Stanford School of Medicine. I. Problems over more than money

Since World War II the American medical school has become a highly complex institution and, like other American institutions today, the medical school is being challenged to respond to diverse and often conflicting demands. In part the pressure comes from activists who insist that the medical school more fully meet the needs of the community by reforming both training and the delivery of medical care. But another sort of pressure is exerted as a result of changes in internal relationships that have occurred in the last two decades in large measure because of the federal support of biomedical research. As in most institutional conflicts the dispute is expressed in contests over power and money, but, at a more fundamental level, what is involved is the value and reward system of academic medicine and the question of how the medical school is to be governed. This is the first of three articles which will attempt to discuss these issues in the context of the development of one medical school-Stanford's. The first article will describe the pattern and policies of expansion since World War II, and the other two will examine the effects of internal and external pressures for change.     

Development. A degrading way to make an organ

Working out how organs form during embryonic development is a fascinating area of research. In a witty Perspective, Jeff Hardin describes new findings (Nishiwaki et al.) that reveal the many intricate steps needed for gonads to form in the worm C. elegans. Two key players, GON-1 and MIG-17, are metalloproteases that may help migration of distal tip cells by degrading extracellular matrix components.     

“分校式”校企合作模式研究与实践——以宁夏农业学校“兰一分校”为例

休闲农业是重要的民生产业和新型消费业态。为充分发挥休闲农业就业和农业职业院校涉农专业群共有的集群优势,学校与企业合作开展分校式合作,既破解了涉农学生在实习、就业上存在的择岗窄等瓶颈因素,也为休闲农业的持续健康发展提供坚实的人才保障。     

发挥党政校群合力促进贫困村生产发展

本文通过问卷调查,分析了广西贫困村生产的现状、制约发展的主要因素,提出了充分发挥各级党委、政府的资源优势,组织管理优势和教育部门的师资优势、科研优势和服务优势,调动农民群众发展生产、建设新农村的积极性,形成合力,加快对贫困村基础设施建设,为生产发展提供融资保障,引导农民调整产业结构,发展壮大集体经济;加大力度培养一大批致富带头人,促进贫困村生产发展,加快新农村建设步伐。     

安徽省六安一中绿色生态景观校园规划

基于安徽省六安一中的自然环境基础,将六安一中的平面规划布局思路设定为一条玉带、三大功能分区、生态景观环绕。校园由两个入口引入形成双T字型布局轴线,并由此构成功能性主步行道;由东南侧沿水系布局成L型集中生态景观带,并以此构成滨水漫步道。校园建筑以组群构成模式集中布局,借助自然环境设计绿化景观场所。在设计中采用了地热系统、屋面绿化、太阳能利用等绿色建筑技术,旨在为六安一中建设融于环境,生态良好,舒适宜人,和谐共生的校园园林环境,以期为当前的生态校园规划设计提供参考。