The major factors aiding and impeding educational change are discussed. (CK)

Engineering courses offered at Colorado State University can now be taken by Colorado junior college students through the use of video tape. This gives the potential transfer students a chance to take prerequisite courses not offered by their college, and similarly diminishes the college's need for additional, specially- trained faculty. (JO)

Man's physical environment reflects his values. A deeper appreciation of beauty will lead to the creation of cities that are more worthy of human habitation. (CK)

Workshop for presidents of engineering colleges, deans and directors of engineering research, to discuss improvement of research administration. (IR)

Annotated bibliography on specific aspects of the uses, problems and promises of computers in engineering education. (IR)

Danner ("Engineering Education", Vol. 68 (8), 1978) proposed that use of standard transformed scores is limited by several underlying statistical assumptions, making their use in most classroom situations questionable. Reexamines Danner's limitations (indicating they are misinterpretations of the standard transformed score method) and…

Whether or not biomedical engineering is a true discipline, the demand for practicioners whose training integrates technology and life science is not likely to diminish. (BB)

A look at the courses and measurement of obsolescence is presented, along with a discussion of career development to combat it. (BB)

Adaptability to the environment is one of the capabilities of the human body. Studies show that the building operator is the most important single variable in establishing energy consumption levels. (Author/MLF)

Presents a brief summary of developments in engineering education. (BB)

Contains a discussion of the common ground between engineering and philosophy, especially ethics. (BB)

Data are presented on the promotion and tenure policies at U.S. engineering schools. (BB)

Discusses the structure of oceanology, and the role of chemical analysis and chemists in oceanographic research and marine pollution studies. (MLH)