As more and more of its graduates became employed in training and development in business and industry, rather than in instructional systems development in the public schools, the Instructional Systems Technology (IST) progam at Indiana University decided to conduct a needs assessment to determine how its programs could better prepare its…

The anticipated growth of nontraditional education programs in higher education and the recognized need to carefully evaluate the potential economic impact of such programs inspired this study to: (1) evaluate the economics of five varied nontraditional institutions; (2) assist each of the traditional and nontraditional institutions participating…

Describes and evaluates a three-year, accelerated graduate education program designed to give participants a master's degree and two years of professional experience as speech-language clinicians in schools and intended to improve the supply and continuity of persons providing language, speech, and hearing services to children in rural schools.…

The unique contribution of this book is to bring together Critical Race Theory and narrative inquiry and apply them specifically to a largely overlooked area of experience within the field of TESOL: What does it mean to be a TESOL professional of color? To address this question, TESOL professionals of color from all over the world, representing a…

In 2006, the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education and the Universities Presidents' Council collaborated to survey graduates of masters and doctorate programs in order to measure graduate outcomes and provide feedback on the links between graduate education and the labour market. The 2006 Graduate Survey was administered to graduates…

This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of a preservice teacher education master's degree program designed to prepare high quality minority teachers of students with learning, emotional, and behavioral disabilities to work with students with high-incidence disabilities and their families, who represent the cultural, linguistic, and…

This paper presents background on distance learning programs at Morehead State University (Kentucky), focusing on the development of the MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. Distance learning faculty training that included use of the technology, pedagogy alternatives, and the basic "Do's and Don'ts" of distance learning is…

150 female graduate students at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia were interviewed. Since most students are not proficient in English, they are required to take an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course when admitted to the M.A. and Ph.D. programs, as locating information in specialized journals is required for their assignments, term…

This report describes an alternative teacher certification program developed to address special education teacher shortages in rural West Virginia. For the past 9 years, one of every three educators in West Virginia assigned to special education has worked on some type of sub-standard license. The alternative certification program allows West…

This paper reviews the development and delivery of a higher education module as part of the University of Plymouth's (England) Integrated Masters Programme (IMP) through the Rural Area Training and Information Opportunities (RATIO) telematic centers. The aim of the project was to provide computer-supported solutions that could assist remote…

The 16 chapters of this book offer innovative instructional techniques used to train public managers. It presents public management concepts along with such subtopics as organizational theory and ethics, research skills, program evaluation, financial management, computers and communication skills in public administration, comparative public…

A curriculum guide to the graduate program of higher education at Florida State University, Tallahassee is presented. Established in 1957, the higher education program has been ranked among the top 10 of 83 in the United States during the past 10 years. Each student's program of studies is designed with course options and other learning…

Undertaken in part to provide information to be used in comparative international studies of educational administrator preparation programs, this study of programs in the United States provides descriptions of typical programs, departments, and students; an analysis of current training trends; illumination of significant social forces affecting…

This paper presents models for integrating themes and concepts of international studies into an educational program for elementary and secondary teachers. The interdisciplinary program can be taken as preservice or inservice training. It was developed in response to the need for colleges to provide classroom teachers and administrators with new…

Up-to-date information as of January 1979 is presented on Canadian and U.S. undergraduate and graduate programs in health services administration. The first section presents an introduction to career opportunities in the profession, comments on the nature of education in health services administration, and offers suggestions on how to identify the…