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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED309992 AUTHOR: Kormondy, Edward


TITLE: State University System of Florida Biological
Sciences Program Review. Consultant's Report.

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 92 p.; Contains several pages with small print which
may not reproduce well.

ABSTRACT: In 1986, an academic program review of the
biological sciences programs of the universities in the
State University of Florida System was performed by a team
of 13 consultants. This report of that review includes: (1)
the background of the review; (2) a statement of the status
of biological science instruction; (3) a review of the 1978
assessment and responses to that review; and (4) results and
recommendations of the 1986 review. Included in the 1986
review are recommendations concerning space, expenses,
equipment, stipends for graduate assistants, natural
resources, interface opportunities, an affiliate doctoral
program, affirmative action programs, and individual
universities and departments. Appendices include tables of
student and faculty populations and Bachelors, Masters, and
Doctoral degrees granted. (CW)

KEY DESCRIPTORS: Biological-Sciences; Curriculum-Evaluation;
Educational-Assessment; Graduate-Study; Higher-Education;
Natural-Resources; Program-Costs; Science-Education;
Undergraduate-Study
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Faculty; *College-Science;
*Institutional-Evaluation; *Program-Evaluation; *Program
Improvement; *Science-Facilities

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number. If EJ follows ERIC TITLE NUMBER the item is a
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