The 7 selected papers in this pamphlet, which were presented at a conference on doctoral study in November 1968, are specifically concerned with the doctorate in special education. The unique factors of the special education doctoral program are discussed in the first paper. The second and third presentations deal with the variety of approaches to…

This report discusses two possible approaches to maximize interest and aptitude in meeting the need for college instructors who are both scholars and teachers. Part I of the document concerns the extent to which existing graduate programs emphasize training for eventual college instruction. Part II addresses the possible development of doctoral…

This report presents empirical data in support of the behavioral, demand-oriented theory of Ph.D. production. A close examination of the Ph.D. curricula of the English, Economics, and Chemistry departments at Berkeley, chosen as representative of the extremes of departmental behavior, demonstrates that requirements do differ substantially and in a…

The Advisory Committee on Academic Planning was established by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies in January 1971. Its terms of reference are directed toward the effective planning and rationalization of long-term graduate development in Ontario's universities both at the level of individual disciplines and at a more general level. The…

This directory of engineering college research and graduate study is designed to promote the cause of graduate study in engineering by setting forth admission requirements, faculty, enrollments, degrees, fields of advanced study, appointments available to graduate students, and other data. It also presents information on engineering colleges and…

This report assesses the status of and resources for doctoral education in New York State. The status of doctoral education in New York is examined according to growth and resources, costs and financing, the quality of doctoral education, and future demands and resources. Regents policies, regents objectives, and recommendations for implementation…

This document reports the results of a survey of graduate student admissions at the State University of New York. Results indicated that on the master's level: (1) There were 21,924 applications for master's degree programs in 1972. (2) Acceptance rates for these applications varied widely from 27% to 98%, with an average of 62% of the…

This document reports the status of four minority groups and the availability of Ford Foundation graduate fellowships for the Ph.D. candidate. The four minority groups include Blacks, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and American Indians. Emphasis is placed on the background of minorities and graduate degrees, openings to opportunity, advanced study…

This report presents a brief summary of data gathered from the Survey of Earned Doctorates during fiscal year 1972. The Survey is conducted annually by the National Research Council. Questionnaire forms, distributed with the cooperation of the Graduate Deans, are filled out by the graduates as they completed all requirements for their doctoral…

This report seeks to (a) explain the origins and development of a research and teaching program in social policy analysis; (b) give a broad view of curricular problems in teaching social policy analysis; (c) explore changing academic priorities, away from the traditional concerns of teacher training, curricular development, and disciplinary…

In order to update the March 1970 study of the status of the Doctor of Arts (D.A.) degree for preparing junior college and college teachers, questionnaires were sent to the graduate deans of the 288 member institutions of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States on September 15, 1971. Questionnaires were also sent to the graduate deans…

The 1960's saw a great deal of talk about changing the pattern or structure of graduate education, but very little if any action. The 1970's will be radically different, not only because of budgetary constraints, but also because of the oversupply of PhDs and excess capacity. There are three basic factors that contribute to the demand for new…

In planning the first doctoral program in education at the new University of South Florida, the guiding purpose was to create a significant innovation recognizing among other things that 1) urban schools are society's most difficult education problem, for which effective research offers hope for solutions, 2) the college is involved in urban…

This document investigates the interacting patterns of computer support and usage. Data were obtained from an inventory of computers in American higher education, 1967. The data indicated that the overall national picture masks the great variation among institutions of higher education. Four of the 21 findings were the following: (1) In fiscal…

This monograph originated out of a concern that the development of the Doctor of Arts (DA) programs might founder on the insistence that they be of equivalent stature to the Ph.D. Some attempts at defining the DA justify this concern, for they vary so little from the Ph.D. pattern that it is difficult to determine whether university departments…