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Chemical Educators Grapple with Environmental Focus for Undergraduates

In response to the increasing need for environmental scientists with a solid grounding in chemistry, an environmental selection has been added to the list of chemistry-based degree options certified by the American Chemical Society's Committee on Professional Training (CPT). That action, taken in January, is just the latest indication of an increasing interest by chemical educators in developing the environmental theme in undergraduate chemistry curricula. Such programs are multiplying on campuses across the U.S. The trend surfaced at a five-part Division of Chemical Education symposium entitled Environmental Chemistry Education. Organized by Peter D. Lykos, chemistry professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, the session provided a discussion of the new CPT-certified option along with more than 30 papers describing undergraduate environmental chemistry activities in colleges and universities nationwide. Lykos notes that the symposium was an idea whose time had come, citing a ground swel...

Number of New Chemistry Graduates Plunges Again

The nosedive in the number of new chemistry graduates earning bachelor's degrees continued last year. Even the number of new women chemists with bachelor's degrees is now in steady decline after a long period of growth. And it is apparent that native born American men today find chemistry far less attractive as an undergraduate major than they did even five years ago. These are some of the major trends that can be gleaned from the data in the latest annual report of the American Chemical Society's Committee on Professional Training (CPT). The report (see page 32) lists the number of bachelor-, master-, and doctoral-level chemists who graduated during the 1989-90 academic year from departments with undergraduate chemistry programs approved by ACS. In recent years these departments have accounted for between 89 and 93% of all new B.S.-level chemists in the U.S. as well as for essentially all new M.S. and Ph.D. chemists. ...

Perspectives and criteria for chemical information instruction

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ACS Committee on Professional Training 1987 Annual Report

The number of bachelor's degree graduates in chemistry from colleges and universities whose undergraduate chemistry programs are approved by the American Chemical Society decreased 5.2% in the 1986-87 academic year from the previous year. The number of master's degrees from these departments rose 1% and the number of Ph.D. degrees continued to rise for the eighth year in a row, this year by 2.6%. These departments project that in 1988 bachelor's degrees will increase 3%, master's will increase 18%, and Ph.D. degrees will increase 14%. (It should be noted, however, that these projections are usually higher than actual counts a year later.) The percentage of baccalaureate graduates certified to ACS was 41%, slightly less than last year. (Certified graduates are those who have completed the curriculum specified by the Committee on Professional Training (CPT) and are eligible for full membership in ACS; noncertified graduates may become associate members of ACS upon graduation, full members after ...

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

School Science and MathematicsVolume 30, Issue 3 p. 332-336 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL TRAINING E. W. OWEN, E. W. OWENSearch for more papers by this authorROBERT N. AUBLE, ROBERT N. AUBLESearch for more papers by this authorSARAH A. MCEVOY, SARAH A. MCEVOYSearch for more papers by this authorWINNAFRED SHEPARD, WINNAFRED SHEPARDSearch for more papers by this authorG. W. WARNER, G. W. WARNERSearch for more papers by this authorJ. M. KURTZ, J. M. KURTZSearch for more papers by this author E. W. OWEN, E. W. OWENSearch for more papers by this authorROBERT N. AUBLE, ROBERT N. AUBLESearch for more papers by this authorSARAH A. MCEVOY, SARAH A. MCEVOYSearch for more papers by this authorWINNAFRED SHEPARD, WINNAFRED SHEPARDSearch for more papers by this authorG. W. WARNER, G. W. WARNERSearch for more papers by this authorJ. M. KURTZ, J. M. KURTZSearch for more papers by this author First published: March 1930 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1949-8594.1930.tb02690.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume30, Issue3March 1930Pages 332-336 RelatedInformation