What we can learn from coursework patterns about improving the undergraduate curriculum / James L. Ratcliff -- Using catalogues to track institutional viability and change / Marilyn J. Amey -- Is a core curriculum best for everybody? / Elizabeth A. Jones -- Using assessment as a basis for the articulation of transfer students / James L. Ratcliff -- Faculty goals and methods of instruction: approaches to classroom assessment / David S. Guthrie -- How faculty promote cognitive development in their students / Elizabeth A. Jones -- General education: the insiders' view / Susan B. Twombly.