This report deals with the graduate school of Harvard University and focuses on the problems that have been created by the school's rapid expansion in the past 10 years. Chapter 1 defines the scope of the report. Chapter 2 examines the size of the graduate school in terms of available resources and recommends a reduction in the number of graduate…

This report summarized statistical data on graduate student support, postdoctorals, and graduate faculty as of fall 1969 in 224 doctorate granting institutions applying for traineeship grants from the National Science Foundation for 1970. These 224 include virtually all U.S. doctoral granting institutions. Information is presented on: (1) graduate…

This report presents the results of a survey that attempted to assess the nature and extent of minority group participation in the graduate programs at Michigan State University for the 1969-70 academic year. Minority group status was defined as membership in 1 of 3 groups: Black American, Mexican American, and Indian American. The number of…

This summary report is based on the U.S. Office of Education's 11th annual survey of students enrolled for advanced degrees. Included in this publication are summary enrollment tables by level of study, attendance status, sex of student, field of specialization, State or other U.S. area, and institutional control and level. Comparisons are also…

The Commission on Graduate Education of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges has assembled in this booklet the nature of the fundamental problems of graduate education accompanied by recommendations for action. Nine areas of concern include redesigning graduate education for the twentieth century, distinguishing…

The purpose of this study is to obtain information concerning procedures and programs established for disadvantaged graduate students. The means used for gathering this information was a 3-part questionnaire which was sent to the deans of the 287 graduate schools belonging to the Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S. The first section of the…

This report presents data concerning predoctoral students supported under training grants of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The report offers a discussion of the training grant and a comparison of it to other forms of support, a discussion of the students and the fields of study…

A number of studies cited in the literature show a positive correlation between the students scholastic grade point average and his library usage. The case is made by a growing cult of librarians who are engaged in "teaching the library" that the librarian so engaged makes a direct contribution to the student's success at his studies. Although…

This publication is a compilation of descriptions of approximately 200 graduate reading programs. Each description covers a number of different facets of the program, such as program director, degrees available, number of students in the graduate program, career interests of students, names of members of the faculty, associated staff, and faculty…

This document presents a series of tables concerning a 1966 study of the Woodrow Wilson Fellows who entered graduate school from 1958 through 1963. At the time of the study, 49% of the fellows had not yet earned the doctorate, and were no longer in school. Among the men, 44% were defined as dropouts, and among the women, 64% were thus defined.…

In a previous study entitled Post-doctoral Education in the Ontario Universities 1969-70 (HE 003 573), the author showed that the majority of postdoctoral students in the Ontario universities in 1969-70 were not citizens of Canada. Upon finding this, the author determined to find out if a significant number of Canadian doctoral graduates continued…

The primary motivation behind this prediction study was the concern voiced over the problem of attrition in graduate school. Noting a 45% dropout rate in psychology doctoral students who began between 1955 and 1964 and were studied in 1968, one author deplored the loss in time and effort to students and faculty when students leave graduate school.…

This report is primarily a summary of the results of validity studies carried out by the Educational Testing Service for graduate schools of business during the 3 years of the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business (ATGSB) Validity Study Service. The report covers 69 studies carried out for 67 graduate schools of business in the period from…

This report presents the proceedings of the 1971 annual meeting of the Western Association of Graduate Schools. The first general session of the meeting presented speeches and a discussion of the legal aspects of graduate education. The second session speakers concentrated on the topic of the graduate teaching assistants with regard to training…

This is the report of the 1969 annual conference of the Western Association of Graduate Schools. The first general meeting held at the conference presented 3 speeches by minority students from the area graduate schools. Discussed in these addresses were the problems confronting the American Indian, Mexican American, and black students as students…