Describes new apparatus and equipment including balances, spectrophotometers, gas chromatographs, pH meters, calculators and temperature controllers. (GS)

Reports on a study which placed major emphasis on international comparison of achievement ignoring differences in national, cultural, and social environments and priorities. Identifies three factors that account in large measure for the differences between national systems. (GS)

Advocates that students pursuing the study of chemistry be kept aware of the nature of chemistry outside the academic world. Methods include co-op programs with chemical industries, specific instruction in areas of industrial import, and laboratory work with an industrial flavor. (GS)