Sixty-nine American Library Association (ALA) accredited graduate library school programs were surveyed to determine available library education opportunities in bibliotherapy. The survey revealed that only one school, Catholic University of America, offered a formal bibliotherapy course. Eight institutions indicated that bibliotherapy was handled…

THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPERIENCED-TEACHER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN AMERICAN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS--(1) BY ASSISTING SELECTED, POTENTIALLY INFLUENTIAL TEACHERS TO PURSUE FULL-TIME GRADUATE EDUCATION IN SPECIALLY PLANNED COURSES OF STUDY, AND (2) BY FOSTERING AND STRENGTHENING AN INCREASED CONCERN…

This document describes the postdoctoral training program undertaken by Douglas R. Pierce at the University of California, Berkeley. He summarizes his major activities and presents a conclusion based on the year of advanced study. (JS)

This document describes Stanford University's Program for Postdoctoral Training in Educational Research. The Program, which is individualized, operated in 1968-69 to enable established researchers to catch up with new developments and obtain advanced training. Information on the background and Program activities of 4 participants is included. (JS)

The immediate future will probably be a time of austerity for graduate education and will demand strong leadership from the graduate deans. Several developments will characterize that period: (1) an overreaction to the Ph.D. glut, such that graduate programs will be indiscriminately condemned for producing unemployables; (2) the shift of emphasis…

The academic disciplines are strengthened by dynamic interaction with each other. The polydisciplinary effort should be accepted as a viable means of intellectual progress. Polydisciplinary research should be accompanied by polydisciplinary learning and the faculty should pool their talents and ideas in the classroom as well as in the research…

This document, although substantially based on the results of empirical inquiry, is basically a position statement dealing with doctoral programs in science education as well as other areas of curriculum and instruction. The author contends that doctoral programs in science education should provide for in-depth training of students in one of three…

In discussing the position of women in American higher education, the author finds evidence of massive sex-biased inequality existing at all levels and concludes that higher education may not be free of prejudice against women; "the elimination of that prejudice is but one small aspect of eliminating inequality." (MJM)

This report was developed by the graduate students enrolled in Education 684, General Education in Higher Education, at Appalachian State University, and clarifies the 5 steps followed to develop a program of general education in higher education. These were: (1) consideration of the persistent questions in higher education that have implications…

This study and analysis of the literature on the costs and benefits of graduate education (the GRADCOST study) is organized into 4 parts: (1) The Economics of Higher Education (Behavioral Models, Planning and Budgeting, the Financing of Higher Education); (2) Outputs and Benefits of Higher Education (Conceptual Literature, Measurements of Outputs…

The activities of the National Board on Graduate Education have been defined as: (1) the initiation of new research studies and the encouragement of experimentation and innovation; (2) the coordination and review of current research efforts and studies; (3) the dissemination of information and referrals for individuals, institutions, and agencies;…

The two major sections are a listing by school of all faculty members and their subject areas, and an alphabetical list of personnel with title and school. The table of contents lists each school for easier reference, and current telephone numbers are provided. (Author/MB R)

A report of a 1976 study to assess the present emphasis given to intellectual freedom and censorship in library school courses. (KP)

The author argues that specialization belongs in graduate nursing curricula at the doctoral level, in programs offering the doctor of science in nursing (DSN) degree. She states that all doctoral nursing programs should offer this degree. (CH)