The first part of this two part volume includes articles relating to engineering education. Topics included are personalizing instruction, individualizing instruction, programed instruction, rewarding good teaching, and the use of different approaches to improve teaching. Part II contains descriptive data from 201 engineering colleges concerning:…

Statistics for 33,902 of 1971 engineering graduates were used to describe job prospects of the graduates. Findings include: (1) engineering graduates were largely successful in finding jobs or carrying out other plans; (2) about one out of every five engineering graduates at the bachelor's and master's degree levels had plans to continue full-time…

This publication was designed to provide comparative information on programs for those students considering graduate work in physics and related fields. Entries include program data from institutions of higher learning in the United States and Puerto Rico, for a total of 210 doctoral programs and 336 master's degree programs in physics and…

A sample of faculty members from three fields of study (English, Psychology, Chemistry) responded to a survey eliciting descriptions of specific observable incidents which caused them to change their estimate of the competence of a graduate student. A listing of the incidents retained from the responses, as well as copies of the initial letter of…

The objective of the Higher Education Personnel Training Programs is to assist institutions of higher education in meeting critical shortages of highly qualified personnel who are serving or preparing to serve as teachers, administrators, or educational specialists in 2- and 4-year colleges and universities. The fellowships are awarded for 1 or 2…

This report is primarily based on a survey taken of the Harvard Class of 1970 in May of that year. It identifies and discusses four major trends in which this class differs from its predecessors. (1) A significantly higher number of 1970 seniors were undecided about their immediate or long-range plans after graduation. (2) There was a substantial…

This is the first of two monographs reporting the results of a second study of the postcollege careers of 1958 college graduates. A cross-section of persons who received bachelor's and master's degrees in June 1958 were first studied in 1960. A subsample of the 41,497 respondents to the 1960 study were again contacted in 1963 and asked for…

This is one of a series of policy alternative papers commissioned by the California Legislature's Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education. Most of the papers are directed toward synthesis and analysis of existing information and perspectives in the area of graduate education in California. Topics cover the various aspects of…

This bibliography summarizes most of the pertinent recent literature on the subject of graduate education. The major categories included are: (1) history and development; (2) students; (3) administrators and faculty; (4) structure and functions; (5) instruction and research; (6) manpower; and (7) costs and financing. Topical and author indexes…

This syllabus is designed for a course of study offered at the University of Texas to familiarize students with the 2-year college. The body of the guide is divided into 12 work units; for each of these units an historical quotation sets the topic theme. In addition each unit has a brief outline and a list of objectives for the topic as well as a…

A program to prepare interdisciplinary research and development specialists in mathematics education and structural learning at the doctoral level is described. Program objectives, course offerings, faculty, information about trainees (educational background, examination records, research, publications, present position), and publications…

This document serves as a guideline for the professional preparation of elementary school physical education teachers with reference to special curriculum needs within the physical education major area. It is an attempt to identify a) policy statements on student personnel and faculty and b) concepts, competencies, and experiences to be…

This report surveys developments in the field of black studies in conjunction with a preliminary evaluation of the Danforth Foundation (DF) program of Postgraduate Black Studies Fellowships. Stages of development in black studies are reviewed: power struggles, local and national, black and white 1968-69; a year of truce, 1970-71; and Black Studies…

This study proposes that the Claremont Colleges establish a College of the Health Sciences. This college would admit students following their graduation from high school and grant the M.D. degree in 6 years. The curriculum that is proposed is constructed about a framework of human biology, an interdisciplinary program for the teaching of biology…

This investigation examines the student careers of 25 women who were enrolled as graduate students in sociology at the University of Michigan during 1967. Specifically, the study suggests that for those women with focused involvement and peripheral sex role orientation, the likely career pattern is continuation until Ph.D. completion and the most…