Objective: Many professions use some form of internship in professional education. Social work has utilized field instruction throughout much of its history. Recently, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) designated field instruction as social work's signature pedagogy. A systematic review was undertaken to examine evidence related to this…

From 1995 to 2007, fall enrollment for graduate and professional students increased by 30 percent, from 2 to 2.6 million students (Snyder, Dillow, and Hoffman 2009, tables 206 and 207). Average tuition and fees also went up over this same period; the average full-time tuition and fees paid by graduate students increased 37 percent, in…

Recent law school graduates face the tightest job market in years. Amid lingering industrywide uncertainties, officials at some law schools are scrambling to ensure that underrepresented minorities get jobs, especially law schools not customarily tapped by the country's largest law firms. In some of the more striking measures, a dean will troop…

In 2007-08, about 3 million students were enrolled in graduate or first-professional degree programs in the United States. These students exhibited wide variation both demographically and in the types of programs and institutions they attended. They pursued degrees in all types of fields, from the physical and life sciences to the arts and…

A survey of noncredit activities in institutions of higher education is presented. Contents include refresher activities, health service activities, technical occupations, and registration figures. The survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire sent to all institutions of higher education. (CK)

Statistics for 1977 enrollments in pharmacy degree programs are presented, and comparisons are made with 1976 enrollments. Most of the tables list figures by schools and states. Increases have occurred in overall enrollment and in female and under-represented minorities enrollment in the Pharm D program as a second pharmacy degree. (SW)

This document reports the procedures and data of a study designed to examine the hypotheses that medical practices do vary significantly. Detailed data on 76 participants were collected; three mechanisms were developed to determine the needs of primary care physicians. These mechanism were: subjective analysis by both participants and study staff,…

Statistical data and an analysis is presented in discussing the relation of costs to financing in medical education. (PG)

This document presents a comprehensive picture of minority status in higher education. Part 1 presents background data on the proportion of minority groups in the country and in five selected states. Next, undergraduate enrollment data are presented, followed by graduate and professional school data. Finally, information on relationships between…

Geographic distribution data on pharmacy students are gathered only in alternate years. This report contains data presented for full-time students enrolled in the final 3 years of both 5- and 6-year professional programs. Special and part-time students, and Pharm. D. students already holding a B.S. in pharmacy are excluded from these counts. Table…

The purpose of this paper is to study flows into the pool of medical manpower in Michigan to develop guidelines for medical manpower policies. Assuming the goals were to maximize the number of physicians in Michigan, this paper describes an approach that would show the consequences of different allocations of state funds for achieving these…

"American Universities and Colleges" includes extensive information on 1,900 accredited colleges and universities that offer at least the baccalaureate degree. The institutions are arranged by state, and then alphabetically by institution. Volume 2 of the set provides four indexes, including an Institutional Index, a Subject Index, a…

This publication provides information about the cost of attending Pennsylvania colleges and universities including tuition, required fees, and room and board charges for the year 1994-95 as well as trend information for the past 10 years. Comparative national data are also provided. The main source of the Pennsylvania data was an annual survey of…

Presents and discusses data concerning income analysis of 43 teaching hospitals. Tables present data for sources of income of hospitals that were awarded state appropriations, and source of income by type of care in teaching hospitals. (PG)