This three-part report examines chemistry education at the two-year college as revealed by a nationwide study of two-year science education which involved a review of the literature, an analysis of the catalogs and class schedules of 175 representative two-year institutions, and a survey of 82 chemistry instructors. Part I, in an examination of…

In view of increased public demand since 1965 for medical curriculum re-evaluation, the Duke University School of Medicine offered the first new model of medical education responsive to social pressures for change. The new Duke curriculum included presentation by each basic science department of the core of principles and information considered…