This paper discusses the future of geography education at the college and graduate levels. The rapid changes in the world, the financial pressures at home, and a decrease in the recognition of the potential contributions of geography and geographers are signals of danger, but also opportunities for growth. If geographic education is to be of…

Because of the important role music plays in the lives of young adults, the graduate education of young adult librarians should include a study of the music and the musical behavior of young adults. A formal course might include reviews of research in these areas: (1) the sound recording industry and the economic factors which determine what is…

Six problems in coordinating a graduate program for two-year college English teachers are discussed in this paper. The problems are: how to implement national guidelines for such programs, how to staff the programs, how to accommodate traditional university personnel guidelines and regulations to the nontraditional staff for the programs, how to…

DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION SHOULD HAVE ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS BASED ON ACADEMIC ABILITY, AGE, MATHEMATICS BACKGROUND, AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE. CANDIDATES SHOULD TAKE COURSE WORK EQUIVALENT TO A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ONE AREA OF SCIENCE AND A MINIMUM OF 1 YEAR OF STUDY, INCLUDING LABORATORY, IN THE OTHER MAJOR AREAS. ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE…

THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE BECAUSE IT EXISTS TO INCREASE AND DISPENSE KNOWLEDGE, WHEREAS THE PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE EXISTS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS. COLLEGES OF EDUCATION SHOULD FUNCTION IN HARMONY WITH ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR WORK IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, TO…

THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN COMMUNICATION AND THE SPECIALISTS WHO ARE IN THE FIELD WERE STUDIED. LEADERS IN THIS FIELD WERE CALLED UPON FOR GUIDANCE AND ASSESSMENT OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN COMMUNICATIONS. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM (1) A SURVEY OF LITERATURE, (2) PRELIMINARY DATA FROM…

A variety of college writing programs was surveyed and evaluated for examples of approaches to the teaching of the writing process in expository, business, professional, and technical writing. Some of the findings are: (1) Freshman composition teachers are focusing more on teaching the composition process than they were before, but one course in…

Personal observations suggest that conventional evaluation methods used in methods courses heighten rather than alleviate the insecurity of teachers who suffer from science anxiety. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the benefits of a graduate science methods course that used a nonthreatening evaluation method. This method consisted…

A conceptual and methematical model was developed to study the preparation of persons holding Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees and to discover the proportion of them who assume academic positions. Data were collected on the number of US and foreign engineering students enrolled, degrees granted, and their employment in academic,…

Described is a general college curriculum in mathematics that can be taught by a college staff with as few as four teachers. This report considers four related problems in mathematical education, particularly in colleges of arts and sciences. First, there is the problem of uncertainty about curriculum content and sequence. Second, the…

The results of a questionnaire returned by 77 foreign graduates of U.S. advanced-degree agricultural programs are discussed. Areas covered included how the graduates felt about their U.S. education, what they are currently doing, and what type of assistance they need in their current jobs. (MLH)

This paper contains a report concerning trends of enrollment and financial support in graduate science education submitted to the National Board on Graduate Education. For the study, three surveys were utilized: (1) National Science Foundation's (NSF) annual surveys of graduate student support, fiscal years 1968-73; (2) National Research Council…

In eight years of operation, the Texas Association for Graduate Education and Research (TAGER) Television Instructional Network, composed of nine North Central Texas Colleges, has offered 1,132 academic courses. A total of 25,591 students have taken these courses. All instruction is live and features a talk-back system by which students may…

This extensive bibliography contains a listing of 1,095 research topics completed by graduate students in the field of planning during the period 1965-70. Citations are organized into separate sections for dissertations, theses, and thesis alternatives. Within each section, entries are listed alphabetically by author's name. Data for the…

The Pittsburgh Middle School Teacher Corps Project (PMSTCP) is a competency-based, field oriented master's program developed and implemented jointly by the Pittsburgh Board of Education and the University of Pittsburgh. The PMSTCP has developed a model which focuses on competencies needed to train teachers to work with urban middle school students…