In 1972, the University of Southern California School of Engineering established a 4-channel interactive instructional television network. It was designed to allow employees of participating industries to take regular university science and engineering courses and special continuing education courses at or near their work locations. Final progress…

The directory first presents a geographic listing of graduate programs in the U.S. Next is a geographic listing for Canadian programs, followed by an alphabetical listing of graduate programs by degrees granted, a list of research specialties of doctoral programs in physics, astronomy, and related fields, a listing of areas of concentration of…

FOR A REPORT ON GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH, THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH AND THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER AT THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OBTAINED INFORMATION FROM CHAIRMEN OF DEPARTMENTS OFFERING GRADUATE WORK IN ENGLISH. SOME OF THE BASIC DATA ASSEMBLED FOR THE FULL REPORT (AVAILABLE AS TE 500 075) ARE THE FIVE…

This listing of 89 schools from around the world with master's degree programs in educational technology is based on the results of a survey completed by the International Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology in the fall of 1979. Countries represented in addition to the U.S.A. are Australia, Canada, Hong Kong,…

Charged with developing rigorous and exacting selection procedures, the professional schools at the University of California, Berkeley, must continually evaluate their programs and students. The aim of this study was to identify on the basis of past experience those factors which have been the best predictors of a student's ability to succeed in…

The Juvenile Court Judges' Commission Master's Degree Program at Shippensburg University is described. A study is reported that was designed to determine the effect of the scheduling format on achievement, the magnitude of the effect, and whether observed effects are associated with any relevant sociodemographic variables. (MLW)

Surveys the extent and range of graduate writing courses nationwide and the rationale for offering them, as described by deans and faculty. Concludes that attention should be paid to the need for graduate composition courses and the attendant need for cross-disciplinary interest in the teaching of such courses. (MS)

The degree of consensus between undergraduate program directors and deans/directors of master's degree programs on the priorities for content of the professional foundation courses in social work education is studied. The findings suggest agreement on the elements that should be included in the professional foundation. (Author/MH)

Finds that a research methods course is part of almost all master's programs in journalism or communication and that the course content seems to be related to tools needed in preparing a thesis. Those teaching the courses tend to be in their mid-40s, and most have published articles in scholarly journals. (FL)

A questionnaire survey of 106 master's programs in public affairs/administration are to a significant degree conducting more computer training than are programs within political science departments. (Author/CT)

Surveyed 291 graduates of master's degree programs in counselor education to determine factors affecting applicants' choice of counseling program. Results showed the most important factors were nearness of institution to home, specialized program availability, and reputation of the institution and the department. (BH)

An interdisciplinary master's program in the natural sciences designed to attract medical school applicants denied admission and other students wishing graduate study before committing themselves to a doctoral program is described. Results of a survey of the 310 graduates since 1967 are also reported. (MSE)

This study examined the views of students completing an educational administration preparation program at Southwest Texas State University (SWT) and students completing a similar program (program acronym MADE) at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional in Mexico City. Graduates of both programs received master's degrees. A focus group methodology was…

Just-In-Time Learning (JIT Learning) is a semester-long graduate course that teaches corporate trainers and instructional designers how to design performance improvement interventions. This course is part of a Master's program in Instructional Technology at San Francisco State University. The course has been offered three times and has been…

The Master of Arts program in Communication (MAC) at Wichita State University is integrated and interdisciplinary. The assumption is that all professional communicators engage in gathering and analyzing information, and designing and delivering messages. The program, therefore, seeks to prepare students to engage in these activities across…