The growth of pop culture courses is discussed with emphasis on Morgan State's master's degree program. Reasons for student interest are cited along with problems as well as advantages of the curricular permissiveness and flexible scope. (LBH)

Predicts changes likely to occur in the status of general chemistry at the graduate department level during the next five to ten years. (SL)

Describes problems encountered in a graduate level interdisciplinary environmental education program conducted at Johns Hopkins University. (SL)

Reports that the physics and mathematics programs at Yeshiva University Belfer Graduate School of Science will be discontinued by June 1978. (SL)

Concludes that today's problems are complex and that their solutions may be equally complicated. The overriding need is for the straightforward application of social science techniques governed by human values. (Author/AM)

During the first half of the century, progressive law school teachers considered the promotion of law as a social institution a primary professional and public responsibility. Specific actions by individual lawyers and teachers are reviewed. (LBH)

A description of the program offered at the School of Library Science at Case Western Reserve University is offered. The main orientation is towards the transfer of knowledge and know-how in information science to the needs of development and towards the policies for information in developing countries. (Author/AP)

Describes the theological seminary as the first graduate professional school to be successfully established in America. In addition to training ministers, the seminary provided advanced education for men who became professors and presidents of liberal arts colleges. The seminary was the functional equivalent of the university in ante-bellum…

A survey is reported which examines the overall, current status of graduate programs in Russian in the United States, with emphasis on fluency, practical training, and hiring. Responses were obtained from 85 percent of all departments in the United States that have graduate programs in Russian. (RM)

Described are guidelines for minimizing the difference in college biology curricula in the nations of Western Europe. A four year central core program is outlined. The fifth year options for training in research, biotechnology, teaching and industry or public service are listed. Continuing education programs for biologists are also mentioned. (AJ)

A multivariate predictive index of student field performance to be used as an admissions tool in graduate schools of social work is described. It measures the effect on field performance of (1) a measure of the student's intellectual ability, (2) undergraduate school quality, (3) prior work experience, and (4) student sex. (Author/LBH)

Drug-dispensing practices and the distribution of pharmacists in each of these countries are reviewed. The availability of graduate and continuing education are also noted along with an outlook for the future. Curricula from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan are appended. (LBH)

Presented are results of a survey done which examined the possibility of grade inflation at graduate library schools. While results show that the majority of graduate students in library science rarely receive grades less than a B, other factors can be attributed to this, such as the quality of students admitted to the school. (AP)

Data from a survey of directors of APA-approved programs in clinical psychology reveal that a substantial number of programs offer formal training in clinical psychophysiology. Details are provided regarding types of training available; content areas covered; and, ratings indicating interest, utility and potential of biofeedback,…

Examines 599 representative preliminary questions used by English Departments at 13 American universities and also examines the general rhetorical structure of 109 articles on literary criticism in 19 scholarly magazines. (DD)