Beyond doubt realistic projections of Masters in Business Administration (MBA) enrollment are needed, but the available estimates are unreliable. This study provides an alternative methodology for projecting MBA's to 1990. The National Center for Education Statistics projects MBA's by compounding a series of five past ratios. (Author)

Considers what elements to include in the schedule, script, and handouts of a business communication training program. (RL)

Describes a ten week college level psychology seminar designed to help students take a more active role in their professional and scientific development. The first five weeks consist of tracing the historical developments in psychology; the second half focuses on contemporary topics in professional psychology. (KC)

The initiation, implementation, and midcourse evaluation of a unique training program, specially suited to the needs of the podiatric public health professional, are described. The reconceptualization of the program on the basis of midcourse evaluation is also discussed. (Author/LBH)

Following a survey of the establishment and development of the school, an outline is presented of courses taught, admission requirements, and qualifications attained. The school has answered a serious need in the area of information and library training in East Africa. (Author)

A secondary analysis of data on 109 New England daily newspapers indicated that the number and kind of editorial staffers hired, their training and experience, their salaries, participation of the newspapers in professional workshops and in self-study, and the type of ownership of the papers are all related to performance. (GW)

Presents three different curricular approaches to early childhood education and stresses the importance of consistency among philosophy, theoretical underpinnings, and practice in deliberations surrounding training programs for early childhood workers. (Author/MLF)

Changing expectations and demands upon teachers imply that teacher training institutions need to revise and improve their effectiveness. (JD)

Describes a curriculum developed to train rehabilitation professionals in sexual counseling for disabled persons within the context of normalization and social integration. The curriculum consists of didactic, experiential, and clinical training components. (BM)

Presents a model for developing a strategy for training evaluation, according to the purpose of the evaluation or who is being evaluated. (MF)

The operation of the pilot HEMI project is reviewed with specific reference to the successes and failures of the University of Tennessee in implementing the program. The theoretical framework is reported along with the five phases--introduction, needs assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation--of the Tennessee experience. (LBH)

Stresses the need to find the most economical ways to organize instruction in higher education in the Soviet Union. Concludes that concentration of specialist training in specific areas within a limited number of educational institutions will promote efficient utilization of resources. (Author/DB)

Two factors in the relationship between counselor education programs and elementary and secondary schools have provided continuing issues of contention. First is the debate between the idealism assigned to counselor education programs and the realism encountered in the school setting. A second factor addresses the concept that training…

An outline of the similarities and differences between literary and technical translations. A further distinction is made between technical-scientific and sociological translations. Sociological translators' training must penetrate into the socio-cultural, cultural-anthropological and historical aspects of the given country because analysis of…

Activities of the Higher Certification Commission of the USSR include organizing special councils to judge doctoral dissertations in scientific research, and conferring doctoral degrees. Problems encountered by the councils include organization of activities, selection of members with a wide range of expertise, and setting equal standards for all…