The Directory of Canadian Universities is the authoritative guide to Canadian universities. It includes everything from scholarship information and fees, to programs and housing facilities, at over 90 Canadian universities. The book offers the following helpful information to college and university students: (1) updated annually; (2) compiled by…

This is the 34th annual report of tuition and fees at public institutions in the 50 states. All data were compiled using Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board surveys of state agencies or individual institutions. National tables 1 through 10 provide a national perspective on tuition and fees and increases over the most recent 5 years for…

Seventeen papers that relate to the use of cooperative learning activities in undergraduate mathematics courses are contained within this collection. Papers were selected by the staff of Project CLUME (Cooperative Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics Education) and organized into categories pertaining to constructivism and the teachers' role,…

A traditional introductory college astronomy course was restructured along constructivist lines to better foster a key component of science literacy: critical thinking about problems in science. The restructured course was lecture-free, problem-centered, and collaborative in structure. The Reflective Judgment Framework was used to better…

The Program for Access to Science Study (PASS) consists of a preparatory science course which is taught in tandem with a special counseling seminar. Problem solving is taught using content in chemistry and physics. The curriculum is divided into cycles, each built around a single topic. A problem set related to the topic and an illustrative lab…

This study focused on female undergraduate students considering graduate study in the sciences in an attempt to identify their critical attitudes and concerns. Of particular interest were the factors that women felt contributed to their interest and success in the sciences up to that point, and the barriers they perceived they needed to overcome…

This paper describes two parallel efforts that attempt to implement a new approach to the teaching of thermal fluids engineering. In one setting, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the subject matter is integrated into a single year-long subject at the introductory level. In the second setting, at Victoria (British Columbia,…

The fragmentation of strategies that distinguishes the more successful elementary grade students from those least successful has been documented previously. This study investigated whether this phenomenon of divergence and fragmentation of strategies would occur among undergraduate students enrolled in a remedial algebra course. Twenty-six…

This paper presents findings of a study which analyzed the relationship between student satisfaction and indicators of student success in the 34 institutions of the University System of Georgia (USG). A student satisfaction survey was administered to about 26,000 undergraduates and the results were merged with the system's student information…

Many students perceive economics as a challenging subject, and therefore successfully communicating economics education to students becomes a major concern. This paper uses the work of Sweeney, Becker, and Watts (1996) on undergraduate teaching methods and documents various teaching methodologies utilized in economic education to develop a…

This guide presents a selection of the most authoritative, informative and useful Web sites for today's college and university American literature students and scholars. Nearly 300 American authors whose works are features in the most recent editions of widely used literature anthologies are included in this volume. A chronological arrangement…

This document identifies the essential elements of clinical support for the entire nursing academic mission: undergraduate and graduate education, faculty practice, and research. In addition, it describes the facilitators and barriers to clinical access, particularly focusing on the dynamic nature of the health care delivery system. Among 11…

A description of a new approach to teaching an introductory communication course using video tape modules. (HB)

Presents the view that laboratory work has been overemphasized. Need to critically examine effects on students of this practice. Some objections to current laboratory hours include irrelevance to student's future careers, recipe-type experiments, and conflicts with main academic objectives. (PS)

Discussed are data on background, entry level scores, vocational goals, and reasons for leaving school for deaf students attending three regionally distributed post-secondary schools. (GW)