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Download full textAtelsek, Frank J.; Andersen, Charles J. – 1982
The number of undergraduate credit hours taken in the sciences, engineering, and engineering technology, and in four major humanities fields (English, history, modern languages, and philosophy) for the fall semester, 1980-1981 was studied, based on a survey of 65 colleges and universities that are members of the American Council on Education's…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Credits, College Instruction, College Mathematics
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1976
This survey on faculty involvement in research and the ability of faculty investigators to obtain support in research areas of their own choosing elicited information from doctorate-level departments in each of 16 selected science and engineering fields on: (1) the number of full-time doctorate faculty and the proportion of time they spend on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Engineering, Financial Support, Higher Education
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1976
Focus in this survey, conducted at the request of the National Science Foundation, is on young doctorate faculty (i.e., those receiving their Ph.D. in the last five years) employed full-time in science and engineering departments at Ph.D.-granting institutions. Questionnaire responses were obtained from 1,148 departments at 137 institutions. They…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees
Atelsek, Frank J. – 1984
Opinions of senior academic officials about changes in the quality of students in science and engineering (S/E) fields over the past 5 years were surveyed in 1982. Responses were received from officials from 387 institutions with undergraduate programs and 298 schools with graduate programs. Sixty-one percent of the officials believed that…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Quality, Engineering
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the proportion of young doctoral faculty (i.e., received the Ph.D. within the past seven years), the extent of their activity in seeking research support, and the possible reasons for any slackening in their search for support in recent years. Trends based on earlier surveys on the same topic are analyzed.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Engineering
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1981
The extent of faculty vacancies in colleges of engineering, the effects of such vacancies upon research and instructional programs, and the nature of the competition between academia and industry in hiring engineering faculty were surveyed. The focus is on permanent full-time faculty positions in the following major engineering fields:…
Descriptors: Career Change, College Faculty, Employment Opportunities, Engineering
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1978
A survey was conducted on nonimmigrant students from developing countries who were enrolled in postsecondary education in the United States during the 1977-78 academic year and on U.S. faculty who taught in the less developed regions or who collaborated in research or consulted with faculty from these regions. Usable questionnaire data were…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Faculty, College Students, Developing Nations
