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Download full textFulton, Oliver, Ed.; And Others – 1981
Issues pertaining to access to higher education in Great Britain are considered in seven papers. Medium- and long-term policy issues concerning the demand for and access of British residents to higher education at the undergraduate level are reviewed by Oliver Fulton, who also outlines policies to increase demand and improve access, along with…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Adult Students
PDF pending restorationBurnley, Maureen; Kirschner, Alan H. – 1981
The enrollment, financial, and academic trends at private black colleges in the early 1970s are compared with those of 1980-81. Data were obtained from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Questionnaire, which is sent annually to each member institution, as well as from Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. Specific information is provided on: 1980…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, College Faculty, College Preparation
Cox, Virginia B.; Khoury, Bernard V. – 1982
Results of the Council of Graduate Schools-Graduate Record Examinations Board 1981-1982 Survey of Graduate Enrollment, Part II are presented, based on usable responses from 299 institutions. The survey findings provide information about changes in the pattern of graduate school enrollment and allow comparisons between public and private…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Enrollment Trends, Fellowships, Females
Morris, Lorenzo; And Others – 1981
This fourth report of the Institute for the Study of Educational Policy examines the status of black Americans in higher education from 1970 to 1979, with special consideration to a discussion of a basis of parity which takes into account the rapid growth of the black population and to enrollment patterns in traditionally black institutions of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Differences, Black Achievement, Black Institutions
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1982
An article on graduate liberal studies (GLS) and descriptions of GLS programs are presented. In "The Concept of Graduate Liberal Studies," Allie M. Frazier considers GLS curricular offerings, characteristics of students pursuing these studies, and the future of GLS. GLS degree programs allow adults to pursue a liberal education, which is…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Books, Cultural Education, Degree Requirements
Wright, Delivee L. – 1981
A graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which has applied formative evaluation techniques, is described. The following nine teaching topics were identified as a result of a needs assessment: principles of student learning, communicating learning objectives, organizing and presenting lectures,…
Descriptors: Assistantships, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Department Heads
Beck, Robert E. – 1981
The potential and progress of liberal arts majors in management positions with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company were investigated in two studies. In the Management Progress Study, a total of 422 managers from six different operating companies were studied since their hiring in the mid-1950s. Of these, 274 were college graduates when…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Business, College Graduates, Communication Skills
Edwards, J. M. B. – 1979
Projections concerning higher education from 1975 to 1985 are offered in relation to: job opportunities for persons with postsecondary education, postsecondary enrollment levels, the finances of postsecondary institutions, and job opportunities for Ph.D.s as full-time faculty members. It is suggested that the evidence points to difficulties of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance
Westergaard-Nielsen, Niels – 1980
A study examined job search in a professional labor market by specifying a variable intensity model of labor market search and investigating its empirical consequences. Variables taken into account in the theoretical model investigated included background characteristics such as grades, sex, age, and previous working experience; intensity of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Career Education, Educational Background
Singleton, John D.; Scheetz, L. Patrick – 1980
The tenth annual Recruiting Trends Survey conducted by Placement Services at Michigan State is presented, based on responses from a cross-section of business, government, and educational institutions. Job outlooks in the following fields and categories of 1980-81 graduates are offered: engineering, business, agriculture, science, liberal arts,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Business, Careers, College Graduates
King, Jimmie, Jr.; Adams, Dennis T. – 1980
Research was conducted to provide a base of information applicable to revising the existing accounting curriculum in the Department of Business at Tuskegee Institute. A survey questionnaire was designed and submitted to members of the Tuskegee Institute Business/Industry Cluster members who are principle employers of Tuskegee graduates. The…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Sanford, Timothy R. – 1981
The usefulness of equations to predict graduation from college was studied using data from the 1974 freshman class of a major research university. The following predictor variables were assessed using multiple regression and discriminant analyses: sex, race, residency, major, high school rank, high school size, Scholastic Aptitide Test scores, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Admission, College Applicants
West Virginia Coll. of Graduate Studies, Institute. – 1978
Through support from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, a model for providing graduate programs to full-time employed adults residing in remote locations of southern West Virginia was designed by the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, a college that does not have a campus. The essence of the delivery model was to…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Autoinstructional Aids, Cost Effectiveness, Course Evaluation
Magnusson, David – 1979
A longitudinal study conducted since 1965 in Sweden has investigated the role of higher education in the life situation of the individual adult. Study objectives have been to: chart the actual educational and vocational decisions made by young people; study the expectations of the individual concerning education and working life; identify…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Role, Decision Making, Education Work Relationship
Taylor, Helen L. Sally – 1978
A survey of Washington State community college early childhood education (ECE) graduates was conducted to discover whether they performed and were adequately trained to perform a variety of social and human services tasks. These include outreach, broker, evaluator, teacher, behavior modifier, mobilizer (promoting neighborhood programs),…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
