The restoration of academic and intellectual quality in higher education is considered in regard to educational reforms, the undergraduate curriculum, organized out-of-class life, faculty and college teaching, academic leadership, centralized/decentralized organization, accreditation, governance, and graduate education. It is suggested that in…

A graduate degree program in education at Auburn University (Montgomery, Alabama) includes a core of multicultural courses that fit into the graduate certification programs of early childhood, elementary, middle, and secondary education. This masters degree program includes three courses: Education in Culturally-Diverse Environments; Curriculum in…

Information for newly appointed heads of graduate departments of psychology is presented as background material for the 1974 Chairman's Workshop. Topics include the following: the budgetary situation, pressures for increased teaching loads, effects upon recruiting faculty, faculty morale, graduate and undergraduate student morale, the intellectual…

A survey of nine black students who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in fall 1983 or summer 1984 was conducted. The graduates' current activities were identified, along with their reactions to their educational experience at the university. Five of the graduates were employed, and four were employed full-time. The…

The educational system of Jordan is described, and placement recommendations concerning students who want to study in the United States are presented. After describing the setting and structure of Jordanian education, attention is directed to curricula and enrollments, undergraduate student admissions, higher education, and graduate education and…

In the first part of this presentation, a critique is made of teacher education in general, pointing out the fact that schools of education are resigned to accepting academically weak students and have a limited definition of good teaching. A narrow view of the teacher's role is also cited, as well as teacher educators' resistance to change. The…

Information about deans that may be helpful to department chairs is presented, based on the findings of four national surveys of deans. The surveys of social science, graduate, continuing education, and arts and sciences deans covered the deans' role in resource allocation to departments, teaching and research support for faculty, tenure and…

Admission to and graduation from health profession schools by graduates of historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) were studied, with a focus on the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and Howard University's Medical (HUMS) and Dental Schools (HUDS). Site visits and interviews were also conducted with the pre-health program…

This paper reviews some emerging trends in applied linguistics in both Australia and New Zealand. It sketches the current scene of (selected) postgraduate applied linguistics programs in higher education and considers how various university programs define applied linguistics through the classes (titles) they have postgraduate students complete to…

This paper is based on the researcher's experiences as a graduate student, a senior academic teaching and auditing graduate classes. He has engaged in teaching and research at 31 universities. In his over 35 years of experience, he has developed some of the most effective graduate courses, attracting students from 30 overseas countries. Courses…

During the academic years 1975-76 and 1976-77 the Lilly Endowment provided funds for 13 internships and the Associated Colleges of Indiana provided support for another intern. The interns were placed at cooperating institutions that agreed to provide various specified experiences under the direction of mentors, in return for the interns' services.…

This is the third and final report resulting from a study of external degree programs and graduates conducted in 1976-77. The present study attempts to answer the basic concern that prompted the study: how useful and valuable are such degrees from the perspective of the graduates themselves? Survey responses from 1,486 program graduates were…

Describes the development of a competency-based program for principals offered at California State College, California, Pennsylvania. The program includes the following features: ten generic competencies supported by 40 complementary enabling competencies, self-assessment, an individually prescribed curriculum, a field-based delivery system, and…

A study of differential opportunities for men and women graduate students was undertaken during a two-year period. The analyses of the results provide some evidence that differential treatment exists, but also some data indicating that things have improved compared with conditions in earlier eras. Earlier discussions of sex discrimination are…

A planning study for graduate study in the mathematical sciences in Ontario undertaken in 1976-77 resulted in some general and specific observations about the Ontario universities. In general, graduate work in the mathematical sciences is of good quality, and most fields of mathematics are completely covered in one or another university; some…