Data are presented on advanced degrees awarded to blacks as compared to all recipients. For the master's and doctoral levels, data are provided on the total number and percent change by field of study for 1975 to 1979. The total number of master's awards increased slightly from 1976 to 1977 but fell by 5 percent in 1979. For all master's…

Information on the educational systems of 52 foreign countries is presented, and recommendations for student placement into U.S. graduate programs are given in this first of a two-part handbook. For each country a diagram illustrates the demarcation between primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, and explanations are provided on grading systems,…

The Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee's (GMENAC) report on the present and future supply and requirements of physicians by specialty and geographic location is provided. Part I presents a listing of Panel recommendations and options for addressing the problem, while Part II presents an introduction to this report. Part III…

A comprehensive developmental studies program was initiated during Fall 1980 at Navarro College to help Micronesian and other international students become acquainted with American culture and to assist them in the areas of basic skills development, English as a second language (ESL), and career planning. The program offered a special course…

This evaluative and developmental study was undertaken between 1972-74 to determine the effectiveness of items used for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) in relationship to other item types used in assessing English proficiency, and to recommend possible changes in TOEFL content and format. TOEFL was developed to assess the English…

Twelve essays examine issues related to community college involvement in international education. Hugh Adams explores the role of community colleges in international education. S. V. Martorana and William Shannon present a framework for program planning. Sydney Grant examines strategies for internationalizing the curriculum. Seymour Fersh…

Hunt and O'Donnell's Aluminum Paragraph was administered to sixty Canadian college students enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. The students were asked to re-write and to improve a paragraph consisting of 32 short, single-clause sentences. The students were identified as low intermediate, high intermediate, and advanced in…

EDUCATION AND WORLD AFFAIRS, A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO THE REVIEW, ANALYSIS, AND ASSESSMENT OF THE DIRECTIONS UNIVERSITIES ARE MOVING IN WORLD AFFAIRS PROGRAMS, HAS REVIEWED THE INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD AFFAIRS OF SIX AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES--STANFORD, MICHIGAN STATE, TULANE, WISCONSIN, CORNELL, AND INDIANA. INCLUDED IN…

THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT PROBLEMS IN TEST RESEARCH AND INTERPRETATION, SOME OF WHICH ARE DUE TO CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE FINDINGS OF THE DATA ANALYST WHO IS RESTRICTED TO BASING HIS DECISIONS ON SELECTED DATA ONLY, AND THE TEST INTERPRETER WHO IS AWARE OF VARIABLE VALIDITIES OF SUCH UNTESTED FACTORS AS SITUATIONAL ANXIETY, PERSONALITY, MOTHER-TONGUE…

A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF THE LANGUAGE TRAINING ACTIVITIES OF THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE, ESTABLISHED IN 1963 TO TEACH THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL AND ENGLISH TO FOREIGN ALLIED MILITARY PERSONNEL. THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE AUDIOLINGUAL METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH USED IN ITS INTENSIVE…

A study was conducted to explore aspects of intercultural communication present when Iranians attempted to communicate publicly in the United States. Thirty-six American students with little previous knowledge of Iran were interviewed following their attendance at a public lecture/demonstration sponsored by Iranian students in Texas. The…

A one-week orientation program designed to increase the effectiveness of foreign teaching assistants (FTA) is described. As the program developed, a decision was made to include non-FTAs with the result that the English language proficiency of the participants covered a wide range and the objectives of the program were mixed. Because of the…

A study of university students in Australia views its subject by three means: commentaries, student profiles, and the author's response. The commentaries describe student life in the 1970's, covering many aspects of university experience such as class, student community life, activism, immigrant students, place of residence, and careers.…

This is an evaluation of research on educational exchange, with emphasis on studies of foreign students in the United States. There are sections devoted to sources of research information, behavioral research, significant studies, and appropriate methodologies. Some suggestions are made for future research directions. A brief bibliography is…

The possibility of using translations of American reading tests for the evaluation of pupils belonging to different foreign groups was explored. Two parallel forms of a reading comprehension test geared to United States high school graduates and college entrants and the translations of these into Turkish and the relative retranslations back into…