Reports on the recent controversy involving two organic chemistry textbooks. The charge of plagiarism and the court litigations are the object of interest in the chemical community since many prominant scientists are planned as witnesses. (SA)

The educational innovations at the University of California at Santa Cruz are being eliminated and the school is facing an enrollment crisis. The problems are discussed, although no solutions are presented. (SA)

Biochemical engineering as a scientific discipline is becoming accepted in England and is drawing many young men and women to its ranks. This article focuses on how engineering came to embrace the biological sciences. (Author/SA)

It is pointed out that researchers must articulate clearly both the implications of their data for policy and the limitations of those data. Both researchers and policy-makers should remember that each student is more than a collection of variables. (Author/AF)

University students given performance objectives, diagnostically tested, and given immediate feedback are compared with students who receive no objectives and are not diagnostically tested. Students' attitudes toward instruction are evaluated following diagnostic testing. (Authors/SA)

Lists the obsolete, unnecessary, and misleading terms that occur within biology, chemistry, and physics literature. The terms selected are those most likely to be found in common use. Lists are also included of terms that teachers may need for introductory courses. (Author/SA)

Cooperative links need to be forged among broadcasting, educational technology, and business programs on campuses if institutions of higher education are to assume a position of leadership in preparing graduates for the corresponding developing markets. (Author/CMV)

In the Program in Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, a unique civil liberties class has been developed for undergraduates that uses a modified socratic approach. Its goals, subject matter, methodology, and student response are described. (LBH)

An analysis of the interface between undergraduate and graduate social work education indicates that the expansion and accreditation of undergraduate programs and the contraction of graduate programs represent the two most critical forces facing the profession. Trends are analyzed and alternative courses of action are proposed. (Author/LBH)

For three years the College of Law of the University of Utah conducted a program to enrich the undergraduate curriculum, to enrich opportunities for disadvantaged students who might consider law careers, and to improve public understanding of law. This program description includes reasons for program termination. (JT)

To ascertain some possible consequences of prospective law students taking undergraduate legal studies courses, a number of legal scholars were asked to comment on how law schools, professional education, or understandings of law might be different if undergraduate legal education were taken seriously. Responses by six scholars are included. (JT)

Describes the design of a new curriculum model at Georgetown University's School of Nursing which offers two nursing courses in the freshman year, giving freshmen nursing students a broader perspective on their profession. (TA)

Bibliographic instruction on international business is an essential component of preparing students for their business curriculum and later as business practitioners. This article contains a course-related session with corresponding source materials and delineates an effective and practical way to provide students familiarity with library…

Describes a chemistry course with the goal of fostering a broader and deeper understanding of a few fundamental concepts through group discussion, instructor exposition, and participant-developed laboratory and demonstration activities. (DDR)

A discussion of undergraduate social work programs in historically black colleges and universities stresses their importance, examines their value in preparing students for culturally competent practice and developing more effective professional responses to problems of black Americans, and offers suggestions for advancing the profession's efforts…