Describes the demand for graduates from biomedical engineering programs as being not yet fully able to absorb the supply. Suggests small schools interested in entering the field consider offering their programs at the undergraduate level via a minor or an option. Examples of such options and student projects are included. (CC)

This report reviews the performance on the July 1972 ECFMG (Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates) examination and certain other characteristics of the 290 foreign medical graduates who had completed one of 3 full-time review courses prior to taking the examination. (Editor)

Describes various physics courses offered at Moline, particularly the conduct of self-pacing programs for grade 10-12 students who are either interested in the topic or planning further study in science. Indicates tremendously increasing enrollments with the adoption of the new instruction method. (CC)

A description of a course for educators introducing the potential of the computer as a tool of instruction. The course is divided into five parts: 1)computer literacy, 2)motivation, 3)learning experiences, 4)reinforcement, and 5)evaluation. The course has been successful in improving the attitudes of the participating educators towards the…

Discusses a six-week course in urban problem solving conducted by Newark College Engineering for high ability inner-city students in the summer of 1971 and 1972. Indicates that the experiment in mixing urban laboratories, city problems, and high school juniors is an educational success. (CC)

Discusses the trial of an elective course entitled Social Aspects of Chemical Engineering'' at McGill University. Indicates that student initiative is encouraged through the use of an uncertainly defined structure. (CC)

An alternative course to the normally sex-assigned shop and homemaking classes is based on six modular units exploring information useful to everyone, regardless of sex or life-style. (KM)

Describes planning and implementation of innovative community college course utilizing office machines to develop problem solving skills in business mathematics. (AG)

Describes courses in the teaching of English as a foreign language which have attempted to utilize various aspects of English linguistic and literary studies as a preparation for specialists in this field. (Author/MB)