This manual supplements previous guides to the use of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). It provides sufficient detailed information about the GREs to permit measurement specialists and institutional researchers, as well as faculty members and administrators, to understand the development of the tests and to evaluate their usefulness.…

Contributors' papers include: an overview (Lawrence A. Hough); the federal role (David Breneman); forecasting the stocks and flows of degree holders (Douglas L. Adkins); medical education's response (Bernard Nelson); long-term approach to graduate education student financial assistance (Kurt L. Kendis); needs analysis at the graduate and…

This study was designed to assess the current state of the art in master's level counseling practica, and to compare this with ACES Standards (1973) for recommended improvements in counselor training. A checklist instrument was used to secure information on theoretical approaches, practica models and focus, pre-practicum preparation, types of…

American Indian Studies as developed in institutions of higher education should be designed to produce a new type of person--a warrior-scholar, community activist who not only understands the various worlds in which the Indian must live but is actively involved in improving these worlds via bicultural participation in a pluralistic society. The…

Seven graduate students were awarded Office of Education Professional Development Act (EPDA) fellowships to participate in the occupational education leadership program developed by Southern Illinois University during the 1974-75 academic year. All were enrolled as full-time students, three at the master's degree level and four at the doctoral…

Outlined in a final performance report are the accomplishments, slippages, and spinoff developments of a prototype training program to prepare guidance counselors to work with deaf persons. The initial year of the program is reported to have been devoted primarily to curriculum planning, development of evaluation procedures, recruitment and…

In order to compose a picture of the typical master's level graduate of special education programs at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge), a follow-up study involving 52 recent graduates was conducted. Each graduate was mailed a questionnaire designed to gather data in five areas: personal information, employment status, financial…

Competency based instruction (CBI) can be used either for preservice or inservice purposes. The impact of CBI on students is to (1) enable them to systematically determine their personal learning needs; (2) increase responsibility for their own learning and enhance autonomy and sense of personal direction; (3) provide feedback; and (4) assure a…

A reappraisal of the educational mission of Western Michigan University is attempted by the All-University Committee on Graduate and Professional Education. The events leading to the creation of the committee, its charge, and its plan of action are described, followed by a history of graduate programs at the university. The purposes of graduate…

Nationwide surveys of the status of the Doctor of Arts degree were made in March, 1970; November, 1971; November, 1972; January, 1974; and January, 1975. In order to update these five previous studies, questionnaires were sent to the graduate deans of the 341 member institutions of the Council of Graduate Schools in the U. S. during the last week…

Section 1 examines the issues involved in the educational preparation of social workers. Section 2 concerns the supply-and-demand outlook for graduates in social welfare in the southern region in 1980. Broad issues dealt with are: (1) recent developments; (2) undergraduate issues; (3) educational resources; (4) potential employment for doctoral…

Presented is a report to the Washington State Legislature on the quality of special education teacher training programs in Washington. School districts offering special education services and 10 colleges offering relevant teacher training were surveyed. Described are special education degree programs offered in Washington at the Associate,…

This special issue presents the speeches, surveys, and workshop reports of the University of Texas Conference on the Research Component of the Ph.D. in English and Foreign Languages held in Austin in December 1972. Also included are updated papers and reports from the Purdue University Conference on Graduate Education held earlier in 1972.…

The papers in the collection reflect areas of concern to adult educators, especially at the university level. The first of the collection's three sections deals with graduate program design and contains three papers: Problems of Graduate Program Design, Wilson B. Thiede, and two reaction papers by John Ohliger and Clive C. Veri. Section 2 on…

Presented is a progress report (covering 1969-74) on the University of Connecticut's Teaching the Talented (TTT) Program, which is designed to recruit and train leadership personnel to work with gifted disadvantaged youth. Forty-six teachers and school administrators experienced in working with minority populations were recruited as TTT Fellows.…