At my institution, we have plaques (put up in each classroom two days before an accreditation visit) that mandate teaching the following 6 campus-wide abilities: Effective Citizenship; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Information Technology Awareness and Use; Global/ Multicultural Awareness; Lifelong Learning Approaches and Capabilities; and Communication. For Effective Citizenship I use a film, "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" narrated by William Shirer as a conversation starter. For Critical Thinking, I use the infamous Milgram-Yale experiments (grad students following orders and zapping research subjects with what they believe to be "lethal doses of electricity" on the basis of spurious orders--"I was just following orders..."); For Global/Multiculturalism, I have students go online and examine/order addresses of "Mail Order Brides" and to discuss the impications of the business--commodification of people, alienation, reification, objectification, sexism, racism etc--and to do a comprehensive profile of the countries from which the "Mail Order Brides" are coming. Isn't real education supposed to be subversive? Jim C James Craven Clark College, 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA. 98663 (360) 992-2283; Fax: (360) 992-2863 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.home.earthlink.net/~blkfoot5 *My Employer Has No Association With My Private/Protected Opinion*
