The article presents proceedings of the Annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, held between June 17-22, 1973. All sessions of the program at which contributed papers were presented are joint sessions of the Phycological Society of America and the Phycological Section of the Botanical Society of America. Various topics were covered in different sessions. Session one was on Taxonomy and Morphology while sessions two was on Physiology and Biochemistry.
The article announces that Kenneth Cyr and Sandra Geiger in the Textile Science Department at Southeastern Massachusetts University in Amherst, Massachusetts have been named as recipients of 1974-75 scholarship. The scholarship is provided by Rhode Island section of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC). They are described by the department scholarship committee as highly promising students in the area of textile chemistry.
EDUCATORS, RESIGNATION of employees, CURRICULUM, UNITED States education system
Abstract
Presents information on resignation of Alexander Meiklejohn, president of the Amherst College. Aspects of the educational, financial and administrative problems faced by the colleges in the U.S.; Plan of modernizing the educational curriculum by developing Courses in history, social science and political economy; View that education is a means of growth; Support of the trustees of the college to the plan laid out by Meiklejohn; View of faculties on the plan designed by Meiklejohn; Lack of support by the faculty members; Opposition of older alumni's to the plan; Intention of Meiklejohn to make students independent in his intellectual life; Protests against the resignation by undergraduates; Refusal to accept degrees form the college which had repudiated Meiklejohn.
INDUSTRIAL relations research, RESEARCH institutes, UNIVERSITY faculty
Abstract
This article reports on research programs conducted by the University of Massachusetts' Labor Relations and Research Center (LRRC). The extension component of LRRC moved to Boston and was set up as the Institute for Labor Affairs, while the Amherst campus retains some of the expanded academic and research programs. Tim Bornstein and Frank McCullough are working on a book about the National Labor Relations Board. Milton Brooke, research coordinator of the Center, has focused on new methods of facilitating payments in industrial-accident litigation cases and is examining state laws relating to occupational health and safety, as well as how these laws complement the federal statute. Harvey L. Friedman studied the role and effectiveness of central labor bodies in preretirement training.
Published
1972
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