Awards Day Address delivered at Scripps College on May 16, 1968.

A model was tested in which it was assumed that the left and right cerebral hemispheres have access to independent supplies of resources, which they may use in most kinds of information processing situations. Eight male subjects were specifically selected for having demonstrated a strong right-hand superiority on several manual tasks, and a strong…

The utility of multiple discriminant analysis in predicting career interests in six specialities of engineering--aeronautical, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering--was studied. Freshman engineers at Purdue University were administered the Purdue Interest Questionnaire (PIQ). Multiple discriminant analysis was…

A model curriculum in social planning at the graduate level has been developed and tested as an area of study at Florida State University (FSU). The project, which lasted from early 1967 through the summer of 1968, involved (1) a workshop to review the educational needs that should be met by the proposed curriculum, (2) a second workshop that…

Traditionally, universities have independently sought and preserved knowledge and prepared students for professional careers, although society has influenced and supported their objectives. Today's universities, challenged by the increasingly complex needs of society, are responding with educational innovations that are usually profitable to both.…

The Agency for International Development report on participant training for the fiscal year 1966 includes graphical representation and statistical tables. The former gives non-contract arrivals in the United States (U.S.) by Fiscal Year (FY), 1950-1966; non-contract arrivals in the U.S. by field activity, FY 1950-1966, with cumulative percentage…

The industrial development of rural areas within a technologically and industrially advanced nation consists essentially of a redistribution of economic activity. Resultant changes in occupational structure may be assessed through study of five major areas: market participation, sectoral relocation, work specialization, occupational upgrading, and…

This programmed text of self-instruction is one of a series of manuals on techniques describing procedures for planning and executing specialized work in water-resources investigations. It has been prepared on the assumption that the reader has completed standard courses in calculus and college physics and is presented in eight parts. Part I…

This study attempts to raise and answer the question as to whether lateral specialization of the brain could explain some of the differences in persons at different stages of intellectual development from birth to adulthood according to Piaget's theory of individual development via sequential, qualitatively different stages.…

Among the foreseeable trends in Soviet higher education are that (1) specialist training will become more flexible and will train workers of broader competence, (2) managerial personnel will be trained with relevant technological knowledge, (3) teaching methods will be modified to keep up with computer technology, and (4) higher education…

Long-term planning for professional training of electric-power specialists in Russia will have to (1) recognize the need for specialists to adapt to unforeseen developments in the field, (2) include new mathematics, physics, and computer technology, and (3) be prepared for changes in methods of production and transformation of energy. (AV)

Points out the growing role of computer technology in the Soviet economy and discusses the need for future electronics specialists to design and produce circuits using integral microelectronics. Specialists also will need to adjust quickly to changes in science and technology. (Author/AV)

Outlines a model to aid planners of higher education in the Soviet Union. Among factors which planners should consider are: (1) size, structure, and areas of specialization of the institution; (2) teaching methods; (3) trends in scientific research; (4) materials development and financial resources; and (5) improvement in the management system.…

Colleges of education tend to assemble faculty members who behave as "generalists" rather than specialists in narrow fields. Often the nature of the field at which the college of education is directed animates the generalists' approach for teacher preparation. Problems within education are not as easily subdivided for research and innovation.…

Specialization has been emphasized at the expense of generalization. Focus in this address is on how liberal learning can accommodate the twin necessities of educating specialists and educating generalists, or of producing experts who are not merely technicians. (Editor/LBH)