Discusses the philosophy for the teaching of English and describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of Alberta, Canada. (RB)

The guide, now in its 14th edition, provides information about requirements, course offerings, financial aid, and personnel for 150 graduate departments of geography in the United States and Canada. The objective is to assist college and university departments in answering student inquiries concerning graduate training in geography. The guide is…

CHAIRMEN AT THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH MEETING DISCUSSED THE 1965 PROPOSALS FOR THE PH.D. AND ATTEMPTED TO CONVEY THAT A PH.D. PROGRAM CAN PREPARE A STUDENT TO BE A TEACHER AND A SCHOLAR WITHOUT INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS APPROPRIATE ONLY FOR THE RELATIVELY SMALL GROUP WHO WILL BE DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO RESEARCH AND WRITING. THE LENGTH…

This proposal for a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program to be instituted at Texas A&M University includes a general statement about the program; description of the MAT degree; justification of the need for an MAT Program at Texas A&M University; an outline of the two program options (either noncertified personnel may become certified or…

A set of programs in liberal education designed to enhance the social dimensions of engineering education is described. This program requires a minimum of 36 quarter credits in the broad categories of English Composition (8-10 credits), Man and Society (12-15 credits), Artistic Expression (8-10 credits), and the balance from any of the above…

This paper discusses the revision of the Elementary and Secondary Masters Degree Programs at Indiana University at South Bend. There were several reasons for revising the programs: (1) new faculty members with different orientations were eager to work on program development; (2) increasing graduate enrollments emphasized the need to take a closer…

The concept of attainment requirement and the development and assessment of attainment requirements for natural science majors is discussed. Structures involving several different kinds and levels of terminal and generic attainment are presented. The implications of such levels of attainment and performance standards for assessment strategies are…

The purpose of this survey was to examine the trend among Illinois high schools of offering and requiring basic speech courses. It was hypothesized that the trend is increasing. Fifty Illinois public high schools received a seventeen-question questionnaire. The hypothesis was confirmed. (The questions and the responses to the survey are presented…

The standard reference work on higher education in the U.S. describes over 1,450 accredited 4-year colleges and universities, with briefer descriptions of over 100 professional schools. This reference work now includes a section on consortia of postsecondary institutions listing members and cooperative programs. A directory of statewide…

For a 1969 report on graduate programs in English, the Association of Departments of English, obtained information from chairmen or directors of graduate study in English at 223 institutions. This document contains some of the information collected for the full report (available through ERIC as "Graduate Programs in English: A 1969…

A number of administrative and instructional problems arise from the fact that many children continue to be taught by persons who do not hold regular teaching certificates. The two-fold purpose of the study summarized in this report was to discover ways to assist these provisionally certificated teachers to obtain a regular certificate and to…

On October 3, 1972 the faculty of Mars Hill College approved the extension of the present core curriculum and the modified 4-1-4 calendar through the 1973-74 academic year. The faculty further asked that the study of the competence-based curriculum be continued. This document contains a partial list of the proposals produced by the ongoing review…

The Department of English and the Department of Speech and Theatre at Kutztown (Pa.) State College, with the assistance of the Dean of Teacher Education and the Director of Placement, have developed a new program for the preparation of teachers in the disciplines of English, speech and theatre. The project was begun locally to provide graduates…

This document was compiled to give a detailed statistical view of higher education in North Carolina. Information covers current enrollment,enrollment trends, undergraduate transfers, degrees conferred, faculty and staff, library resources, extension activities, student costs, admissions, student housing and financial statistics. (MJM)