Describes a laboratory experiment that measures the amount of ascorbic acid destroyed by food preparation methods (boiling and steaming). Points out that aqueous extracts of cooked green pepper samples can be analyzed for ascorbic acid by a relatively simple redox titration. Lists experimental procedure for four methods of preparation. (MVL)

Presents two experiments: the first one measures the heat of an exothermic reaction by the reduction of permanganate by the ferris ion; the second one measures the heat of an endothermic process, the mixing of ethanol and cyclohexane. Lists tables to aid in the use of the solution calorimeter. (MVL)

States that global political-military concerns and the internationalization of the U.S. economy necessitates internationalization of undergraduate education. Concludes that U.S. higher education is not making the appropriate connections between economic change, competitiveness, and international education, and that when education lags, the…

Administrators, deans, and department chairs in undergraduate intensive colleges of pharmacy must encourage faculty research with not only words and exhortations but also with resources. Institutional support of faculty research must not be seen as diverting money from the instructional enterprise but as enhancing it. (MSE)

Current biological, immunological, and medical knowledge about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), including methods of preventing transmission, is reviewed and presented in a format suitable for inclusion in a social work curriculum. Various ways in which the information can be incorporated into…

A study of 200 medical students' records at Albany Medical College (New York) found that quantity of science-based undergraduate premedical education, either in its entirety or in subdivisions (specific subjects), did not materially affect performance in preclinical years of medical school. (Author/MSE)

Discusses a study designed to examine extended turn-at-talk across three levels of college Spanish speakers. The study's goal was to yield information about performance ability in a foreign language on a variety of communicative tasks: elaboration, background, circumstances, restatement (descriptive tasks), and purpose, evaluation, cause, and…

Although undergraduate admission has undergone intense market analysis, those same techniques have not been utilized at professional schools. A correlation analysis was performed at New Jersey's Drew University Theological School that located a surprise variable, in this case characteristics of undergraduate schools attended, significant to the…

This article examines trends and criticisms of higher education and encourages universities to place a high priority on the quality of undergraduate teaching. Other suggestions include involving university faculty in improving public schools, improving the health care system, and providing support to the business community. (DB)

Discusses "Minds and Machines," a one-semester undergraduate course for nontechnical majors. Explains that the course examines how philosophical problems of knowledge, cognition, language, and human nature can be investigated with computer-related concepts and techniques. Describes experiments conducted during the course, including mind…

To be effective in the current rapidly changing environment, individuals need more than a knowledge base. They also need information literacy which includes techniques for exploring new information, synthesizing it, and using it in practical ways. Undergraduate education should focus on such resource-based learning directed at problem solving.…

Describes the development of an introductory undergraduate geography course that applies human and physical geography to an environmental problem. Discusses reasons for the course and its content and structure. Identifies the focus on a single environmental problem, emphasis on both physical and social processes, and course design as the program's…

Increasingly, college undergraduates are custom designing their courses of study and creating majors that allow them to combine often eclectic interests with career goals. In many cases, students' creations have had a lasting impact through development of new academic programs. Institutional arrangements for planning, advising, and monitoring…

This paper on mentoring the individual dental student and effective advising is based on survey findings from dental students and other graduate science students at the University of Maryland and the University of California (San Francisco). Discussions cover what students expect from the faculty advisor, what faculty expect from the students, and…

This paper discusses the role of mentors and the mentoring process during transition between graduate school or specialty training and the first faculty position, including the potential benefits and risks of the process. Two sets of suggestions are presented in evaluating and participating in a mentoring relationship. (GLR)