An annotated bibliography on the participation of minorities and women in education research and development (R&D) leadership and management is presented. Topics are as follows: status of minorities and women in education (R&D); issues related to minorities and women in education leadership and management; variables affecting the…

Data are presented on higher education in the South in 1983 and 1984, including more than 60 tables and brief descriptions of the latest available statistics for the United States, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) region, and the 14 individual SREB-member states. The tabular information is grouped under six headings: population and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the Master of Science Degree program in Vocational Education and the Education Specialist Degree program in Industrial and Vocational Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stout have prepared the Program graduates of selected years to meet the needs of their present professional…

Data are presented in tabular form for fall 1977 enrollments according to: institution (44 colleges and universities, public and private); off-campus centers; geographic origin; undergraduate and graduate status; distribution by county, state, and outlying area; headcount and credit-hours by institution and branches; full-time equivalents;…

Based on statistics for the fall of 1974, minority students at the university form a percentage of the total student body that is three times the national average at undergraduate and preprofessional levels of education, and twice that at the graduate level. The university has the highest minority enrollment percentage among major state…

In May 1980, the 1973-1979 minority graduates of the University California at Davis were surveyed about their employment, graduate and professional school training, career progress, and university experiences. The response rate was 33.7 percent. Minority groups included were American Indian, black, Chicano, Latino, and Filipino. Most had taken…

Covering 1978-1979, the third annual report of the Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) highlights the progress made toward major program objectives and points out certain weaknesses in the model. Section I discusses program rationale, program design, and evaluation research design. Section II summarizes a selection of the major achievements…

This source book presents a complete system for the training of adult basic education teachers. It consists of six sections. Section 1 provides an introduction to and overview of the system. Section 2 outlines fifty-five competencies needed by adult educators. (These competencies are grouped in the following eleven areas: building effective…

An outline for a course on administration of American schools overseas, developed by the University of Alabama's International Projects Division of the College of Education, is presented. The newly developed course is part of a graduate minor in international and multicultural education. The University of Alabama offers courses in countries of…

A description of team-teaching at the English for Overseas Students Unit (EOSU) of the University of Birmingham, by T. F. Johns and Tony Dudley-Evans, is followed by "The Current Programme of Materials Development in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at the Universities of Birmingham and Aston" by T. F. and C. M. Johns. The…

Changing patterns in graduate education were addressed at a meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) in the United States. Topics of the conference included: opportunities and change in graduate education, interinstitutional cooperation in graduate programs for professionals, the future of graduate study in the humanities, decision-making…

The fall of 1977 marked the midway point for implementation of the Maryland plan for completing desegregation of state postsecondary institutions. An assessment was made of the state's progress in enrolling black students. As a result, four areas were identified in which the state has achieved a degree of progress: (1) proportionally, the state…

The results of a seven-year program designed to reform graduate education in the humanities and social sciences sponsored by the Ford Foundation and 10 leading university graduate schools are reported. Evaluation focused on the Ford Foundation Graduate Program, original proposals submitted by the 10 universities, annual reports and data submitted…

Information is presented on China's higher education system, China's current educational exchanges, and the U.S.-China educational exchange process. China's higher education system is considered in terms of historical themes and implications for the present, the number and types of institutions, graduate education, operation of the higher…

Health sciences education planning for California for 1980-82 is examined. The adequacy of educational programs in meeting the needs of California for professional personnel in medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and optometry is assessed. Data on enrollments and graduation rates in these fields are updated from the 1978 plan, and similar data…