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The article offers news briefs on education-related issues in the U.S. Dr. Claude Merton Wise of Louisiana State University has provided a series of lectures for the Symposium in Speech Re-Education at Northwestern University. The State Board of Education in Tennessee has approved the Speech Arts syllabus. Hazel Abbot of Converse College has presented the play "The Great God Brown" with an all girl cast.

The article looks at the suite of tools and templates developed by Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, which aid faculty in developing courses that emphasize their expertise and adapt to the university's quality standards. The key parts of the Seton Hall solution to course development are explored as well as highlights the creation of the faculty of a personal technology learning plan. The impact of the developed templates on the quality of online and hybrid courses is noted.

The article reports on the efforts of the Tazewell County Health Department (TCHD) to bring maintenance courses to central Illinois. Influenced by the McHenry County Water Resource department and the McHenry County Division of Transportation on chloride reduction in ground water, TCHD got data from Illinois State Water Survey and the rise in chloride levels was observed. A course outline for the 2011 Heart of Illinois Winter Snow and Ice Operators was made.

The article offers information on Slippery Rock University (SRU) which offers dance degrees. The school offers a curriculum designed by SRU dance department chairperson Nora Ambrosio which prepares dancers to teach and gives them the tools necessary to run a successful business, according to the author. She adds that graduates of school's dance programs have used their degrees to open successful studios.

The article focuses on teaching world history. The qualities of the Advanced Placement syllabi for world history are presented, which focuses on the development and interaction of nation states. Attention is given to the thematic elements of a world history course, and how teaching instructors can prepare teachers to choose the models that are beneficial to them and their students.

The article presents guidelines for the History 1012W course focusing on the history of food and its significance to the world history from 1500 to 1950. Main topic of the course include the global diffusion of foods and cultural contacts between cooks and eaters along with the discussion on the social and ecological consequences of creating a modern and industrial diet. The course will discover the true essence and understanding of food through the examination of various cookbooks and significant documents. It is also designed to meet the needs of history students and provide with the information significant in enhancing their knowledge on culture.

The author cites several important lessons she learned on from attending a faculty workshop on reevaluating and revising courses. She cites the need to correct some implicit biases contained in the rules and regulations of her mathematics syllabus and the fairness of considering the personal emergencies of students.

The article discusses training of firefighters during the probationary period prior to a formal firefighting academy education. It is suggested that a probationary firefighter training program use a defined, written outline and course materials. Recommendations are presented for topics to cover in a training program, including safety policy, apparatus and equipment, and fireground operations.

The article discusses the development of an online course design rubric and process, the Open State University of New York (SUNY) Center for Online Teaching Excellence (COTE) Quality Review (OSCQR) Rubric and Process whose aim is to support continuous improvements to the quality and accessibility of online courses. Rubric is used formatively to guide online course design and summatively continuously improve the quality and accessibility of online courses.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "CA Student Challenges Graphic Novel Syllabus."

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "CA Student Challenges Graphic Novel Syllabus."

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "CA Student Challenges Graphic Novel Syllabus."

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "CA Student Challenges Graphic Novel Syllabus."

The article offers information for teachers about teaching styles or methods in college and adult community education. Topics being presented include the need to teach based on teachers' own interpretation of the source material and to unconsciously shape the syllabus according to their own beliefs of what is and is not important as well as issues on agreeing on the validity or value of the knowledge.

The article describes aspects of using syllabus as a flexible teaching resource for English language teacher. Topics discussed include uisng the syllabus to get students to brainstorm what they actually know about different points on the syllabus, grammar games, and getting students to do their own vocabulary from the syllabus for homework.

The article offers an advice from University of Texas at Arlington professor Peggy Semington on developing a syllabus for an online course. These involve an explicit curricula, strict adherence to policies and redundancy. It also notes her interest in expressing information on a user-friendly method along with the integration of a calendar.

The article reports on the three secondary schools in Kansas that were pilot by the Kansas State University (KSU) Accounting Department for their Advanced Placement Accounting Course for high school students. Teachers of secondary schools in Kansas City, Manhattan and in Hoxie, Kansas meet at KSU to discuss the curriculum and the course. Dr. Dan Deines, accounting professor at KSU formulated the content of the course.

A calendar of training courses is presented including Risk Assessment for Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments by Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (IEST) from July 23-24, 2013, certification from Irish Cleanroom Society (ICS), and Airflow Testing by Academy for Cleanroom Testing.

The article offers the author's insights with regards to the article "Conference & Common Room" by Graeme May. The author says that May indicates a great deal of sense with regards to finding an exciting curriculum, however, he is partly not in favor of what is written in the article. He mentions central entrance (CE) which offers syllabus to school leaders, wherein it is their duty to ensure to provide creative, innovative, and collaborative syllabus in their learning and teaching programmes.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including the argument on the budget that attacked the basic right of adults over the age of 21 in the September 16, 2010 issue and the disproportionate emphasis on science over humanities courses in the curriculum of the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE).

The article focuses on the development of online course. It relates the SWC Model of rapid online course design has a framework that is flexible and a course management system (CMS) independent. It states that in developing an online course, it should consider the things that learner should, will and can know from the course. It mentions that every course being developed should have the information beyond the course being used and should keep teaching and facilitating online learning balance.

The article focuses on the things to avoid and keep in mind when being tutored. First, students who are being tutored should be assertive about getting help. To clear up confusion, talk to the instructor. During a tutoring session, always bring one's books and the course syllabus. Students should avoid hesitating to approach a tutor about a professor's teaching style. Students should not also treat tutoring like a make-up class session.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for using flow chart formats when presenting course outlines.

The article offers information on the Bachelor's of Science in Integrated Science Program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. It mentions that highly motivated and high-achieving students are targeted by this unique, interdisciplinary, research-based science program that has an enrollment limit of sixty students per year. It cites that students take a single course in which they learn and integrate the content and skills in the areas of chemistry, physics, life science, earth science, mathematics and psychology in their first year. It notes that students take the equivalent of six courses of integrated science and four elective courses in their second year and the elective component increases to six courses per year in the third and fourth years.

The article discusses whether teachers should be flexible and make exceptions regarding deadlines, missed assignments and grade calculation for students requesting them or adhere to the course policies, commenting on student response to each behavior.

The article discusses the purpose and importance of course syllabus in providing students with information about a course and its requirements, conveying messages about the personality of the instructor, and how the course will be conducted.

The article reports on the two-year summer program for the Jamaican hospitality students offered by the Western Hospitality Institute (WHI) in Toronto, Ontario. It notes that the graduates will fill management positions in Jamaica's tourism sector. It mentions that the syllabus include Financial Planning and Management, and French as a Second Language. Moreover, the students have received institutional scholarships that covered tuition, accommodation, and food costs for their stay in Toronto.

The article presents a study that focuses on the development of self-directed learning skills among junior-senior students in international business courses. The study was conducted by determining the course work of the student every week and by giving them instructions for accomplishing homework. The study implies the need for developing the self-directed learning among upper-division courses and offering more opportunities for it across the curriculum.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of making a course syllabus.

This article focuses on the teacher exchange program agreed by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The program is aimed at enhancing the two schools' research capacity and curricular offerings in African and American Studies. During the exchange program, teachers from the two universities syllabi and course modules for several departments. Moreover, the teachers also conducted studies outside the campus about the culture of Nigeria and the U.S.