Describes the chemical engineering program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, including history of the department, faculty research interests and professional activities, graduate and undergraduate programs, and research in nuclear engineering. (SK)

Major findings of a survey of 188 universities and colleges that constitute the universe of higher education institutions with doctoral-level programs in neuroscience are highlighted and discussed in this brief report. Areas considered included graduate students, doctoral recipients, postdoctoral trainees, principal areas of concentration,…

Librarians wanting to collaborate with faculty to incorporate information literacy into science education programs should understand the theories, pedagogies, and standards that serve the academic discipline. This paper maps commonalities between the National Science Education Standards and the Association of College and Research Libraries…

A composition instructor/biologist and a science librarian describe results of six years of experimentation with collaborative teaching of scientific writing to college undergraduates at both beginning and advanced levels. Their goal was to devise a two-course sequence for students interested in health and natural sciences, with emphasis on…

This guide, published for the first time, provides prospective college students detailed information on 190 United States colleges and universities identified as having very strong track records in the sciences and mathematics. Following a description of how institutions were identified for inclusion by David Davis-Van Atta, and a discussion on…