Cheating can be stopped by removing the incentives for cheating such as grades and degree requirements. (HS)

The question ofwhether degree requirements should be inflexibly enforced for foreign students is analyzed. (HS)

Author suggests offering 5 different degrees in which students would have a choice as to his curriculum. (HS)

The role of the dissertation in the education of Ph.D. candidates is addressed. Objections to the dissertation requirement, including excessive time demands and the sterile effects on later research, are examined, and recommendations for changes in rationale and end-product requirements are made. A 17-item bibliography is provided. (JMD)

The scope of the doctor of arts degree is reviewed and compared with Ph.D. and Ed.D programs. The doctor of arts degree in physical education at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro is mentioned briefly. (LBH)

It is suggested that graduate schools continue to disregard the characteristics and needs of their students, and that reform in the direction of flexibility is needed. Proposals are made regarding self-determination of graduate program, student course initiation, student involvement in planning course structure, evaluation of the educational…

A case is made for greater emphasis in graduate music education on courses that deal with the foundational in such a way that the student begins to understand the underlying force and value of a study of principles, theories, and concepts (e.g. psycho-physiology of music and philosophies and aesthetics in music education). (JT)

Describes an innovative dual degree program at the master's level to meet a nationally recognized need for trained specialists in learning resources given at the University of Oklahoma. Effective programs to train people to be both information handlers and instructional technologists are seen as rare. (MLW)

Recommendations are offered for correcting unnecessary conditions that lead to additional stress for doctoral students, such as: foreign language requirements; inadequate counseling services; unsystematized processes; unnecessary regulation; grading course work; and dissertation committee functioning. (LBH)

In this essay the author questions the rationale and requirements for teacher preparation of elementary-secondary and college instructors, points out the disparity between the two, and calls for a teacher education system that recognizes that effective teaching occurs in the same way at both levels. (JMD)