During the great increase in college enrollments of the 1950's and 1960's, many linguists saw opportunities for expanding the prominence and practice of linguistics by starting a linguistics program where there had been none before. New linguistics programs can no longer be justified in view of the current job market. The number of linguists being…

This 1974 annual report of Southern Methodist University (SMU) deals with intentions for 1975-1980 and presents a statistical report and evaluation of trends. Section I, intentions for 1975-80, covers achieving excellence, superior programs, physical plant expansion, minority student program, increasing baccalaureate degrees, an educational…

Since graduate students in education are expected to direct educational inquiry at the termination of their doctorates, the program to prepare educational inquirers at Indiana University stresses critical understanding as well as mastery of techniques or methods. There are two essential aspects of the Indiana University Program in Educational…

The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the Verbal Ability and Quantitative Ability scores of the Graduate Record Aptitude Test (GRE-V, GRE-Q) and undergraduate grade point average (GPA) as predictors of graduate grade point average in the Master of Arts degree program at Northern Michigan University. The subjects were 120 students…

This study is concerned with the position of women on the social science faculties in the graduate divison of the University of Chicago. The history and experience of several women faculty members in the various social science departments is reviewed. A few generalizations can be drawn: (1) few women are hired and few stay more than the length of…

Possible alternate methods of preparing college level biology teachers are explored and related conferences held by the Commission on Undergraduate Education in Biological Sciences described. Koen contributes some ideas for preparation programs and describes the University of Michigan College Teacher Training Program. Alternatives to the Ph.D.…

There is a great deal of uncertainty about the graduate education of scientists and engineers. Students are worried about employment opportunities, institutions worry about the quality and quantity of their future graduate programs, and the government worries about an adequate supply of trained manpower for the future. Added to these worries are…

The research component in the natural sciences does not have to be changed. Ninety-three percent of the students surveyed by Ann Heiss for her book "The Challenge to the Graduate Schools" felt that the research component of the natural sciences contributed to their scientific development, and 85 percent felt that it was intellectually stimulating.…

The financial crisis in the graduate education of students in the liberal arts is not as severe as it is in the sciences, since the liberal arts never received large grants to begin with. Yet the job market is pinching that area too, becuase its only job market, higher education, is experiencing severe financial strains. It has become necessary to…

The 7 selected papers in this pamphlet, which were presented at a conference on doctoral study in November 1968, are specifically concerned with the doctorate in special education. The unique factors of the special education doctoral program are discussed in the first paper. The second and third presentations deal with the variety of approaches to…

The National Defense Education Act of 1958 provided the framework for broader federal support to education at all levels in 1961, 1964, 1965, and in the Higher Education Amendments of 1968. The pluralistic framework within which government support currently operates must expand as the demand for this support grows. Despite present stringency,…

This report discusses two possible approaches to maximize interest and aptitude in meeting the need for college instructors who are both scholars and teachers. Part I of the document concerns the extent to which existing graduate programs emphasize training for eventual college instruction. Part II addresses the possible development of doctoral…

This study has three major purposes: (1) to design the educational specifications for a program to train junior college instructors; (2) to outline the academic requirements for such a program; and (3) to suggest the establishment of centers where this type of program could be carried out. The proposed graduate centers would provide leadership for…

The role of the graduate school in the education of the disadvantaged graduate student and in the solution of domestic problems are among the most important issues facing graduate education. Undergraduate institutions must devote increasingly greater portions of their time, facilities and personnel to alleviating educational deficiencies resulting…

The participation of graduate students in academic decision making is not only desirable, but necessary and inevitable. The momentum of the reforms at the undergraduate level is now carrying over to graduate schools. Students no longer consider graduate education a privilege, but a right to advanced training and to something beside a "worthless"…