What makes a corporation tick? Twenty women undergraduates from Dartmouth College gain a better idea during a visit with Mobil Oil and other major corporations in New York City. (Author)

Describes and provides evaluation of a one semester minicourse curriculum for undergraduate earth science instruction. (CP)

The quantity of available knowledge has expanded such that the teaching of processes is as important in geology education as the teaching of facts. Field trips must be modified also to conform to this shift in focus. A sample teaching unit at an outcrop illustrates the technique. (RE)

The extended university program of the University of Tennessee College Pharmacy is presented. Included in the discussion is information on the program's history, goals, service programs, and the five educational programs: undergraduate education, continuing education, postgraduate academic education, interdisciplinary education, and public…

Discussed are the strengths a field-study approach brings to undergraduate education, a model for conceptualizing a full range of field settings in the community, business, and government, and sources of strain in developing and implementing a program of non-classroom-based learning. (JMD)

Proposes a series of university nursing education programs developed to increase knowledge and skills relevant to nursing care of elderly and chronically ill persons who reside in nursing homes. Briefly describes five programs intended for persons engaged in long-term care or in preparation for such roles. (EM)

Climatology field experiences are described showing that midlatitude cities show manifestations of the modified thermal environment known as the heat island. Suggestions for project planning and precautions regarding weather, timing, and safety are included. (AV)

Does the development of undergraduate social work education represent the profession's abandonment of its traditional respect for liberal education and the joining of ranks with advocates of a professional school model of undergraduate education? The history of liberal education is traced and suggestions are offered for increasing the interface…

Describes undergraduate and postgraduate programs in geography in the Soviet Union. Considered are entrance requirements, program content, preparation for teaching versus specialization, and cooperation between universities and outside organizations. For journal availability, see SO 505 963. (AV)

The undergraduate teaching of childhood illness in the community is described that includes a cross-section of acute childhood illness together with some contact with handicapped children in their own homes in Scotland. Although there were only four teaching sessions, the conditions approximated that of general practice. (LBH)

Undergraduate medical students are shown to improve their ability to make patient management decisions through the use of computer-assisted learning. With this problem-solving approach an improvement in their factual knowledge also occurs and they retain a significant amount of the content. (Author/LBH)

Bachelor of engineering technology (B.E.T.) programs were created in response to the need for graduates who are ready for productive industrial jobs, not for graduate school. It is suggested that there should be communication between the engineering technology and the traditional engineering faculties to provide strong educational programs. (MA)

In a study of 1,195 medical students, those from medical families were insignificantly different from their classmates on premedical scholastic achievement and admission test scores, but were slightly younger and attended more prestigious undergraduate colleges. Academic and clinical performance was equivalent but specialty-choice differences were…

Marco DeFunis' plight to be admitted to the University of Washington's Law School raises the question: Does one group's gain have to be another group's loss? (Author/JP)

If continuing medical education is to fuse into a continuum with undergraduate education, the medical schools and their faculty members must address the lifelong needs of practitioners by learning the philosophy and methods appropriate to effective adult education. (Author/LBH)