Graduate schools must develop new criteria for identifying potentially talented individuals. Judgment analysis (JAN) uses a criterion of success, derived from the judgments of a group of experts, for graduate student selection. In considering a number of applicants for a position, a judge examines each applicant's scores for various profile…

Three hundred and seventy-seven research papers by graduates and undergraduates are listed in this bibliography, which both teachers and researchers are likely to find useful. All the papers deal with some aspect of Louisiana, but many contain implications and information of quite general application, such as "The Relationship of…

This report provides summary enrollment information by level of study, attendance, status (full and part time), sex, field of specialization, State, institution, and institutional level and control. A detailed listing showing enrollment within each field of study at each institution is included in a companion report, "Students Enrolled for…

The purposes of the Colloquium were to identify the pertinent questions relative to the growing influx of foreign graduate students to the United States and to reach consensus on priorities for research and action. This document presents: (1) the highlights of the Colloquium on (a) the situation in the United States, (b) the situation abroad, (c)…

This study attempts to measure the attitudes toward intellectual freedom held by a group of future librarians and to correlate these findings with certain syndromes of authoritarianism as reported in "The Authoritarian Personality," by T. W. Adorno, and others (New York, Harper, 1950). The hypothesis is that graduate library students who…

This annotated bibliography is a survey of generally available studies and commentaries dealing with graduate education covering a 4-year period, 1957-60. Citations cover the areas of history and the nature of graduate education; organization, administration, and support; graduate programs; the graduate student; the graduate faculty and faculty…

This study: (1) determines and quantifies the degree of fear expressed by graduate students at Arizona State University toward a research methods course (EF 500); identifies graduate students who indicate a high measure of anxiety for EF 500; and (3) compares them with students in whom measured fear is expressed to a low degree, is absent, or is…

To determine the effects of grades on academic performance, 31 graduate students participated in a course which, to avoid the undesirable effects of competition and ambiguity, was designed with specified course objectives and criteria for grades. The students were assigned 4 prescribed experiments that they performed in pairs. They each wrote…

This report presents the results of a survey conducted by the Office of Education of a nationwide sample of 15,710 students enrolled in programs leading to a degree beyond the bachelor's in the arts and sciences in 68 institutions. Section I presents data on the background and personal characteristics of graduate students, the type and size of the…

This report summarizes findings of the second phase of a study designed to evaluate how well the NDEA Title IV Graduate Fellowship Program has achieved 1 of its stated objectives: to increase the number of well qualified college and university teachers by providing up to 3 years of financial aid to doctoral students preparing for academic careers.…

A survey designed to elicit information concerning graduate school enrollment was issued in two parts in the early fall of 1972 and in January 1973. This document presents the results of the first part of the survey. Tables present the number of respondents with usable data to each question, the percentage that number represents of the total group…

In May, 1970, a group of educators, scientists, industrial and government representatives, and scientific manpower specialists met at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discuss the current employment situation for scientists and engineers, and to assess its future implications, particularly its effect on graduate education. This book is…

Provides evidence of the existence of serial position and isolation effects in a classroom lecture simulation involving extended meaningful discourse. Isolating an item facilitated learning of that item. (Author/DEP)

Offers a list of ten suggestions designed to help new teaching assistants reduce potential problems and make teaching more enjoyable and effective. Among the suggestions: learn about instructional resources prior to teaching; ensure adequate preparation time; offer alternatives to the standard lecture format; and arrange for weekly supervisor…

Surveyed 75 rehabilitation counseling programs concerning master's degree level research instruction. Found research topics most likely to be included were research design and statistics. Some offered specific rehabilitation research course. Educators agreed that primary goal of rehabilitation research education is to teach students to become…