Analysis of the results of this survey reveals that (1) institutions need to disseminate more effectively information about masters programs in speech communication and (2) future evaluation should be limited to more objective indicators of quality. (PD)

The Board of Regents (BoR) and State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (SBESE) selected four external consultants to review and evaluate redesigned graduate programs for educational leaders and teachers. In addition, personnel from the Louisiana Department of Education reviewed all K-12 undergraduate teacher preparation programs and…

What should the curriculum of a graduate program that focuses on education, technology, and society be? What would be the proper balance of skills, theory, and concepts? What should be the difference between such a program in the School of Education and a computer science program? What do students expect of such a program? These were questions…

Report of a conference held at Wichita State University, October 6-7, 1972. (DD)

There is a sharp discrepancy between the number of nurses getting master's degrees focusing on advanced clinical practice and the availability of jobs in that area. If master's-prepared clinicians are not needed, graduate curricula must be evaluated in terms of the types of roles for which they are preparing students. (JOW)

This study examines the relationships between program size, the quality of entrants and of the faculty, the faculty's published research output, and the average quality of the Ph.D.s during the 1960s trained by the top thirty-six U.S. graduate programs in economics. (Author)

Shares the program-evaluation strategy of Pepperdine University's restructured Educational Leadership Academy for entry-level school administrators and other school leaders. Describes the objectives, theoretical basis, and methodology of data collection used for the evaluation. Describes the democratic/collaborative process used in developing the…

Responds to review by Baker, Daniels, and Greeley of three major programs for systematic training of graduate-level counselors. Lists 10 important contributions by Robert R. Carkhuff to psychology and specifically to counseling and education. (TE)

Examines the development of the movement toward accountability in public higher education and its implication for Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs. Analyzes prior and existing efforts to ensure and assess quality in MPA programs and the different forms that outcome assessment might take and describes assessment techniques.…

Looks at graduate school decision making and discusses cost, number of professional degrees conferred, evaluating schools and programs, placement after graduation, salary expectations, and personal factors to be considered. Provides a list of agencies for further information. (JOW)

This paper offers a case history of one university academic department's experience with the pressure to create online scholarship opportunities for professional educators. As tertiary education transforms its course delivery to Web-based learning management platforms, instructors are challenged to transform career-long practice suddenly and…

Asserts that the Minority Schools Bio-medical Support Program, begun by the General Research Support Branch, Division of Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, on December 1, 1971 has made it possible for men and women from ethnic minority groups to pursue careers in the biomedical and health sciences, it is stated. (Author/JM)

The report presented here is a follow-up and complement to a first report, which was submitted in 1978 to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alaska (Fairbanks). The general question underlying this report concerns the adequacy or inadequacy of this university's program offerings with respect to foreign language (FL)…

Presented are the methodology and results of a 1978-79 study of more than 700 alumni of United States graduate programs in agricultural economics about needs and strategies for improving U.S. education in international agricultural development. Included in this survey were both U.S. students and students from less developed countries (LDC's).…

A project was conducted to adapt competency-based model graduate programs for preparing occupational educational administrators to local conditions and participant needs at Northern Illinois University. (The program was originally developed by Southern Illinois University [SIU]/Carbondale and Illinois State University [ISU].) The programs have…