This report presents the proceedings of the 1971 annual meeting of the Western Association of Graduate Schools. The first general session of the meeting presented speeches and a discussion of the legal aspects of graduate education. The second session speakers concentrated on the topic of the graduate teaching assistants with regard to training…

This document presents an overview of and recommendations concerning the agricultural programs in California public higher education. Some of the recommendations are: (1) all new programs, options, and courses should be screened on a regular basis to determine if collaborative action would not lead to improvement; (2) ways and means of increasing…

This document contains the responses of the Committee of Ontario Deans of Engineering, the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies, and the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Ontario to "Ring of Iron: A Study of Engineering Education in Ontario." The study, prepared by the Council of Ontario Universities, was to cover…

This document presents the report of a study designed to (1) gather information and develop ideas useful to the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education in making recommendations on public policy; and (2) investigate and illuminate aspects of American higher education of interest to a wide audience of social scientists, faculty, and administrators.…

The present report constitutes the second volume of a comprehensive survey on the expansion of higher education in OECD countries during the period 1950-1967. Chapter 1 is an analysis of the evolution of enrollments in the 2 main types of higher education - universities and nonuniversities - and attempts to compare their relative growth rates…

This study presents projected higher education enrollment statistics for the state of Kentucky through the year 1985. The researchers compiling the data necessarily had to base these projections on assumptions that things would continue changing at the same rate as in the past, i.e., birth rate, percent of high school graduates continuing to…

This monograph is concerned with changes, innovations, and reforms in graduate education in the arts and sciences. It was written as an aid to faculty and administrators who must plan graduate programs in the future. While it does make suggestions and recommendations, it is chiefly intended to raise questions and to suggest ways by which graduate…

This report describes a process which assists the education planner in specifying strategies of instruction. The purpose of this process is to make the judgment of the planner an integral part of the design process. This is done by externalizing the planner's judgments as to what constitutes effective instruction and translating these judgments…

This document comprises 8 papers presented at the COBRE Research Workshop on Higher Education. The papers are: (1) "Schooling and Equality from Generation to Generation;" (2) "Time Series Changes in Personal Income Inequality: The United States Experience, 1939 to 1985;" (3) "Education, Income, and Ability;" (4)…

THIS REPORT OUTLINES A PLAN FOR ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN TANZANIA FOR THE CITIZENS IN A NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THE PRINCIPAL PROPOSALS ARE FOR VILLAGE AND DISTRICT TRAINING CENTERS, ADULT EDUCATION COLLEGES AT RUNGEMBA AND KIVUKONI AND A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING CENTER AT TENGERU, AND THE EXTENSION OF EXTRAMURAL…

This report presents an evaluation of progress made by the Chicago component of Project Simu-School in moving toward the attainment of its stated objectives. It is divided into five main sections: (1) evaluator's activities; (2) detailed product, process, and management evaluation; (3) description of evaluator's onsite findings; (4)…

This outline provides a guide for the school district administrative team to use in studying, analyzing, developing, and implementing new structural designs, organizational changes, and policy changes needed to successfully involve the community in educational decisions. The outline headings are "Preliminary Planning,""Barriers,""Requirements and…

Opinions on future plans for industrial arts education in relation to the projected nature of post-industrial society are presented, and resulted from research utilizing the Delphi technique. (LH)

The Nordic Council of Ministers reports on the cultural cooperation of the Nordic countries--Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden--in the areas of education, research, and general cultural work. Report includes general plans and guidelines for education, and it describes some important projects for collaboration. (Author/ND)

The impact of Federal funding through the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, its rules and regulations, and the Vocational Education Amendments of 1972 in industrial arts education is discussed. The legislation provides a framework in which industrial arts can grow. (AJ)