A study of prospective engineering majors' college choice compared factors influencing those students with factors influencing other college-bound students; related college choice to student characteristics; and examined the time of major choice, principal influences on that decision, specialization preferences, and career objectives among this…

A Specialist Degree in Teaching is the result of a four-year development effort at the University of South Carolina designed to meet the complex needs of a career teacher. The goals and curriculum of the program are described as well as strategies for program evaluation. (MT)

Social work education has traditionally focused more on practice methods than on solving social problems. It is contended that there is a need for an "integrated practitioner" who is, by design, prepared as a social problem specialist. Issues in developing a curriculum are discussed. (Author/MH)

The notion of rural social work as a specialty as well as how educational programs can address the specialty and whether the required specialized knowledge falls into a given sequence or whether it cuts across them all are discussed. (Author/MH)

A study of journals available for publication by medical school faculty members in different clinical specialties found (1) considerable variation by specialty and (2) a positive relationship between the number of journals available within a specialty and the proportion of senior faculty in the corresponding departments. (MSE)

The responses of two classes of medical students on both the original and abbreviated versions of the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) are examined. The purpose was to identify the extent to which MBTI numerical scores and the MBTI personality types represented by the numerical scores are congruent between the forms.

The accomplishments of Albania's educational system since 1944 are outlined, and the objectives and concerns related to the development of higher education at present are discussed. (MSE)

A pediatric optometry clinic teaches students how to provide appropriate services for school-aged children who present, because of reduced visual acuity, unstable binocularity and perceptual skill disorders, and teaches about half the students the fundamentals of care of preschool children and strabismics. (Author/MSE)

In a recent study, a higher proportion of women than of men indicated that patient contact and family life were instrumental in the selection of a medical specialty. The traditional identifications of both male and female specialty choices are not changing. (Author/MLW)

Results of examination of five directory issues of "Journal of Education for Librarianship" covering 18 years reveal strong support for gender-linked nature of teaching specialties within library science graduate programs. Differences are consistent with gender gap in career development and pattern of specialization among students in MLS programs.…

General education programs need not be circuitous or formless. They should: stress development of the intellect; focus on problem-solving skills; integrate general objectives and professional competencies; and foster interdisciplinary studies. (MSE)

The organization of faculties by academic discipline has clouded, concealed and erased the faculty's sense of responsibility for the curriculum as a whole. The curriculum should aim to fashion able citizens in the context of American democracy. (MLW)

A measure of specialty indecision was administered to 567 medical students along with measures of vocational development and exploratory behavior. Initial evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Specialty Indecision Scale indicate that it is internally consistent, relates more to specialty choice than to career choice, and inversely…

With the increase in industrial and adult fitness and rehabilitation programs, more individuals qualified as exercise program professionals are needed. This article discusses universities and colleges that offer specialized graduate programs. Entrance criteria, prerequisites and deficiencies, degree requirements, and field experience training for…

Changes in East Germany's economy, development of the educational system, and demographic changes have made clear the need for more precise planning mechanisms in a system with the objective of a high rate of scientific and vocational education. Issues raised at the 1980 party congress of the Socialist Unity Party stress the importance of…