This paper describes a faculty development program initiated by the University of Georgia in 1964 to address a statewide faculty shortage. After 37 years, the program, Faculty Development in Georgia (FDIG), remains a successful example of inter-institutional cooperation. When FDIG began, 12 graduate assistantships were offered annually to faculty…

As educational indicators continue to signal tough times ahead, higher education institutions are also likely to continue to face further belt tightening. This means operating more efficiently and will also require that institutions look for opportunities to collaborate through inter-institutional partnerships that provide creative ways to address…

This report describes the Doctoral Scholars Program of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), which is part of a nationwide initiative, the Compact for Faculty Diversity, to produce more minority Ph.D.s and to encourage them to seek faculty positions. The compact provides minority doctoral candidates with academic and financial support as…

Focuses on the declining enrollment trends at the undergraduate level and expanding number of masters and doctoral programs at the graduate level of instruction. (RL)

Government support for pre- and post-doctoral education in the sciences, which was abundant over a decade ago is waning. An example is the phasing-out of the training grants and fellowship programs at the National Institutes of Health. (DF)

Results of a questionnaire sent to 200 institutions of higher learning in the Southeast to determine attitudes toward the Doctor of Arts degree in foreign languages. (DS)

A paper read in February 1972 at the National Conference on Graduate Studies in English at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. (RB)

Reports doctoral dissertations completed and in preparation in colleges and universities of the United States and Canada. (DS)

In a discussion of many of the problems related to the doctoral world, author describes a program now in its third year of operation: the Union Graduate School of the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities. (MB)

The author attempts to furnish a frame of reference which can be of assistance to the student contemplating seeking a Ph.D. and possibly to those advising him. (Author)