Presents excerpts of a survey on the instrument status in chemistry departments and the perceived needs of those departments for new instruments. Responses are based on data from 32 chemistry departments at major research institutions, 71 departments at smaller schools, and 13 chemical engineering departments. (JN)

Three separate but related topics are discussed. These include the status of analytical chemistry in academia, the decline of science education in the United States (offering possible solutions to the problem), and the future of computers in analytical chemistry. (JN)