College science improvement

The new College Science Improvement Program (COSIP) of the National Science Foundation has been welcomed enthusiastically by many but not all of those concerned with strengthening college physics departments. Designed primarily to help improve science education at predominantly undergraduate institutions, the program has $10 million during this year with which to provide grants of up to $100 000 per year for a period of up to three years. “Strong preference,” says the foundation, “will be given during the first year to those colleges, which, during the most recent three‐year period…granted 100 or more baccalaureates in the sciences.”