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HOME ECONOMICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: CURRENT TRENDS
Author(s) -
FIREBAUGH FRANCILLE M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1980.tb00370.x
Subject(s) - diversification (marketing strategy) , family and consumer science , curriculum , cohesion (chemistry) , economics education , economic growth , political science , higher education , field (mathematics) , sociology , economics , mathematics education , psychology , business , marketing , chemistry , pure mathematics , mathematics , organic chemistry
Higher education programmes of home economics in the United States have experienced dynamic changes in recent years. Today, home economics programmes are marked by name and curricula changes, concern for cohesion in the field, student and faculty diversification, leadership and administrative structure changes, strengthened research efforts and by improved graduate programmes. Parallel with these trends is a movement to clarify the content and aims of the field by developing a contemporary definition of home economics.