This report describes the early development, recent revision, and some uses of a special Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) database for studying talent flow between undergraduate and graduate school. It discusses the following: (1) development and expansion of a talent flow database containing all variables from the GRE General Test files on all…

Data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), which allow students to be linked to particular teachers, are used to estimate the impact of teacher degrees on student performance in the subject areas of mathematics, science, English, and history. The NELS:88 was a nationally representative survey of about 24,000 eighth…

This periodic compendium of environmental training opportunities includes information about educational opportunities for noncredit, and undergraduate through postgraduate studies around the world. The areas of study include the following: environmental science; agriculture education and science; wildlife management; natural resources, land use,…

Developments in the New South Wales (Australia) secondary school curriculum have led to a number of former home economics teachers being allocated to teach in the area of Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE). The New South Wales Department of School Education in conjunction with the University of New England (New South…

This paper presents findings from a study that explored students' perceptions of cooperative learning strategies used in educational administration classes. Specifically, the study sought to determine whether students perceived the strategies to be more effective than traditional methods in increasing their knowledge and retention and in improving…

To identify differences in doctoral student achievement across programs, demographic groups and gender, the graduate careers of nearly 5,000 doctoral students from 11 departments at each of 3 major universities were investigated. Three types of data analysis examined numbers of students entering each department and the proportions of various…

The Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology program at the University of Minnesota sought to create a graduate-level research experience which would be both instructionally efficient and educationally effective. Important skills to be learned in doing research were identified, including the development of a research question, critical review…

The first of two assumptions underlying the thesis of this paper is that, in the face of escalating costs, uneven demographics, faltering revenues, and a serious erosion of public confidence, United States higher education must become more productive. Universities and colleges of all types must produce demonstrably more education, research, and…

This report provides enrollment data for Colorado public postsecondary educational institutions, independent (private, non-profit) institutions, proprietary institutions, and the United States Air Force Academy, for 1992 and compares these figures to those of recent years (since at least 1988). Enrollment is reported by headcount (the actual…

This directory presents information on 257 programs in colleges and universities for individuals who already have a bachelor's degree and want to complete requirements to earn a teaching license, a master's degree, or both. Information included in the directory is the result of a survey of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher…

Changing job market opportunities affect the fields in which males and females choose to earn a graduate degree. This report examines disparities in field choices of the sexes. Highlighted are the following: (1) in 1994 substantially more females than males earned graduate degrees in education and the health professions; males earned a higher…

This article focuses on classroom-based narratives that reflect how a convenience sample of 25 graduate students, who were also practicing teachers, wrote about and utilized the real-life events and experiences of their students to help them become instructional explorers and effective problem solvers. The narratives had to be a depiction of…

This paper describes the way two university instructors encouraged students to perceive and understand the influence of their personal environment. The classes, an undergraduate course and a graduate course in education, focused on the integration of art and science disciplines as students reflected on their experience of their environment. A…

Project RAISE (Rural America Institute for Special Educators) is a preservice teacher training program specifically designed for preparing special educators for the demands of rural settings. The project is being conducted by the Department of Special Education at Bowling Green State University and concentrates on training special educators in a…

In 1986, Paducah Community College (PCC), a small rural college in western Kentucky, signed an agreement with Murray State University (MSU) to have MSU teach junior- and senior-level courses on the PCC campus. As costs became prohibitive for MSU, the two institutions began examining distance learning possibilities. At the same time, the seven area…