A study was conducted to identify those characteristics of vocational education research applications (submitted to the U.S. Office of Education) which are related to judged quality as determined by a panel of raters. Three hundred fifty-three applications were included in the study and each was reviewed by a panel of experts. Twenty-three…

The U.S. Department of Education recently identified five essential components for excellence in early childhood teacher preparation programs. This dissertation proposal outlines a study to examine the 41 two- and four-year early childhood teacher preparatory institutions in Massachusetts, using these 5 "essentials for excellence." Those…

This paper addresses the literary canon surrounding the nineteenth century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, in order to inform philosophy librarians as to the nature of the particular body of literature. Using the "Philosopher's Index" database to locate all the Nietzschean literature published between 1986 and 1995, defining…