Reviews the library literature on the conflict in teaching cataloging between educating for librarianship and training for specific tasks. Topics discussed include the issues of practitioners as educators, differentiation of professional duties, centralization and cooperation, development of cataloging codes, technological change, and anticipated…

Changes in admission policies and curriculum and their current/projected effects on enrollment, academic standards, student retention, and costs are discussed. (MSE)

Three years after the introduction of a voluntary hepatitis B vaccination program, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine has achieved a high vaccination rate among predoctoral students and a moderate rate among postdoctoral students and faculty. However, an unexpectedly low immunity was achieved, even among vaccinated individuals. (MSE)

Argues that graduate schools are overproducing literary scholars and underproducing composition and rhetoric scholars, who carry the increasingly bulk of the work in English departments, and examines, in detail, this split between rhetoric and literary scholars. (SRT)

Argues that the master's degree awarded by a graduate program accredited by the American Library Association is the requisite credential for youth services librarianship. Problem areas discussed include the departmental location of education for youth services librarians, the development of skills standards, and the need for identifying career…

Examines roots and development of Master's of Library Science (MLS), and discusses two basic questions: whether master's-level education should be more than instrumental, and more theoretical than practical. Also discussed are technological developments, and aspects of current master's curriculum, core curriculum, and specialization, which…

Research on the professional preparation of Romanian university students is discussed, including what constitutes specialist training and qualifications, student motivations in choice of field, values within the chosen profession as a factor in student attitudes, and the roles of knowledge acquisition, communication, work, and politics and…

Experience on the traditional internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, and psychiatry clerkships was compared with the experience on a family medicine clerkship. The family medicine clerkship offered the most experience with circulatory, respiratory, digestive, neurological, musculoskeletal, and skin problems and with…

It is unwise to give even a philosophically competent school head the power to set curriculum policy. In a democratic society that power should be held by the community rather than by technocrats because of the possibility of authoritarian abuse by specialists not accountable to the larger community. (IS)

This publication is one of a series resulting from the broad study, "Qualification and Preparation of Teachers of Exceptional Children," conducted by the of Office Education in cooperation with many leaders in the education of exceptional children and youth in the United States. Approximately 2,000 persons have contributed to the total project.…

The hypothesis that the relationship between medical school achievement and postgraduate performance would vary by specialty was confirmed in a comparison of grades, standardized medical exams, and ratings in four areas of competence (medical knowledge, data-gathering skills, clinical judgment, and professional attitudes) in internal medicine,…

The extent to which various factors during clinical clerkships affect specialty choice of medical students was investigated. During clerkships the greatest influence on specialty choice came from the interplay of faculty members and experiences. The influence of faculty members and clerkship experiences was greatest among students who chose…

Cognitive style and teaching technique were studied when 25 doctoral students taught a class session within their field of study and a session outside it. Out-of-field teaching produced anxiety that students attempt to overcome by going to more structured fields and using more formal and traditional teaching methods. (Author/MSE)

This article argues that while small colleges appear to be poorly positioned to be technology leaders, they have opportunities to distinguish themselves through focused applications of information technology resources in support of their missions. Costs, risks, and benefits of taking a leadership role in technology are discussed. (Author/MSE)

Special education doctoral programs in 44 universities were surveyed to assess program characteristics, student characteristics, and student financial support. Results indicate that both numbers of focus areas of doctoral studies (such as early childhood, severe/multiple disabilities, and learning disabilities) and sources of student support have…