The National Science Foundation (NSF) first announced the Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) awards program in January 1983 as part of the Fiscal Year 1984 budget submitted by the President to Congress. This program addresses the growing faculty shortages in highly competitive fields of engineering and science. The PYI awards represent a…

Findings of the 1981-1982 and 1982-1983 Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) Graduate Project are summarized, with attention to application, admission, and enrollment data for representative departments across project institutions. This Nine Discipline Study (NDS) created a database for nine graduate fields representing the humanities,…

The changing status of female faculty at doctorate-granting universities during 1971-1980 is examined, along with patterns in the wide range of female representation across institutions. The data were drawn from the Higher Education General Information Survey. The percentage of women at all ranks increased 4.1 percent during the decade, from 14.7…

A critique of the "teaching Ph.D." (CH)

This report is the second of the annual reports prepared by this Committee. The Committee addressed itself in this report primarily to what it viewed as the most pressing issue - making recommendations for the number of individuals who should be supported by the research training programs of the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug…

The history of women at Cornell is presented. First, the origins of coeducation at Cornell are explored. The commitment of the university to women as well as men is analyzed in the context of the social climate of the nineteenth century, particularly in central New York State, as well as the goals of those individuals who established the…

This report describes the conferences, local programs, and student experiences in year two of the Teaching and Learning in Graduate Geography (TLGG) project, a cooperative effort between university geography departments and the Association of American Geographers. The major purpose of the project was to demonstrate ways to incorporate teaching…

A school of education faculty designed the Doctoral Portfolio as a device for assessing their doctoral students' competence in the tasks that professional academics routinely perform. Each student assembled a portfolio after the completion of a set of core courses and before the dissertation. The components assessed in the portfolio were: (1) a…

A directory of doctoral programs in nursing lists programs alphabetically by state and institution, indicating private or state control, the name and title of the program administrator, available study emphases, and degree type offered (Ph.D., D.N.S., Ed.D., etc.). Twenty-one programs in 15 states are included. Also listed are federal agencies…

The requirements for the doctoral degree in English and the need for college English teachers are discussed. Three possible courses of action are considered--(1) to do nothing, (2) to adopt an intermediate degree, and (3) to transform the Ph.D. into a more suitable degree for contemporary conditions. The value of the intermediate degree is…

The "Epistle" is the Publication Forum of Professors of Reading Teacher Educators, which is a special-interest group of the International Reading Association. The topics considered in this issue are the areas of legislation and certification as they affect the demand for graduate studies in reading education. Charles and Nathaniel Peters relate…

Presented in this document are statistical tables concerning the enrollment of minority doctoral students by institution and program in the business field. The data is divided by subfields in business and by institution. The minority groups represented are: American Indian, Black, women, foreign nationals, and Spanish surname. The data is for the…

This document is the program proposal for a graduate level course of study leading to the Doctor of Education degree in Educational Administration at Glassboro State College in Glassboro, New Jersey. The needs, assumptions, and objectives of this program are reported, as well as the admission and degree requirements. A listing of available courses…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DEVELOP A SINGLE SET OF DEFINITIONS, CONCEPTS, AND MEASUREMENT TOOLS TO BE APPLIED UNIFORMLY TO COST ANALYSES OF FOUR PH.D. PROGRAMS IN PHYSICS, ZOOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, AND ENGLISH. TO GATHER THE REQUIRED INFORMATION ON THE NATURE OF THE COST ESTIMATES WHICH ARE IMPLICIT IN THE SUBSEQUENT RATE OF RETURN ANALYSIS, SITE VISITS…

This issue of "Epistle" contains articles viewing the work of reading professionals from four vantage points. Richard Allington assesses the value of doctoral programs from the perspective of a research trainer. Anthony Giordano presents a method for developing the independent thinking and problem-solving skills of preservice teachers. Rita…