ACS Panel on Preparing Chemists for Society's Future Needs recommends: (a) that educational community broaden its curriculum at all levels so that educational programs are more society oriented. (b) that government agencies support multi-discipline research and make use of chemists to solve social problems. (DS)

Describes a two-year undergraduate multi-disciplinary science course offered at Portland State University. Includes an outline of course content and arrangement. Presents arguments given by members of science departments both for and against the course. (EB)

Discusses the cost advantage of a small laboratory computer and its versatility in solving laboratory problems, collecting and reducing data, and controlling experiments. Student's use is facilitated by the computer's rapid response and simple language. Illustrates its use in calculating activation parameters and rate constants, and in determining…

Argues that the traditional chemistry laboratory manual is not inherently a cookbook and the modern course manual does not automatically eliminate the cookbook approach. Suggests that it is the nature of the teacher guidance that students receive before, after, and during the laboratory work that makes a chemistry program meaningful and effective.…