While department and program quality rankings could be based on such factors as how well the faculty teach, advise students, and perform service roles, in practice most rankings measuring achievement in graduate departments have been based on faculty research performance of various kinds. (Author/MSE)

Focuses on the curriculum, methods, and intellectual orientations of postgraduate training for adult educators found within British and American universities. It argues that we should regard the methods, curricula, modes of evaluation, and intellectual terrain of postgraduate adult education as sociocultural products. (CT)

In response to increased interest in interdisciplinary and liberal arts emphases in professional education programs, the University of Colorado has reorganized its nursing education program structure into a core academic unit and four major divisions, and has proposed that the first professional nursing degree be post-baccalaureate. (MSE)

Describes how a field research site provides grauduate soil physics students with practical field-oriented experiences. Explains the structure of the course and the nature of the course's investigations. Assesses the advantages and obstacles associated with the field research technique. (ML)

This experimental study was conducted to: (1) provide further information on the susceptibility to special preparation of three Graduate Record Examination analytical item types; (2) determine the efficacy of self-study test familiarization materials for these types; and (3) ascertain the effects of several different components of special…

Presents views of "expert witness" in defense of MLS degree from American Library Association (ALA) accredited library school as an employment qualification. Job advertisements, case of Glenda Merwine, sex discrimination, statement from Association of College and Research Libraries, and a challenge to ALA are highlighted. Eight…

An Outreach Project conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing that brought a graduate education program to areas where such training was not available is described. (Author/MLW)

A study of 97 new college geography teachers revealed several problems in their preparation, situation, and performance. The teachers' recommendations at the end of their first teaching year are combined with the study's findings to suggest helpful actions by new teachers, their departments, graduate students, and graduate departments preparing…

Examines the need for a science of toxicology and training at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in response to legislation controlling drugs, food additives and toxic substances in the work environment, and concern about effects on man. Stresses need for putting toxicology on a scientific base with adequate funding. (JM)

Focus is on the place of pharmacology as a faculty and discipline in the education of health professionals, particularly pharmacists. Curriculum concerns are addressed, and the projections of Abraham Flexner in 1910 are reviewed. The need for the development of clinical pharmacy is emphasized. (LBH)

Discusses whether the research course should be designed to prepare independent investigators, or to awaken an intelligent interest in the systematic study of nursing. (Editor/TA)

The role of the unit leader in IGE programs is examined, and recommendations are made for general courses and workshops to develop leadership characteristics in the prospective unit leaders. (MM)

The organization of a practicum class in oral English for training M.A. students in the EFL/ESL program at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is described. The needs and problems of both foreign students and student teachers are discussed, multiple-variant dialogue-alternatives are suggested. Teaching sessions are filmed on video tape. (CHK)

Students spend approximately 240 clock-hours in various areas of the university hospital in fulfillment of the institutional component requirement of the clinical pharmacy program. The major strength of this program is the utilization of hospital pharmacy supervisory personnel as instructors in clinical pharmacy. (LBH)

The need for a program offering an advanced degree for teaching mathematics at the college level is discussed. The course of study for a program leading to a Doctor of Arts degree is described. (DT)