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Blum, Debra E. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
A recent study finds that most who earn a master's degree consider it a terminal degree and never sought a doctorate, contradicting conventional wisdom that the master's degree is a consolation prize for those who don't earn a doctorate. A system that differentiates master's and predoctoral programs is recommended. (MSE)
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
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Moss, Jerome, Jr. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1984
This article reflects upon three issues of policy and purpose of vocational education: (1) providing equality of educational opportunity, (2) the goals of the field, and (3) interpreting the goals for postsecondary preparatory programs. Focus is on postsecondary programs. (CT)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives
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Greenberg, Elinor – New Directions for Higher Education, 1980
It is argued that education for learners of all ages provides new opportunities for higher education in the 1980s. Twenty organizing principles, based on theory and practice, are offered as guidelines for building quality programs. (JSR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Experimental Programs
McNutt, Anne – 1982
Like most cooperative education programs, the one at Nashville State Technical Institute in Tennessee benefits all concerned--the student, the college, business and industry, and the community. Among the many benefits of the cooperative education program are the following: clarification of student career goals, provision of relevant professional…
Descriptors: Business, College Credits, Cooperative Education, Definitions