The Chemist or Chemical Engineer in College Teaching

The remarkable increase in birth rate in this country during the years just after World War II has produced an increase in college enrollments which is already being felt and which is calculated to accelerate in the next decade. That this statement has become trite does not detract from its importance. Those responsible for planning for enlarged university facilities and faculties have expressed concern over the increasing difficulty of making adequate preparation for the new students. On a national level the United States Congress has studied several measures which might help to solve some of the financial problems attending the construction of new dormitories, classrooms, and laboratories, and some of the private foundations have given encouragement to educational programs intended for the training of additional faculty. It may be that new physical facilities will become available, but these cannot be used for the education of students unless additional faculty members also can ...