The Use of Animals in Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives, and Recommendations, written by Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D. and published by Humane Society Press, examines this issue from a humane and ethical perspective. Balcombe argues that harming animals in the name of education is undesirable, and contends that replacing dissection and other animal uses with alternatives is beneficial not only to the quality of education but to society as a whole.

The book covers topics that will be useful for undergraduates, instructors and professors, and even college administrators. Chapters address subjects such as the quality of life science education, student attitudes about dissection and animals, dissection and harmful live-animal uses in education, and law and policy issues. Each chapter includes a list of recommendations.

Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., has been associate director for education in the Animal Re s e a rch Issues section of The Humane Society of the United States since 1993. Born in England and raised in New Zealand and Canada, Dr. Balcombe studied biology at York University in To ronto before obtaining his masters of science degree from Carleton University in Ottawa and his Ph.D. in ethology at the University of Tennessee.

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