Describes a one month intensive course, offered at Westminster College, entitled Science and Literature: A Study in Values.'' The interdisciplinary course is an attempt to break down the barriers of specialization, and to focus on the reactions of students, scientists, and humanists to Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection. (JR)

Describes briefly some of the circumstances leading to the creation of the National Institute of Education, its legislatively mandated objectives, organizational structure, policy-making procedures, and embryonic programs. (Author/JR)

Describes a five-week introductory medical science course designed for both science and nonscience majors through integration of physiology, organic chemistry, anatomy, and biochemistry. Suggests its use as a quarter-semester, a tri-semester, or a regular semester course for students including premed and medical technicians. (CC)

Describes a workshop on the feasibility of disseminating chemical injurious information through instructional materials. Indicates the necessity of including basic principles in physiology, biology, and environmental courses at both secondary and undergraduate levels. (CC)

Describes the importance of research programs and their implementation problems when students' complete education and well-being are considered as the primary concern in this educational system. (CC)

Describes a one-semester biology course for nonmajors which explores the interdisciplinary potential of psychology, anthropology, history, literature, philosophy, and religion. Satisfactory results in the 1970 tryout with 126 college students are identified. (CC)

Describes innovative programs carried out in four institutions, six programs deal with testing techniques and teaching methods in mathematics and science courses with the remaining one being concerned with relationships of man's life in a technological society to natural and cultural forces. (CC)

Includes summaries of six articles dealing with engineering education, population management, blood sampling, international pollution control, environmental quality index, and scientific phases in political science. (CC)