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Peer reviewedTwombly, Susan B. – Higher Education, 1997
Dominant social, economic, and political philosophies manifested in the recent debate over the University of Costa Rica general studies curriculum reforms are discussed. It is concluded that the debate is really about the university's role in an environment that values privatization, individual (contrasted with social) benefits of higher…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Role, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedBauman, Raquel – Equity and Excellence, 1992
Discusses organizational changes in educational institutions needed to attract minority students to the health professions and retain them, focusing on the University of Massachusetts Medical Center program and its initiatives for high school and college students. The program is increasing enrollment and retention of minorities at the medical…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Students, Enrollment, Health Occupations
Peer reviewedHaffner, Alden N. – Optometric Education, 1991
A review of optometry's twentieth-century history looks at curriculum standardization and recognition of the doctorate in Optometry, federal legislation, public health movement, optometry in universities, use of pharmaceuticals, the primary care concept, Optometry in group health care, growth of professional publications, and entry into health…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Doctoral Degrees, Drug Therapy, Educational History
Direct linkAnderson, Neil; Klein, Mary; Lankshear, Colin – Australian Educational Computing, 2005
This paper reports preliminary work in an ARC Linkage Project involving collaboration among James Cook University, Education Queensland, and Technology One (a Queensland based company). The project aims to identify and interpret factors associated with low female participation rates in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reference Groups, Disproportionate Representation, Focus Groups
Poole, Millicent E.; Nielsen, Samuel W. – 1994
Two phases of related research investigated the nature of women's skill development needs. The first phase examined prior schooling and current and future training needs of managerial and professional women. A questionnaire was administered to an initial sample of 163 and a replication sample of 207. Participants indicated interpersonal,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Development, Educational Discrimination, Educational Needs
Download full textBarley, Stephen R. – 1992
Over the past 4 decades, the number of professional and technical workers has increased by 282 percent, and economic forecasts indicate that this trend of rapid growth will increase. The bureaucratization of the professions, expansion and application of scientific knowledge, and technological change have all fueled a "technization" of the work…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Economic Change, Economic Research, Employment Patterns
Smith, Laverne; And Others – 1993
This study was conducted to provide information for the Ontario Ministry of Education about the 1990-91 graduating class of candidates from teacher education institutions in Ontario. Subjects were 5,080 English-language and 417 French-language teacher education graduates. A longitudinal survey was taken in three stages over a period of two years.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries
Schon, Donald A. – 1987
It is argued that professional education should be centered on enhancing the professional person's ability for "reflection-in-action," which is learning by doing and developing the ability for continued learned throughout the professional's career. Examples are drawn from an architectural design studio and the arts to demonstrate how…
Descriptors: Architecture, College Instruction, Competence, Counseling
Smith, Mary Howard – 1973
Commissioned by the Southern Regional Education Board, this document contains summaries of a series of papers on manpower and education in various professional fields. Each paper addresses the following factors: present and future needs for manpower; trends which will affect manpower needs and demands; present capability of higher education to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Computer Science, Dentistry, Educational Needs
Turner, John D., Ed.; Rushton, James, Ed. – 1976
An account is provided of the present position and the likely direction of future developments in education in each of the major professions in Great Britain: accounting, architecture, the clergy, medicine, engineering, law, social work, and teaching. Among matters addressed are: the relationships between theoretical situations and practice; the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Architecture, Clergy, Educational Change
BARSKY, LILLIAN; TERLIN, ROSE – 1967
DETAILED INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONS FOR WOMEN. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, ESTIMATED SALARIES, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT ARE DISCUSSED IN SUCH OCCUPATIONS AS ACCOUNTANT, HOME ECONOMIST, ENGINEER, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, NURSE, SCIENTIST, REAL ESTATE AGENT AND BROKER,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Opportunities, Career Planning, College Graduates
Porter, Beverly Fearn – 1980
Information is presented on the composition of the 1979 membership of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). Questionnaires were administered to members of the nine independent societies of the AIP to determine demographic and employment information. Background characteristics of the membership include the following: more than half identify…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
National Academy of Education, Washington, DC. – 1978
The document consists of a report by the chairman of the Committee on Anthropology and Education and six essays commissioned by the committee. In addressing the need to support educational anthropology programs, the report suggests: creation of a national fellowship program for graduate students; interchanges among educational anthropology…
Descriptors: Agencies, Cognitive Development, Educational Anthropology, Educational History
Haase, Patricia T. – 1978
The opportunities for the growth and enhancement of the associate degree nursing program, central to the current controversy over the role of the associate degree nurse as technical or professional, should be viewed in the context of the future of health care practice and the realities of the health care marketplace. American health care is on the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Attitude Change, Educational Needs
Chin, Laura – 1975
This report details concerns of specific Asian and Pacific American Communities and examines the degree to which government agencies at federal state, and local levels have made efforts to resolve these problems, or, in some cases, contribute to them. The study deals with educational opportunities afforded Chinese American youth; housing and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Certification, Community Problems, Community Services
