Stresses the need to find the most economical ways to organize instruction in higher education in the Soviet Union. Concludes that concentration of specialist training in specific areas within a limited number of educational institutions will promote efficient utilization of resources. (Author/DB)

Activities of the Higher Certification Commission of the USSR include organizing special councils to judge doctoral dissertations in scientific research, and conferring doctoral degrees. Problems encountered by the councils include organization of activities, selection of members with a wide range of expertise, and setting equal standards for all…

Examines the expanding role of higher education institutions in the Soviet Union in training research personnel. Suggests that training of research personnel will improve if graduate study in higher education institutions and research institutions is coordinated. (Author/DB)

Evaluates measures recently undertaken in the Soviet Union to improve professional education of scientific researchers. Improvements include an increase in the number of formal graduate study programs and graduate correspondence courses, and more rapid promotion of researchers through academic ranks. (Author/DB)

Discusses efforts to improve scientific research by certifying research projects and research instructors. Improvements include better evaluation of dissertations, clarifying standards for research certification, and improving formal graduate study programs. (Author/DB)

Considers concerns in forecasting higher education needs in the Soviet Union. One major concern is the need of various sectors of the economy to meet increasing demand. Concludes that evening and correspondence courses will be directed more and more toward meeting economic demands and popular demands for education. (Author/DB)

Presents regulations dealing with academic degrees and rank in the USSR. The rules, set by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education in 1976, govern dissertation requirements and defense, candidacy for advanced degrees, examinations, and petitions for conferral of academic rank. (Author/DB)

Discusses specialized councils which evaluate doctoral dissertations and confer academic degrees in the USSR. Stages of council activity include: evaluation of the originality and significance of the research and investigation to see if the dissertation adheres to requirements of various branches of science. (Author/DB)

Examines efforts to reorganize professional certification of persons engaged in scientific and scholarly activities in the Soviet Union. Regulations ratified by the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1976 deal with creating special councils to examine dissertations, and drafting standards of dissertation originality and relevance.…

Examines recent regulations regarding doctoral dissertations in scientific research in the Soviet Union. The regulations state that a candidate's dissertation must provide a new solution to a significant scientific problem. Dissertations will be evaluated by specialized councils. (Author/DB)

This collaborative monograph by four authors is a comprehensive survey of the mass training of medical doctors in the USSR. (Author/ND)