Discusses problems encountered in broadening the scope of physics training at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Suggests physics departments offer interdisciplinary courses, encourage applied research, and make efforts to prepare competent prospective teachers and improve science education in the primary and secondary schools. (CC)

Faculty development programs in colleges and universities must be faulted for not having adequate theory, employing comprehensive approaches, or showing a deep intention. An adequate theory of faculty development will involve a sophisticated understanding of the process of professionalization and an integrating theory of human development.…

Participant qualifications, activities, program objectives, and benefits to participants and sponsors of geography internship programs at American colleges and universities are assessed. The major purpose of the paper is to provide insights about internship programs to potential program directors and student interns. In the area of grade…

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) has statutory responsibility for developing a six-year strategic plan for higher education in cooperation with the state's colleges and universities, policy makers, and other key constituencies. This master plan aims to coordinate the efforts of the various institutions of higher…