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Wasley, Paula – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports that some graduate programs are switching from comprehensive qualifying exams to portfolios compiled by doctoral candidates. Five years ago the graduate program at the University of Kansas' history department was like many others--filled with small cohorts of anxious, fearful procrastinators. Doctoral students were taking an…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Models
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1983
Part of a series of position papers prepared by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), this pamphlet considers the need for extended teacher education programs. Seven alternative models of extended teacher preparation programs are described: (1) four-plus-one (B.A.); (2) four-plus-one (internship); (3) five-year (B.A.…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Trends