Engineering courses were taught in South Vietnam by an American instructor. Students read course notes typed in English, held discussions among themselves in Vietnamese, and asked questions through translators. Students were able to learn with a minimum of direct verbal communication if they had a reading knowledge of the instructor's language.…

The case for university extension activity in the engineering field is made. The need for such services is described. Benefits to the university and to the practicing engineer are also described. (TS)

Reviews the trends in environmental health engineering and describes programs in environmental engineering technology and the associated environmental engineering courses at Western Kentucky University (four-year program), Wytheville Community College (two-year program), and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (four-year program). (PR)

Sixteen schools provided data on planning factors for the years 1967-68 and 1968-69. Extensive tables provide information on items such as enrollment, personnel and student-faculty ratio. Also included are costs per student and per school for equipment, operations, teaching, and non-academic personnel. (TS)

A study of the decline in engineering enrollment and its relationship to the general economic situation. Tabulated survey results from a 1971 New Matriculant Survey developed by Cornell University are compared with similar data from 1970. (TS)

The recent growth of interest in engineering courses for non-majors has resulted in many new courses. They vary in approach and in degree of technical content, but most have arisen from the conviction that a person is no longer truly well-educated" if he is technologically illiterate. (Author/TS)

Describes a PMC college course which is an introduction to technology and its impact upon society for non-scientists. Case studies of computer technology, pollution, communications, and other systems are used to bring into perspective the roles and responsibilities of the engineer and scientist in today's society. (Author/TS)

Describes a course at Kansas State University intended to bring together students of all disciplines for intensive discussion of technology and society. (Author/TS)

Describes a two-semester sequence of a senior elective art class. Emphasized is the discovering and experiencing of the primary esthetic, intrinsic values of a self-imposed, limited medium, such as collage, welded sculpture, or oil painting. (TS)

A three-dimensional demonstrator to help drawing students. (Editor)