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Booth, David B. – 1981
The state of graduate training in the social sciences and reasons for deficiencies are reviewed, and strategies for improving the situation are proposed. Recent studies of the organization of graduate training in the social sciences have indicated serious weaknesses in the recruitment, selection, and socialization of graduate students. These…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Choice, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
West Virginia Coll. of Graduate Studies, Institute. – 1978
Through support from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, a model for providing graduate programs to full-time employed adults residing in remote locations of southern West Virginia was designed by the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, a college that does not have a campus. The essence of the delivery model was to…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Autoinstructional Aids, Cost Effectiveness, Course Evaluation
Denmark, Florence L. – 1978
Possible changes in the involvement of women in psychology in recent years were investigated. The number and distribution of women in psychology was considered, and their participatory activities in the American Psychological Association (APA) were examined. Employment and salaries were investigated, as were the barriers to obtaining a doctoral…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Doctoral Degrees, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Almy, Millie – 1978
This report draws on information from ten interdisciplinary programs, including the Interdisciplinary Program for Day Care and Child Development at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), which are concerned primarily with the training of professionals in services related to child development. Directors and coordinators of all ten programs…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cooperative Programs
Law School Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Nineteen research reports and summaries of projects studying law school admission and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) are presented. These research projects were supported by the Law School Admission Council between 1975 and 1977. A subject and an author index, covering this and the previous two volumes (including research conducted from 1949…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Dill, David D.; And Others – 1979
Stemming from the Society for Values in Higher Education's project designed to examine the problems of management ethics, the following five syllabi focus on improving the teaching of ethics to persons preparing for careers in corporate and public management. Designed for use in public and private institutions, the syllabi are modeled to be…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business, College Administration, Course Descriptions
Fleming, Joseph E. – 1979
Influences that have had significant effect on North Carolina Central University, a historically black university with a liberal arts tradition, are examined. The following topics are considered: events relating to the university's founding; circumstances affecting the transition of the university from a private normal school to a public…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Black Teachers, Educational History
Foster, S. F.; Nelson, J. G. – 1979
The rationale for providing university teaching improvement courses is documented and explained. Although graduate students in modern universities are typically well prepared to criticize, formulate, and conduct high level research projects in their respective disciplines, no parallel training in critiquing, formulating, and carrying out teaching…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Quality
MILLIKAN, NANCY H. – 1967
THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY EXIST FOR RESEARCH PREPARATION IN GRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, TO EXAMINE THE INSTITUTIONAL AND TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS THAT MAY BE RELATED TO OUTPUT OF RESEARCHERS, AND TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL COMMITMENT OF RECENT DOCTORAL RECIPIENTS TO EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH. DATA FOR THE STUDY CAME FROM…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Research
National Association for Public School Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1968
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION (NAPSAE), THE ALMANAC INCLUDES A MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY, REPORT ON FEDERAL LEGISLATION, NAPSAE YEAR IN REVIEW, NAMES OF NAPSAE OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, RECENT ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH, NAPSAE AWARDS RECIPIENTS, AN ANNOTATED LIST OF NAPSAE…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Directories, Educational Background, Educational Research
Manning, Winton H.; And Others – 1977
The selective admissions issue in higher education is examined in this book from three perspectives. Part One on public policy and academic policy includes comments and recommendations by the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education. A report by Winton H. Manning in Part Two deals with fairness, including: the role of values in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Business Administration, Competitive Selection
Hiller, Marc D. – 1978
A sample of 54 health administration education programs were examined to identify and analyze current practices in field experience programs. The six primary areas investigated include: (1) the prevalence of field experience requirements; (2) the objectives and characteristics of field experience components; (3) the experiences encountered in…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality
Public Health Service (DHEW), Rockville, MD. – 1964
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR NURSING OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING AND FOUR GROUPS OF CONSULTANTS REPRESENTING RESPECTIVELY BACCALAUREATE, DIPLOMA, ASSOCIATE DEGREE, AND PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAMS ADVISED THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE STAFF IN DEVELOPING THIS GUIDE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOLS AND THE EXPANSION OF…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Building Design, Construction Costs, Construction Needs
Hebeler, Jean R. – 1968
An analysis of questionnaires completed by 413 recipients of U.S. Office of Education graduate fellowships in mental retardation under the provisions of Public Law 85-926 was conducted. Recipients of university and state fellowship awards were included in the sample. The findings indicated that 95% of the fellowship recipients had had prior…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Exceptional Child Education, Federal Aid
Schmitt, Philip J.; And Others – 1968
Data from 258 supervisors of teachers of the deaf who replied to a self administered questionnaire yielded information on the nature of supervisory programs. Of 108 day supervisors (D), 23% were supervisors only while 77% were also either teachers or administrators. One-third reported three-fourths to full time devoted to supervision; one-third…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility
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