Information is provided to assist students seeking graduate study opportunities in physical education. Resources (directories) and questions that should be asked when evaluating programs are included. (CB)

Discusses four aspects of graduate education (self-assessment criteria, internal evaluation, criteria of quality, assessments by state organizations) and cites examples of how some universities manage their graduate programs. (MLH)

The 440 interventions completed by pharmacy residents in an inpatient on-call program were analyzed for their source (self-initiated, solicited by physician or staff pharmacist), type (selection of dosage, schedule, drug level monitoring, route of administration), impact on quality of care, cost of care, and clinical significance. (Author/MSE)

Post-graduate courses are periodically evaluated in accordance with not always very clear criteria by CAPES (Co-ordinating Committee for Teaching Staff Improvement). These criteria try to measure, among other things, academic productivity (including quantity and quality of scientific production), number of classes given by teachers, time to…

Describes the training in program evaluation received at Northwestern University and the ways in which that training and the program experience have influenced the career of an evaluator working for the federal government. (SLD)

Responding to the call for reform in American graduate teacher education programs, the authors of this paper examine the design of a teacher action research-based approach in which teacher inquiry lies at the heart of individual courses and the program as a whole. The authors report on the transformation of program graduates from teachers to…

Open learning provides a unique opportunity to professionals for their continuing education and capacity building. Arab Open University, Kuwait (AOU) has been a successful enterprise with an objective to address the educational needs of masses in the Arab universities. Continuing education in the Arab region was the most neglected part of the…

A purpose-built blend of teaching and learning activities was used with trainee teachers on a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) course, and subsequently evaluated in a cyclical action research study, over a period of two years. The purpose of the blend was to engender the formation of a learning community, by giving them access to each…

Graduate school is a game for which students need to know the rules and in which students must be willing to play. It marks the end of undergraduate study and the beginning of entrance into a society of the elite. Some of the problems students usually encounter in graduate school are limited social life, adjustment to work loads, disparity between…

This report surveys developments in the field of black studies in conjunction with a preliminary evaluation of the Danforth Foundation (DF) program of Postgraduate Black Studies Fellowships. Stages of development in black studies are reviewed: power struggles, local and national, black and white 1968-69; a year of truce, 1970-71; and Black Studies…

Maintains that graduate training in sociology is an uneasy compromise between teaching new sociologists practical knowledge and doing what a department's various constituencies demand. Suggests that faculty should develop a continuing dialogue with students and incorporate them, formally and informally, in their work. (Author/DH)

Examines the literature regarding ranking of undergraduate and graduate athletic training education programs, providing insights about ranking systems. Describes program rankings used in other disciplines for determining quality and measuring accountability, notes strengths and weaknesses of subjective and objective ranking systems, discusses…

A fieldwork procedure that enables students to design and conduct meaningful evaluation research in one semester is described. The procedure has been used in a 13-week program evaluation course in a master's program in community psychology and industrial/organizational psychology. About 2 months before the course begins, administrative units…

AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT A GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSE COULD BE TAUGHT EFFECTIVELY WITH A SERIES OF TAPE RECORDED LECTURES. A RESEARCH METHODS CLASS WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS WHICH WERE EQUATED ON THE BASIS OF SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE AS WELL AS SCORES ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACHIEVEMENT PRETESTS. THE CONTROL SECTION WAS…