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Mohrman, Kathryn, Ed.; And Others – 1979
This bulletin on undergraduate public policy programs includes an article on public policy studies as liberal education by Joel L. Fleishman, and descriptions of the following college programs: public policy analysis at the University of North Carolina, public service studies program at Oberlin College, urban and metropolitan studies major at…
Descriptors: Bulletins, College Programs, General Education, Graduate Study
Elliott, Loretta Glaze – 1979
Information is presented on nonclassroom-based learning in Missouri higher education during the 1977-78 academic year. Only six institutions in the state reported using television, radio, newspaper, or correspondence study as a means of making college-level credit courses available to students. Correspondence study is a much more frequently used…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Credits, Comparative Analysis, Correspondence Study
Smith, Barbara Leigh, Ed. – Current Issues in Higher Education, 1983
The writing across the curriculum movement is discussed in six articles. Barbara Leigh Smith's introductory article, "Writing Across the Curriculum: What's at Stake?" reviews the rationale for this movement, including the declining emphasis on writing in high schools and colleges. In the "Winds of Change: Thomas Kuhn and the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, College Instruction, College Programs
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Download full textMiller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa Research Journal, 2001
The articles in this journal issue examine three different aspects of gifted adulthood. In "Self-Appraisal, Life Satisfaction, and Retrospective Life Choices across One and Three Decades" (Carole K. Holahan and others), 383 children who were part of Terman's original study of the gifted in 1921 were revisited at various points in their…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Adults, Aging (Individuals), Gifted
Selvaratnam, Viswanathan – 1994
This report provides an overview of Singapore's strategy for human resource development and the country's concerted effort to successfully orchestrate the many separate initiatives between 1960s to 1980s into an effective market-driven, three-tiered higher education system emphasizing technology and modernization. The study highlights the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational History, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
Mulvey, Patrick J.; And Others – AIP Report, 1997
This report presents the results of a 1995-96 survey of U.S. colleges and universities offering doctorate, masters, and bachelors degrees in physics and astronomy, focusing on degree production and current student enrollment. It found that a decade-long increase in physics doctorate production appeared to be leveling off, with the 1995 degree…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Departments, Doctoral Degrees
Westoff, Leslie Aldridge – Focus, 1980
In this issue on admissions in colleges and universities, the history of the admissions process and trends are outlined, and the current situation of declining enrollments reviewed. The place of testing is discussed briefly, and other factors in selection listed: student background (educational, extracurricular, and ethnic), and student…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Business Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1989
This 15th annual report on characteristics of college students at the State University of New York (SUNY) describes students by age group, sex, level (undergraduate/graduate), and load (full-time/part-time). The main body of the report is divided into five sections: (1) data for the entire SUNY system as well as each institution and institutional…
Descriptors: Age Groups, College Students, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Palmer, James C., Ed.; Katsinas, Stephen G., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1996
Focusing on the field of community college education as an academic specialty in graduate and continuing education programs, the 10 essays in this volume explore the role of these programs in training community college leaders. The following articles are provided: (1) "Legacy of the Post-WWII Growth Years for Community College Leadership…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Graduate Study
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr; Dodge, Elizabeth – AIP Report, 1997
This report presents the results of a survey of senior-level physics majors at U.S. colleges and universities who received a Bachelor's degree between September 1995 and August 1996. Completed questionnaires were received from 1,956 students. It was found that the number of undergraduates receiving Bachelor's degrees in physics continued to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Bachelors Degrees, Career Planning, College Seniors
Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 1994
These 17 issues include feature articles and perspectives on the study of adult education, as well as book reviews/recensions of works related to adult education. Some articles are written in English, and some are written in French. Among the feature articles included are the following: "The Fifties: Pivotal Decade in Canadian Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
German Studies in the United States: Assessment and Outlook. Monatshefte Occasional Volume Number 1.
Lohnes, Walter F. W., Ed.; Nollendorfs, Valters, Ed. – 1976
This volume focuses on two principal aspects of German studies in the United States: (1) an assessment of the German-teaching profession from primary to graduate school, with attention to its "raison d'etre" in the present academic, social, and cultural situation, as well as its structures, aims, and personnel; and (2) strategies for survival and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Choice, Cultural Education, Departments
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr – AIP Report, 1999
This report presents the results of a fall 1997 survey of U.S. colleges and universities that offer doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degrees in physics and astronomy, focusing on degree production and current student enrollment. Highlighted are the following: (1) although enrollments in physics degree programs have been declining, the number of…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Dodge, Elizabeth – AIP Report, 1996
This report presents the results of a 1994-95 survey of U.S. colleges and universities offering doctorate, masters, and bachelors degrees in physics and astronomy, focusing on degree production and current student enrollment. It found that over the last 3 years, first-year graduate physics enrollments have declined 22 percent at doctorate-granting…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Black Students
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1982
An article on graduate liberal studies (GLS) and descriptions of GLS programs are presented. In "The Concept of Graduate Liberal Studies," Allie M. Frazier considers GLS curricular offerings, characteristics of students pursuing these studies, and the future of GLS. GLS degree programs allow adults to pursue a liberal education, which is…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Books, Cultural Education, Degree Requirements
