This Science Resources Studies Data Brief reports on statistics related to graduate enrollment in science and engineering in the United States for 1998. The data presented here were obtained from the National Science Foundation's 1998 Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, which collected data at 601…

This paper describes some of the issues involved in refining Internet-based, asynchronous conference forums to meet the learning needs of adult students in distant inservice and graduate courses. The paper focuses on an analysis of existing instruction delivery systems and explores identification of optimal environments for inservice professional…

This chapter of the "Biennial Survey of Education in the United States" is concerned with the topic of medical education. Probably the most significant development in medical education during the past two years has been the change in attitude of the Federation of State Medical Boards toward certain aspects of professional education. The various…

There is a widespread demand in this country today for greater effectiveness in college teaching. Three facts help to account for this. The maturity and settled purposes of the veteran students is one. The rapid increase in the proportion of young people attending college is another. Finally, the cold war is highlighting the need for a change in…

Excerpt from the paper, "A Cannibalistic View of Graduate Education, presented at the meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools, December 4-6, 1969, in Washington, D.C. (DS)

A response to Dwight L. Burton's The English Education Doctorate: Some Further Reflections," English Education," vol. 1, no. 3 (Spring 1970), pp. 135-40. (Author/RD)

Surveyed 55 psychiatric/mental health nursing programs to assess training in substance abuse. Results indicated that, although virtually all programs offered some course work and clinical experience, the modal amount of course work was five percent of a three credit course. Specific clinical training was offered but rarely chosen. (JAC)

Priorities for development of a successful career as a physiologist are described. Areas considered include: (1) adequate pre- and post-doctoral training; (2) research specialty; (3) selection of department/institution; (4) productivity; (5) research grant support; and (6) the training of doctoral students and fellows. (JN)

Discusses issues and problems related to strengthening and maintaining United States leadership in high technology. Among the areas considered are industry/university cooperatives, graduate study, financial support, and state/federal government roles. Indicates that prospects for maintaining leadership are high provided issues related to human…

Results of a survey of curricular changes in schools which belong to the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States are reported. Trends visible in teacher education involve: (1) new programs that respond to contemporary pressures in society; (2) more interdisciplinary and cooperative programs; and (3) basic changes in the nature of teacher…

Resumption and development of graduate education since 1976 are described, with attention to admissions, examinations, stress on science and engineering, institution types, curriculum, dissertations, the new degree system, and teaching and research employment patterns. Interrelationships of graduate study and the educational and political debate,…

Summarizes study of curricula of nine graduate programs in instructional development (ID). Comparisons are presented on nine variables--purpose; curriculum development processes; ID courses; where/how ID is learned; synthesizing projects; emphasis of faculty/organization development and performance solutions; orientation to evaluation and ID; and…

Current trends show a need for professionals to bridge widening knowledge gaps between businesspersons and lawyers. The job market is calling for specialists who can understand theories and methods of both business and law. In the 1980s, the fast-track career will go to those with both law and business degrees. (Author/HLM)

A study of two designs of a field-based graduate course and the participants' perceptions of their learning experiences revealed provocative relationships between theories of experiential learning. Efforts to apply experiential learning concepts to course design resulted in measurable differences in perceived quality of learning. (Author/MSE)

Moving problem-centered, experiential programs into the mainstream of graduate and professional education will require more formal mechanisms for leadership. Students of graduate education programs that infuse the disciplinary study of academe with the applied perspective of professional practice gain broader contact with the problems of the…