Careers in College Physics Teaching

The latest in the series of AIP career booklets, entitled Careers in College Physics Teaching, is now available to those who are considering academic careers in physics. The five coauthors of the booklet have written short articles, setting forth their individual views about the situation, the satisfactions, and the problems of the physics teacher. W. C. Elmore (Swarthmore) has written about teaching physics to undergraduates, Janet Guernsey (Wellesley) about teaching physics in a liberal‐arts college for women, S. Winston Cram (Kansas State Teachers College) about teaching future highschool physics teachers, Jay Orear (Cornell University) about teaching physics in a large university, and Ronald Geballe (University of Washington) about graduate teaching in physics. The final section of the booklet is devoted to more general kinds of information, including some of the statistics concerning supply and demand in college physics teaching, information on salaries and work loads, suggestions about the preparation required for a career in college physics teaching and about finding a teaching position, and a list of sources of further information. Copies of the booklet can be obtained without charge from the American Institute of Physics, Public Relations Department, 335 East 45th Street, New York 17, N.Y.

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