For a 1969 report on graduate programs in English, the Association of Departments of English obtained information from chairmen or directors of graduate study in English at 223 institutions. This document contains some of the information collected for the full report (available through ERIC as "Graduate Programs in English: A 1969…

For a 1969 report on graduate programs in English, the Association of Departments of English obtained information from chairmen or directors of graduate study in English at 223 institutions. This document contains some of the information collected for the full report (available through ERIC as "Graduate Programs in English: A 1969…

This report examines fallacious assumptions existing in graduate study and in the field of higher education. These assumptions are that: (1) graduate students are excessively supervised; (2) examinations are the best criterion for student selection and for judging professional promise; (3) evaluation is equivalent to education; (4) students learn…

The following report is one of a series of disciplinary planning studies carried out by the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning of the Council of Ontario Universities. The emphasis of the report is on forward planning, and it is hoped that the implementation of the recommendations will help to ensure more ordered growth and development of…

This document presents statistical data concerning enrollments for fall 1973 and degrees granted 1965-June 1973 in nuclear engineering. Highlights of this survey of educational institutions indicated: (1) Ph.D.'s decreased to 126 from 149 in 1971-72 and from 181 in 1969-70. (2) MS's increased to 442 from 428 in 1971-72. (3) BS's increased to 551…

This report is the result of inquiries conducted during the winter of 1971 at 12 universities into departmental policies and procedures in relation to the foreign student. Two departments were surveyed at each university, providing 24 reports or case studies. The results were reviewed by the members of the Task Force on Crucial Issues, and…

In view of the facts that career education has entered the threshold of the educational system and that relatively little has been done beyond some preliminary planning at the graduate teacher education level, a workshop was conducted addressing the problem of student, planning, and implementation needs of career education and their implications…

The paper encourages the establishment of university-based clinics for the diagnosis and remediation of children's learning problems in mathematics and describes the operation of such a clinic at Arizona State University. Mathematics clinics are seen to serve two purposes: helping individual children overcome their special mathematics learning…

The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education's primary concern is the strengthening of all the state's institutions of higher learning to the end that quality education and training beyond high school may be available to every citizen who desires it and can be expected to profit from it. Included in this annual report are: changes in…

This study sought to determine if an instructor of a competency-based course who sets performance standards at a comparatively low level might facilitate higher levels of student achievement through the use of written comments on unit posttests. Eighty-eight students in a graduate education course were randomly assigned to one of four experimental…

This document discusses graduate course offerings designed to prepare the student for teaching at the junior college level. The four categories into which community college programs fall are presented. Recommendations developed by the American Council on Education (1959) for the preparation of faculty members for community colleges are listed, as…

The Communication Laboratory, established in 1971, was brought into existence by the world population crisis. Two specializations of the program include: 1) the production of materials for interpersonal and mass media programs that are designed to induce a desired change through persuasive communication, and, 2) research in communication as a…

The Modular Multiple Alternatives Program (ModMaP), being developed at the University of Bridgeport, is the first competency-based, individualized graduate program in teacher education in the state of Connecticut. The program focuses on elementary teacher training and includes both master's and six-year level options. The program provides the…

The purpose of this assessment is to update earlier surveys of Italian sociology, particularly in terms of developments within the past 10 to 15 years--and again, to offer primarily an American perspective on such an overview. The present assessment differs in that many of the data upon which it is based are derived from informal study conducted…

Promotion of economic literacy of teachers and students is a critical need in economic education. Graduate and undergraduate programs in economic education described in this paper represent significant steps toward the goal of having social studies teachers well-prepared in economics and the teaching of it. Some centers and Councils on Economic…