CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS PUBLISHER’S NOTE EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION: THE NEW DIALOGUE, THE NEW FACE NEW CONCEPTS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE: LIBERAL LEARNING AS PART OF CAREER- ORIENTED EDUCATION Ernest A. Lynton THE PROCESS OF KNOWING IN CURRICULUM Garth D. Benson and Bryant E. Griffith TECHNOLOGY AS GENERAL EDUCATION Theodore Lewis Special Exxon Education Foundation Research Section ASSESSING THE REFORM OF GENERAL EDUCATION Jerry G. Gaff and Anna Wasescha WHICH GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IS BETTER: CORE CURRICULUM OR THE DISTRIBUTIONAL REQUIREMENT? Elizabeth A. Jones and James L. Ratcliff GENERAL EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE William Toombs, Marilyn J. Amey, and Alexander Chen THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL EDUCATION: SOME EARLY FINDINGS Sandra Kanter, Howard London, and Zelda Gamson VARIETIES OF GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS: AN EMPIRICALLY BASED TAXONOMY Sylvia Hurtado, Alexander W. Astin, and Eric L. Dey il THE JOURNAL OF GENERAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE SUPPORT OF AT-RISK STUDENTS Kathleen McDermott Hannafin THE DEMAND SIDE OF GENERAL EDUCATION: ATTENDING TO STUDENT ATTITUDES AND UNDERSTANDINGS Joseph S. Johnston, Jr., Robert C. Reardon, Gary L. Kramer, Janet G. Lenz, Alexandra S. Maduros, and James P. Sampson, Jr. Special Section on the Assessment of General Education CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO ASSESSING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES Trudy W. Banta STANDARDIZED EXAMS AND THE FACULTY: AN UNEASY ALLIANCE Lovely “Kate” Ulmer ASSESSING THE STUDY ABILITIES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS: A REVIEW OF COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS Thomas M. Sherman CREATING A CONTEXT WHERE INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT YIELDS EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT Marcia Mentkowski Exemplary Practices PROJECT METAS: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO FTEACHING SCIENCE TO LEP STUDENTS Judith A. Bazler Book Review COMBINING SERVICE AND LEARNING by Jane Kendall and Associates Suzanne W. Morse ~~