The five point scale is the most frequently applied scaling used in the current practices for evaluating instructor classroom performance through graduate student observations. Hence, the investigation addressed itself toward determining, through a series of 55 computerized exact randomization tests, at what degree of mean differences would…

Periodic summaries of research techniques used in important journals help professors of educational research teach each new generation of researchers. Literature published in "American Educational Research Journal" (AERJ), "Educational Researcher" (ER), and "Review of Educational Research (RER) is reviewed for the 10-year…

Selected data from the Commission on Human Resources data base are reported for two major groups that have been underrepresented in doctoral education in the past: minorities and women. A wide selection of tabulations of data on doctorate holders by sex and racial/ethnic group membership is presented. Characteristics of minority and women Ph.D.…

Summer school and fall enrollments in Pennsylvania during 1975 are reported and compared with fall enrollments in the United States, 1972-1975. Statistics are offered for: total enrollments; enrollments in branch campuses and other centers; lower division undergraduate, non-bachelor's degree-credit upper-division, first-professional, graduate, and…

The American College Testing Program (ACT) reports on a survey of 1,717 institutions in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and related territories. The institutions covered in this study include responding four-year and upper-division colleges, universities, and other baccalaureate degree-granting schools; graduate, professional, and theological schools; and…

The relationship between graduate enrollment in Canada, at both the master's and the doctoral level, and the number of graduate degrees granted by level and field of study and selected disciplines was examined. The enrollment for each of the four years (1970-1971 through 1973-1974) was related to the degrees granted in the same year. An average…

Research co-sponsored by the Conference of Deans of Southern Graduate Schools and the Southern Regional Education Board on the duration of doctoral study is reported in this book. Over 1,900 recipients of a doctoral degree (representing over l20 graduate departments) cooperated along with the graduate deans and selected faculty representatives.…

A statistical summary of enrollment at Ontario universities in 1977-78 is presented. The summary surveys data on students at all levels, from first year to doctoral, data on staff by institution (including salaries), and financial data listing support by institution, sources of revenue, and student assistance available. Among findings were that…

This is the third report by the Central Staff Office on the age group and sex of students attending the State University of New York. The tables in the main body of the report array four fundamental student characteristics: age, sex, level (undergraduate/graduate), and load (part time/full time). Individual tables are provided for each institution…

Comprehensive data on the age grouo and sex of students attending the State University of New York are presented. Twenty-two statistical tables contain summary data for the entire system and each institutional type within the system. Seventy-seven tables contain headcount arrays of students by age group, sex, graduate and undergraduate enrollment…

A national survey of 136 member institutions in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands shows fall 1976 enrollment at state and land-grant universities at 3,249,117, or 29 percent of all students enrolled in U.S. higher education. Complete enrollment data, including breakdowns by level of full- and…

A survey conducted to provide general information on instructional costs at universities similar to Montana State is presented in an effort to demonstrate difficulties involved in comparing costs among different universities. A sample of six comparable financial reports from Rocky Mountain area universities were collected. Figures are provided for…

To ensure reliable, accurate, and timely data, which are necessary to monitor the progress of education in the United States, Congress has mandated that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) produce an annual report, "The Condition of Education." This year's report presents 59 indicators of important developments and trends…