions. The educational context becomes clear as attention to the self entails formation of the self. However, I argue that it is not clear why contemplative traditions (or mindful attention defined by the text) are best placed to engage in such formation. I suggest that a central problem with the book is the conflation here of education and socialisation, and that more systematic treatment of educational questions might obviate some of the troubling issues around the failures of what is called the inner curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information about the curriculum and schedule of the "Conservation and Preservation" Course being offered at the Department of Library Science and Information Systems of the Technical Educational Institute of Athens (TEI-A).

Software engineering (SE) is a multidimensional field that involves activities in various areas and disciplines, such as computer science, project management, and system engineering. Though modern SE curricula include designated courses that address these various subjects, an advanced summary course that synthesizes them is still missing. Such a course would enable young practitioners to get a comprehensive description of SE, to experience a genuine software development process, and to appreciate the relations and tradeoffs between the various domains of SE. This paper proposes a multidimensional SE course framework aimed at giving SE students just such comprehensive, cross-paradigm, practical, and theoretical experience and background. The course is organized along four axes: a) fundamentals of SE; b) practices and tools; c) productization; and d) technology evolution. Each of these axes, in themselves multifaceted, enables an examination of SE on various scales and from different perspectives; together they create a holistic multidimensional description of SE. The course is evaluated according to accepted criteria highlighting the course scope, pedagogic decisions, and relevance. The authors also describe their experience of teaching the course three times in the Tel Aviv University and the academic college of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, Israel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article describes several courses being offered at the University of Louisville in the U.S., including the Introductory Course for Mathematics Majors, and the Statistics Course for General Education students.

Reviews the Book "New Directions in Curriculum Studies," edited by Philip H. Taylor.

A description of the course "Introduction to Flexo Corrugated" being offered by the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) is provided.

Reviews the book "Contemporary Studies in the Curriculum," edited by P.W. Musgrave.

An evaluation of the professional offering "Municipal Finances in Perspective: A Look at Interjurisdictional Spending and Revenue Patterns," by Elizabeth S. Hansen is presented.

Descriptions are presented for four public policy courses: "Foundations of Social Policy" at the University of Maryland; "Cultural Issues in Public Policy: Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation" at the University of South Florida; "Democratization: The Fundamentals" at Northeastern University; and "Research Practicum on Inequality, Poverty and Public Policy" at Columbia University.

The article presents reviews for professional development courses for medical topics which include a scientific writing workshop, a session on supporting radiation oncology in South East Asia, and education and clinical training for medical physicists in Vietnam.

Reviews the book "Curriculum Dynamics: Recreating Heart," by M. Jayne Fleener.

Descriptions of several courses including "Substance Abuse: Current Concepts," "Psychopharmacology" and "Etiology and Epidemiology of Substance Abuse," all being offered at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, are provided.

The article discusses educational initiatives in health information technology, which include the Regenstrief EHR Clinical Learning Platform of the Regenstrief Institute, the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) education initiative of American Medical Association (AMA) and educational options by American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

Reviews the book "The Curriculum: Research Innovation and Change," edited by P.H. Taylor and J. Walton.

A description of the course "Observing, connecting, containing: the Tavistock model of psychoanalytic work with parents, infants and young children," co-chaired by Anna Fitzgerald and Louise Emmanuel on March 28, 2011, is provided.

A description of the courses "Hands-on G7™ for Flexography", "Brand Color Management" and "Digital Proofing for Packaging" offered by the Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics at Clemson University is provided.

Reviews the book "Curriculum y Educación," edited by J. Sarramona.

The article reviews the book "New Directions in Curriculum Studies," edited by Philip H. Taylor.

Reviews the book "Towards a Compulsory Curriculum," by J.P. White.

The article previews several courses on numismatics including "Legends in Numismatics," "Light from Many Lamps: All- Star Numismatic Symposium," and "Coins of the Roman Republic."

A description of the course "Production Leadership for Profit" being offered by the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) in Dallas, Texas is presented.

A description of the courses, basic supervisor training class and advanced supervisor training class, being offered by the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters in Kalamazoo, Michigan are presented.

A description of the short course on polymers and coatings science being offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo, California is presented.

A description of the course "Technological Design" being offered at the Toronto District School Board in Ontario is provided.

Environmental adult education (EAE) combines environmental education and adult learning theory to provide meaningful educative experiences to learners with the purpose of bringing about genuine environmental change. The field is relatively new, but its body of literature is growing in the twenty-first century. This paper conducts an historical analysis of EAE literature to date. The resulting summary provides scholars and practitioners in the fields of environmental adult education, environmental education, and adult education a platform to engage in dialogue about future directions for the field based on historical trends and lessons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A description of the course "Scams and Frauds in Business: An Economic & Legal Analysis of the Problem With Special Applications to the Entrepreneurial Process" that was offered at Babson College is provided.

The article presents description of the course "Public Management" and "Politics of the Policy Process" being offered at various schools in the U.S.

The article presents description of the course "Public Management," "Politics of the Policy Process," and Public Administration," being offered at various schools in the U.S.