A comprehensive, field-disaggregated analysis of the academic labor market is presented using data from the National Center for Education Statistics for first-year graduate enrollment and higher degrees awarded in distinct fields. The fixed-coefficient model of Cartter (1975) is enlarged and disaggregated into a model of the supply of master's as…

Part of a broad survey of administrator preparation programs in the United States, the study reported here was an analysis of professors' open-ended responses to questions about recent and projected changes in their educational administration programs. Content analysis was used to examine past changes, expected changes, patterns of change, and…

A 1977-78 survey of bachelor's degree recipients in physics and astronomy investigated graduates' postbaccalaureate plans. Highlights of the findings are: a small shift in postbaccalaureate plans away from graduate study and into employment for both physics and astronomy bachelors; an improved employment outlook for physics graduates with regard…

Graduate school deans were surveyed to identify characteristics indicating Ph.D. program quality, as well as acceptable ways to measure such characteristics. Doctoral programs in many different fields of study were considered, but three purposes of a Ph.D. program were emphasized: the training of scholarly researchers, college teachers, and…

Selecting the best qualified doctoral applicants for preparation as future counselor educators is one of the most important decisions a counselor education faculty makes each year. Recently proposed by the Association for Counselor Educational and Supervision are the Guidelines for Doctoral Preparation in Counselor Education. The present authors…

Least squares and Bayes methods were used in a cross validation study conducted for comparison purposes. The study applies to situations with the following conditions: predictor data are given on the same scales; criterion data may be given on different scales; and it is necessary to pool data even though criterion scale differences exist. Such a…

Nineteen chapters of information, organized into five units, are provided in this 28th yearbook of the American Council on Industrial Arts Teacher Education. Unit I, entitled "A Historical and Philosophical Orientation to Industrial Arts" contains five chapters that examine these topics: the movements that led to contemporary industrial…

A study was conducted to investigate the degree to whicb subjects could be trained to improve the reliability of their diagnostic decisions about cases of reading difficulties. Twenty-eight graduate students enrolled in a reading diagnosis course were trained from G. B. Sherman's Model of Reading and Learning to Read, and practiced on simulated…

Community mental health curriculum in schools of social work education is discussed. The contents are compiled from a series of empirical studies, interviews, and meetings with social work faculty and students, and from analyses of curriculum materials as part of a three-year study conducted by the Council on Social Work Education. Chapter 1…

Teacher certification may depend on 30 credits of collegiate work beyond the baccalaureate degree or the receipt of a Master's degree. Some state education departments, however, are accepting "inservice" credit in lieu of academic credit. "Inservice" training consists of workshops, courses, or programs designed to improve the quality of public…

A study was conducted to determine the perceived quality of undergraduate and graduate programs in reading by former students in those programs. Survey forms were mailed to 851 persons whose names were provided as graduates of ninety colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Forms were returned from 404 persons holding the…

Standards for the accreditation of training programs in school psychology have been developed by several organizations including the American Psychological Association which provides accreditation criteria for professional psychology programs, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) which develops criteria generic to…

THE ESSENTIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AND HIS ADVISOR SHOULD NOT BE DAMAGED BY MECHANICAL ROUTINES OF ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER, DESPITE ALLAN GILBERT'S CRITICISM ("CEA CRITIC," MAY 1967), THE PROSPECTUS AND THE READING COMMITTEE ARE NECESSARY, AND MAY, IN FACT, COUNTER ANY FLAWS IN THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN…

IN 1960, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SET UP AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE PROGRAM FOR ADULT EDUCATORS, AND A PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING THE NEW CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND FOR COORDINATING RESEARCH RELATIVE TO THE GREAT PLAINS REGION. THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY THE KELLOGG FOUNDATION. DIRECTED BY DR. ALAN KNOX, WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE…

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE (STUDENT TEACHING OR INTERNSHIP) IN TEACHER EDUCATION THROUGH ITS INTEGRATION INTO THE TOTAL PROGRAM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHLY COMPETENT SUPERVISING TEACHERS, THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE PROPOSED--(1) JOINT COLLEGE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL RESPONSIBILITIES SHOULD BE ASSUMED BY A "CLINICAL…