Tabular data are presented on: campus enrollment summary; new, continuing, and returning students; full-time and part-time students; undergraduates by college or school and class level; major field of study; undergraduate and graduate students by department; students in the Education Abroad Program; home locality at time of admission; sources of…

The population from which the sample was systematically drawn was defined as those students enrolled in courses for graduate credit during the Winter 1973 semester, including 3,106 on-campus students, 1,051 taking courses off-campus, and 88 taking work both on- and off-campus. The questionnaire contained 10 sections: background and demographic…

In the proposed integrative competence-based counselor education model, the four major areas of counselor training are defined as theory education, skills training, experiential activity, and practicum experience. Each area has specific objectives, possible courses, appropriate methodologies, and directions for evaluation which are discussed.…

Analysis of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores, grade point averages, graduate credits earned, and academic majors of 376 international graduate students indicate that TOEFL scores are not effective predictors of academic success. Significant correlation was seen between TOEFL scores and graduate credits earned. (Author/CB)

Undergraduate admission test scores were traced for Ph.D. recipients in eight arts and science disciplines and compared to the scores of those who earned degrees in business, law, and medicine. The data do not support the hypothesis that more able college graduates have done post-baccalaureate study in the professions. (Author/MLW)

Describes various computer conferencing systems and discusses their effectiveness in terms of user acceptance and reactions to the technology. The methodology and findings of an experiment in which graduate students conducted a computer conference using a local area network and produced an electronic journal of the conference proceedings are…

Describes the components of distance education at the University of South Carolina and uses trend analysis to examine the impact of distance education on overall enrollment, part-time student enrollment, and average class size. (CLB)

Use of a seminar technique to improve the oral English communicative competence of Chinese postgraduate students in science and technology helped the students to learn foreign culture, science, and technology, as well as the foreign language, and helped them to lose their communication apprehension. (Author/CB)

Reviews trends in the population of engineering students since 1975. Discusses fixed and flexible elements of the college-age population. Describes the current situation of women and minorities in engineering education. Compares freshmen and graduate data. Considers the possible future effects of current trends on American universities. (CW)

Examined effects of three group leadership styles on the personal and interpersonal functioning of 67 counselor trainees participating in a required group experience. Assigned participants to structured T-group, rotating leadership, and Rogerian group conditions. Pretest, posttest and followup scores on tests suggest that differences among the…

This study identified and examined the validity of a Brunerian theory-based, aptitude-enhancing, standardized educational simulation by assessing spatial visualization ability of students assigned to simulation and non-simulation treatment groups. Results indicate the simulation increased high aptitude learners' efficiency (and initially…

Describes a model for training instructional designers who will work as members of videodisc development teams. This model develops and integrates competencies relating to instructional design, project management, interpersonal skills, storyboarding and flowcharting, programming, video production, and interactive video system knowledge. Three…

Examines academic performance, occupational aspirations and major fields among a national sample of Black students in predominantly White graduate and professional schools. Focuses on whether there are significant within-group differences (especially between genders) and on identifying important correlates of Black student occupational…

Describes program of end user training designed to teach students rudiments of searching using Bibliographic Retrieval Service/After Dark. Results of participant responses to post-search questionnaire are reported, including suggestions of what to cover in basic training, problems of end users, and developing role of online searcher as consultant.…

The Ford Foundation provided postgraduate scholarships for approximately 12,000 people from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East to study abroad between 1960 and 1980. A case study of Peruvian recipients shows how shifts in national policies and international events affected how those trained abroad made use of their experience. (IS)