THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS CONFERENCE ON POST-BACCALAUREATE EDUCATION WAS TO DEVISE MEANS BY WHICH THE MAJOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES CAN INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AND IN SHORT TIME THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION. THE CONFERENCE WAS CENTERED MAINLY ON THOSE ABLE GRADUATES WHO WOULD NORMALLY BE TURNED AWAY BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE…

This booklet consists of introductory statements to prospective students in the University of Nairobi's Postgraduate Diploma in Curriculum Development Program, and provides an outline of the course content of the nine month program. The course is divided into three phases: correspondence, residential, and field work. During the correspondence…

The development of competencies for a rehabilitation counselor education program can enable the rehabilitation counselor to assist clients effectively. Survey results of members of the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association (NRCA) agreed that 70% of the Michigan Competencies for Rehabilitation Counselors were a legitimate part of the…

This resource guide supplements catalog information on graduate programs in Family Studies. It also aids students in formulating their own program evaluation criteria. The guide summarizes the prospects for university Family Studies departments. Program descriptions cover four points: size and resources; admissions and requirements; theoretical…

This study investigates the use of Federal research and development facilities for advanced education and training (1) to determine how well Federal laboratories are doing in continuing educational efforts, (2) to make recommendations for improvements, and (3) to explore the potential of Federal agencies in contributing more broadly to the…

Among many problems of graduate education in the US, one of the most pressing is the question of whether there should be composite or separate faculties for the graduate and undergraduate programs. Widespread use of graduate assistants has caused equal concern although there is little doubt that their participation in all aspects of research and…

Explained briefly are the objectives for the first quinquennium (1979-80 to 1983-84), the planning process, funding new graduate programs, classifying new programs for funding, funding mechanisms, cooperative activities in graduate studies, and the Ontario graduate scholarship program. (MSE)

More than 300 graduate reading programs in the United States and Canada are listed in this book. The programs are arranged alphabetically by state, with Canadian institutions listed separately. The programs within each state or province are then arranged alphabetically by institution. Each listing provides the name and address of the program…

A description is given of the history and current status of graduate level engineering courses and degrees at Ohio locations not readily accessible to existing private or public institutions. Recent demands for additional off-campus programs are due in part to the need of established engineers to study new areas at the advanced level. Ohio…

The status of any college's alumni is one measure of the success or failure of that college. Recognizing this rather widely accepted principle, New College conducted a survey of its graduates who completed their BA degree sometime between 1968 and 1974. A questionnaire was prepared asking the graduates for information about their current address,…

To the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal agency primarily responsible for the conduct of biomedical research, the Survey of Graduate Science Student Support and Postdoctorals is important because it provides information concerning bioscience research manpower projections. To policymakers in NIH, the two main components of the survey…

The Modular Multiple Alternatives Program (ModMAP) is the first competency-based individualized graduate program in teacher education in Connecticut. The program focuses on the training of elementary teachers and includes both Master's and Sixth Year level options. This program deals with creating more flexible and relevant types of teacher…

The development of a methodological framework for planning, programming, and budgeting which is specific to graduate training and research activities at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden is described. This pilot project is regarded as a step towards developing and implementing a generalized approach to an output-oriented finance…

In March, 1973, after a review of the Ontario universities' three-year plans, a provisional embargo was placed on doctoral work in biophysics. A full-scale assessment with outside consultants was not necessary in the case of a provisional embargo. Instead, the method used to remove the embargo was self-study by the discipline group leading to a…

The 1974-75 academic year is the first in which student credit hours have been accumulated for the entire University of Maine, utilizing uniform definitions. The purpose of this document is to summarize those data for both semesters. A total of 578,457 student credit hours were generated by all campuses of the University of Maine during the…