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McPheeters, Harold L. – 1985
Economic, social, and professional factors that influence where health professionals locate their practices are noted, and strategies to reduce maldistribution are discussed. Many strategies to influence the distribution of physicians and other health professionals are directed to recruitment, selection, and training of students. Other strategies…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Demand Occupations, Geographic Distribution, Government Role
Haberman, Martin – 1981
In a broad overview of teacher education, the challenges that faced four generations of teacher educators are considered as background to the issues now confronting the fifth generation. The major contribution of the first generation was to set out the fields which were to comprise the content of professional study--pedagogy, curriculum,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Design, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). Education, Science, and Culture Div. – 1980
Data are given on fall enrollments in Canadian universities for the 1978-79 academic year and on degrees, diplomas, and certificates awarded during the 1978 calendar year. Enrollment figures include summary, full-time, part-time, bachelor, first-professional, master, doctoral, and summer enrollments, presented by such variables as province,…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Classification, College Graduates, Degree Requirements
Rosen, Seymour M. – 1980
This study, one in a series on education in the Soviet Union, focuses on the status of higher education in the system and in the state. In an introductory section, basic legislation and decrees and the education ladder, or organizational structure, are outlined. The second section describes the organization, functions, and institutions of the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agency Role, Communism, Comparative Education
Penna, Richard P.; Sherman, Michael S. – Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1987
National survey data on pharmaceutical education enrollment rates and trends at all degree levels include information on full- and part-time enrollments, student gender and ethnic characteristics, patterns of specialization, sources of previous degrees, student country of origin, and fellowships. (MSE)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Business Administration, Chemistry, Doctoral Degrees
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Journal of Medical Education, 1979
Approximately 150 citations on medical education cover the following topics: accreditation, certification, and licensure; continuing education; current biography and obituary; educational measurement; educational research and evaluation; internship and residency; medical education in other countries; minority groups, sex factors and age factors;…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Bibliographies, Biographies, Certification
McCardell, John M., Jr. – Connection: New England's Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development, 1996
The growth experienced by Middlebury College (Vermont) in the 1980s brought stature and satisfaction. However, rising costs in the early 1990s resulted in more strategic planning and some retrenchment, focusing on enhancing the institution's excellence in certain liberal arts areas, gradual enrollment increases, cost and price containment,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Applicants, College Planning
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Balcom, Patricia; Kozar, Seana – TESL Canada Journal, 1994
Describes an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program in which international graduate students in the sciences are grouped according to their particular disciplines. This ensures that the peer group members are the content experts, whereas the ESL teacher serves only as the language expert, providing help in organization, grammar, pronunciation,…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Graduation Requirements
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel. – 1987
A statistical and narrative summary of the results of the 1985-1986 Survey of Earned Doctorates is presented. Basic information, such as sex, field of study, institution, and year of Ph.D., is presented for all of the 31,770 doctorate recipients, while complete questionnaire data are included for 29,696 Ph.D. recipients. Research and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Groups, Females
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel. – 1986
A statistical and narrative summary of the results of the 1984-1985 Survey of Earned Doctorates is presented. Basic information, such as sex, field of study, institution, and year of Ph.D., is presented for all of the 31,201 doctorate recipients, while complete questionnaire data are included for 29,517 Ph.D. recipients. Research and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Groups, Females
Coyle, Susan L.; Syverson, Peter D. – 1986
A statistical and narrative summary of the results of the 1983-1984 Survey of Earned Doctorates is presented. Basic information, such as sex, field, institution, and year of Ph.D., is presented for all of the 31,253 doctorate recipients; complete questionnaire data are included for the 29,713 Ph.D. recipients who responded to the questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Nationals
Patel, Vimla; Cranton, Patricia A. – 1982
The use of an alternative methodology to study transfer of learning in clinical instruction during medical school was investigated. The environment in which clinical instruction takes place was examined, after which hypotheses were proposed and tested in a quasi-experimental design. The first phase of the study, an ethnographic analysis of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Observation Techniques, Clinical Experience, Cognitive Objectives
BROWN, DAVID G. – 1965
THE STUDY ATTEMPTED TO IDENTIFY, DESCRIBE, AND EVALUATE THE CURRENT PROCEDURES BY WHICH COLLEGE JOBS ARE FOUND AND FILLED, AND TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ACADEMIC LABOR MARKET AND THE ACTIVITIES OF NEARLY 2,500 PLACEMENT AGENCIES. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO 10,312 PERSONS, OVER ONE-THIRD OF ALL NEWLY APPOINTED COLLEGE TEACHERS, WHO…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Heidelbach, Ruth; Lindsey, Margaret
From some 700 books and articles on the professional education of teachers, most of them published from July 1966 through June 1967, 350 were selected for inclusion in this annotated bibliography. Entries were selected for representative quality and significance. The introduction lists 12 observations regarding trends in the field and notes the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Education Majors
Woodward, Carl R. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
The last two decades have seen a rapid expansion of State colleges of agriculture in the United States. The enrollment has increased rapidly and this has meant a rapid development in the means for offering resident instruction. The courses of study have been passing through a process of evolution coincident with this growth. In general it is…
Descriptors: Educational History, College Curriculum, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Colleges
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