The primary focus of the study is an instrument (developed in the public school setting) entitled, "Professional Teaching Competencies," which clusters interrelated planning and implementation competencies around instructional roles of the teacher. The concept, "Stages of Mastery," is used as the evaluation method. The study summarizes data…

The product of the Task Force on Community Development, Curriculum and Training Needs, the report focuses on community development as an emerging field of knowledge and is intended to serve as a guide for self-study, orientation, inservice, undergraduate, and graduate training for community development professionals. Topics treated include: the…

The Human Resource Management Course Monographs provide descriptions of training courses for graduate students and manpower practitioners, including treatment of some of the major functions of manpower programs. Manpower Project Monitoring and Program Evaluation is designed to introduce the student to the principles, techniques and limitations of…

This report includes statistical data concerning the approximately 2,000 physicists and astronomers holding post-doctoral positions in 1973. The data cover the following areas: (1) demographic and background characteristics - sex, place of birth and citizenship, and years from degree; (2) employment characteristics - type of employer, salaries,…

The Advisory Committee on Academic Planning conducted a planning assessment of graduate studies in Ontario universities for administration, business, and management science. Given is the consultants' report and the comments by the discipline group and the individual universities. Comments by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies are also…

This document outlines an interdisciplinary graduate program for unit leaders in the multiunit elementary school. Emphasis is placed on participants; selection criteria; program format; instructional materials; objectives related to curriculum, instruction, assessment and evaluation, staff development, staff leadership, and secondary objectives;…

This model is an abstraction of a content and process model proposed and partially implemented at Southern Connecticut State College for establishing a Graduate Center of Cross-Cultural Studies. Outlined in the model are: (1) major objectives for the Graduate Center of Cross-Cultural Studies; (2) college inputs (organization, resources to be…

These preliminary data are based on the National Science Foundation's Quick Response Survey of a sample of science and engineering graduate departments in institutions awarding the Ph.D. degree. The sample was designed to indicate with reasonable precision total graduate enrollment in science and engineering as well as major changes that may have…

Students in grades K-10 listed three questions that they wished to have answered in school. Graduate students who conducted the survey interpreted the results in separate statements that summarize observations, state hypotheses, and make recommendations for a change in school curricular content. Their interpretations are based on the…

This is the status report of a survey conducted to determine the types of entry level positions of students who graduate from Western Michigan University with a B. S. in Business Teacher Education and Administrative Services and those with a B. B. A. certified as a Business Education Teacher, for the academic years 1970-71, 1971-72, and 1972-73.…

Presented in this document are statistical tables showing the distribution of scholarship grades for the academic year 1973-74 at the University of California at Berkeley. The data is divided by the department and listed under lower division courses, upper division courses, graduate division courses, professional courses, and graduate 601-602…

The perceived environments of departments in five graduate fields were studied in a longitudinal study of a large sample of students. Students' perceptions of the administrative, peer, academic, and general environments of the departments were examined by an extensive questionnaire. The "environments" of the fields differed in plausible ways, each…

This volume includes materials that clearly indicate the state of the development of the field of higher education. The members of the Association of Professors of Higher Education gathered in their third formal national conference to read and discuss the materials included here. The ideas and information presented in this edited, and relatively…

Concern with the prevalent under-representation of ethnic minority groups in Western graduate schools, and with the growing demand of minority students for more relevance in the college curricula, prompted a cooperative WAGS-WICHE (Western Association of Graduate Schools-Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education) effort in the general…

From national, regional, and state associations, colleges, and universities the National Association for Public School Adult Education (NAPSAE) Professional Development Committee requested policy statements relevant to professional development activities and procedures used to improve adult educators. A limited number of what might be defined as…