This report presents the findings of a visiting team charged with assessing Northeast Missouri State University's progress in 5 years toward goals from a new institutional mission and planning document. In particular the report endorses the 49 undergraduate programs and 9 graduate programs offered at NMSU each of which successfully attained the…

This document provides an outline of specific standards for teacher education programs in South Carolina. Outcome indicators that measure the effectiveness of both the general and the specific components of the basic programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels are: (1) the proportion of students attaining the passing score on the…

This document, which focuses on practices in postsecondary speech communication programs, includes the Association for Communication Administration statement on faculty hiring, retention, and tenure. Other sections present a description and assessment of graduate degree programs in speech communication; results of a survey of job placement in the…

ON THE BASIS OF A 10- TO 15-YEAR PROJECTION OF THE NEED FOR TEACHERS IN CONNECTICUT, A CONSULTANT PANEL RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION WORK TO (1) PROVIDE ALL NEW TEACHERS NEEDED RATHER THAN THE TWO-THIRDS PRESENTLY SUPPLIED, (2) INCREASE THE POOL OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS BY ADMITTING ALL QUALIFIED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO…

The purpose of this study was to obtain information concerning procedures and programs established by graduate schools for disadvantaged students. A questionnaire was sent to each of the 287 member institutions of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States. Usable replies were received from 248, of which 150 supplied information about…

The evaluation report of Texas graduate schools of social work has 6 criteria: (1) an increase in the percentage of Blacks and Mexican Americans in schools; (2) a full utilization of the scholarships under these programs; (3) development of a statewide recruitment system; (4) relevant curriculum changes; (5) retention of graduates from the…

A year-long institute was held at Tennessee Technological University to train teachers as school librarians, with emphasis on using the media center in reading instruction. The institute's objectives were: 1) to provide economically and educationally deprived teachers with graduate training; 2) to train participants in the use of media centers in…

Project ROME-FOCUS (Field-Oriented Competency Utilization System), a competency-based, field-oriented, training program for school administrators was field tested at Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia, January - May, 1976. An internal evaluation conducted by the instructional staff suggested that principals preferred ROME-FOCUS training to…

Appraises current organic courses and discusses topics which could be strengthened or dropped. Criticizes the current structure of organic texts and stresses the need for inclusion of useful reactions and mechanisms only. (ML)

The emerging role of Kuwait University as a major institution, its position in Kuwait and in the Arab world, and its efforts toward program development and institutional research are discussed. Specific issues in admissions, curriculum emphasis, teaching methods, facilities, staffing, and long-range financial and administrative planning are…

The Institute for Personal and Career Development of Central Michigan University has been administering graduate external degree programs for eight years. A survey of graduates is discussed that reveals: satisfaction with program, personal and career development, and accomplishment of educational goals and objectives of program. (Author/MLW)

A multi-stage modeling and analysis approach that may be used to assess overall performance of an educational program from the current student's viewpoint is described, and applied in two waves (1989, n=350; 1992, n=779) to a master's in business administration degree program. The statistical model estimates relative importance attributed by…

A graduate program component that assigned mentors to preservice special education teachers of students with severe disabilities is described. Characteristics of effective mentoring programs, the mentoring needs of preservice teachers of students with severe disabilities, and the mentorship program components are discussed. An evaluation of the…

The abbreviated (less-than-two-year) advanced-standing program in social work education was evaluated based on studies indicating that holders of bachelors' degrees in social work perform better than others in graduate social work programs. Admissions office record data allowed proper assessment of undergraduate grade inflation and graduate record…

Problems and unmet needs of non-traditional students in graduate degree programs were studied through ratings by 10 older Hispanic graduate students well removed in time from previous schooling, 10 younger Anglo graduate students, and 10 graduate faculty members teaching in Curriculum and School Administration graduate programs. (SLD)