n 1991 Marshall Sundberg of Louisiana State University and Joseph Armstrong of Illinois State University in Normal surveyed the biology departments of 76 top research universities and state universities to determine the status of undergraduate biology laboratories. The results point toward a wide range of different practices, but they also demonstrate the continuing reality for many students of large underfunded laboratory courses taught predominantly by teaching assistants.   The Laboratory Experience Different Approaches Making the Transition A Survey of Labs Undergraduate Researchers The Electronic Laboratory The Interactive Lab Manual The Challenge of Assessment A World Of Opportunity Changes in the Classroom Faculty in the Crossfire Women and Minorities The Many Paths to Success

Is laboratory instruction a part of introductory biology at your institution? Do you use investigative laboratories in all your biology classes? Do your introductory biology classes enroll more than 500 students? Does your institution offer separate biology courses for majors and non-majors? Do at least some tenure-track faculty members teach in biology laboratories? Do you employ career instructors to teach laboratories? Is your student-to-instructor ratio greater than 20 to 1? Is your supplies budget greater than $10 per student per semester? Do you charge biology students a laboratory fee?