Gilkeson and Hanten describe their study of a random sample of 530 baccalaureate level and 504 master's level occupational therapists. Comparisons are made of demographic data, job responsibilities, and professional growth. A critique by Grant of the study follows, discussing the issue of postbaccalaureate education for occupational therapists.…

Includes three articles: "More College Graduates May Be Chasing Fewer Jobs" (Shelley); "College Graduates: Do We Have Too Many or Too Few?" (Hecker); and "College Earnings and Why They Vary" (Hecker). (SK)

Presented in this final volume are the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) members' commentaries and appendix. Included are: the members and staff of GMENAC; a preface; individual member's commentaries; appendices that include GMENAC recommendations from each of the other six volumes; a cross reference of GMENAC…

Results of the American Sociological Association's first survey of graduate departments in sociology shows a striking similarity among programs in terms of course requirements, number of credits, and thesis requirements. Authors suggest that the apparent absence of diversity may be a matter of concern for the discipline. (Author/DH)

Presented is the report made by the Financing Panel of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) on the impact of financing issues on graduate medical education medical practice, especially those related to the geographical and specialty distribution of physicians. After an introduction to the study, the following are…

Declining enrollments, eroding institutional support, and an increase in the number of library schools are indicative of an eventual decrease in the quality of graduate library education. Contradictions in current accreditation standards support the need for further discussion of the accreditation process. (FM)

Based on a 1974 survey of over 1500 higher education institutions, data are presented that project professional computer manpower availability. Statistics for 1966 to 1979 are provided on associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree programs in computer science, data processing, information science, etc.; majors enrolled; numbers of degree…

Reviews actual and projected college enrollments from 1970s through the 1990s. Speculates that programs which were slow to expand their curricula to include sociological practice when the job market contracted in late 1970s, may reestablish narrow curricula once the academic market expands in late 1990s. Concludes that students are unlikely to be…

The number of American versus foreign-born students studying mathematics, engineering, and physics in U.S. graduate schools is declining. A program developed at Texas Tech University's Department of Mathematics offers courses in these areas to high-ability secondary-school students, to acquaint them with career opportunities and exciting…

Discusses results of the "Library Journal" annual placements and salaries survey for 1992. Highlights include placements by type of library, placements and salaries by region and by library school, placement and salaries of minority graduates, comparison of salaries by type of library, and a sidebar that relates the experiences of one recent…

This paper addresses conflicting views on whether there is now or will soon be a surplus of college graduates and other skilled workers by analyzing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Ten questions (and the answers reached) are addressed: (1) "Do the latest BLS projections of college graduate supply actually predict a bust--a…

Examined are jobs and earnings trends, occupational projections, women and minorities in the professional job market, and population and labor force trends. It is likely that the college graduate of the 1980s will be substantially better off in the labor market than those with less education. (SR)

An analysis of student financial aid for African American doctoral students combines discussion of problems in student recruitment and persistence, particularly for financial reasons, with data on patterns of minority group graduate student enrollment, financial aid, debt, and degree awards. (MSE)

This study tested the amount of value added to critical and communication skills by the university experience using a strategy that compared the skills of entering and graduating students at York University (Ontario). The study involved, first, identifying skills that might be improved over the course of a university education; second, developing…

This document presents 46 graphs with brief explanatory narratives that analyze trends in the California higher education sector and its environment. The trends examined include: undergraduate and graduate enrollment, student migration in and out of California's higher education sector, college-going rates of California's high school graduates,…