Provided are data on the physics programs of 622 institutions which offer the baccalaureate degree in physics. The guide is intended for students who aim to become physics majors in college, students interested in science, transfer students, school and community college counselors, and physics faculty. For each institution, information is supplied…

Proceedings of the third conference of the Commission on College Physics are reported. Its main concern was to consolidate the work of earlier conferences: (1) the Denver Conference, dealing with the curricula of colleges which did not offer the Ph.D. in physics, and (2) the First Ann Arbor Conference, dealing with curricular matters of schools…

The Purdue experiment in mass instruction in undergraduate sociology was initiated in the fall of 1967. Lectures are combined with group discussions, and achievement in the course is evaluated mainly by essays written during the semester. Data reported were collected during three successive semesters when minor changes were made in course…

Cases and materials used in an undergraduate course, "Women and the Law," are divided to cover women and the Constitution of the U.S. (including the Equal Rights Amendment), the Supreme Court Abortion Decision, and the contemporary legal status of women including employment, education, and criminal law. Fifteen cases highlight the issues…

This study on reforms and new trends in medical undergraduate education in Europe consists of nine national reports. In these reports prominent medical educators assess the current situation in their respective home countries: Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. In…

This study was designed to obtain estimates of what opportunities are now available, via organized courses and degree offerings at the undergraduate level, for students to gain a better understanding of certain ethnic and racial groups, and to determine the extent to which students avail themselves of these opportunities. A questionnaire was sent…

This brochure outlines fellowship programs supported by the United States Office of Education in foreign languages, area studies, and world affairs. The programs will support more than 1,100 graduate academic-year fellowships and approximately 1,000 graduate and undergraduate awards for summer intensive language study. Information is included on…

This document outlines the accreditation process for undergraduate programs in home economics. The structure of the American Home Economics Association (AHEA), the accrediting organization for home economics, is detailed in the introduction. Criteria and guidelines for accreditation in relation to the organization and administration, faculty,…

This report on reforming the undergraduate curriculum begins with a review of the development of curricular theory and an examination of both the current issues in the reform debate and the attendant roadblocks to achieving real curricular improvement. Section I outlines some curricular proposals that could conceivably serve as models for the…

This report is based on the survey Opening Fall Enrollment (Higher Education), 1969: Supplementary Information, which was part of the 4th Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). The report comprises 3 tables showing fall 1969 enrollment data by state. The first table includes data on students in programs chiefly creditable toward…

This report aims to provide a detailed description of the development of both the concept and content of an innovative undergraduate major in physical education established at the State University College at Brockport. The new approach views physical education as "the study of the significance for man of experiences in certain forms of human…

This paper disputes the notion that an advanced degree is required for all work in the field of psychology and suggests that those with a bachelor's degree in the field are employed in many areas where they use their training, but are not called psychologists. Another effect has been that industry and government offer few jobs to psychology…

In this study of the interaction between anxiety trait (A-trait), anxiety state (A-state), and dogmatism in computer-assisted instruction (CAI), subjects were selected on the basis of extreme scores on a measure of anxiety and on a measure of dogmatism. The subjects were presented with a CAI task consisting of difficult mathematical problems. The…

This report on university teaching methods takes the view that the main object of an undergraduate course should be the development of a student's capacity to think for himself and to work on his own. From this point of view it examines the effect on undergraduate education not only of the various teaching methods in use in Great Britain, but also…

This report studied the selective processes and criteria for admission of undergraduates to teacher education programs in 180 American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) member institutions. A questionnaire of Criteria for Admission to Teacher Education was the basis of the survey. The questionnaire contained alternative…