A random sample of October, 1979, test sites was selected to assess the potential bias of the ACT Assessment. From this sample, sites which tested at least five Anglos and five Hispanics were included; the final sample contained a total of 876 students (403 Anglo and 373 Hispanic). Using the primary hypothesis, "There is no interaction…

The use of funding/allocation formulas in public higher education and the efficacy of Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) taxonomies as the basis for discipline cost differentials in Tennessee are examined. Major criteria on which funding/allocation formulas should be based and weaknesses in existing formulas are also identified.…

As part of the ongoing process of self-assessment begun with the 1973 Graduate Follow-up Study of the 1971 graduates and continued in 1978 with the 1976 graduates and in 1983 with the 1980 graduates, it was decided to conduct a survey of the 1983 seniors of the Mesa Public Schools during the spring of 1983. The data collected and analyzed at that…

The tabulation of academic degrees and other awards is in two parts: (1) the number of graduates with bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees by subject matter and institution; and (2) the number of graduates with associate degrees and other awards less than the bachelor's, by subject area and discipline. (MSE)

An attempt is made to clarify the aims of critical training in academic subjects at the higher education level. Additionally, common motifs of thought in the extensive material of cognitive criticism are considered, and the material itself is synthesized. Attention is also directed to the criteria of essentiality and implications for teaching. Two…

Issues pertaining to knowledge traditions that are important to the reform of higher education in Sweden are considered. While nonacademic parts of higher education (e.g., vocational/technical, nursing) account for more than half of its admissions, it is suggested that thinking regarding higher education in recent years has used the ideals of the…

Graduate education in the United States is viewed as a narrowing and intellectually confining experience, and its effects on the student and society are discussed. The experience of the graduate student includes learning how to deal with departmental requirements, course expectations, and demands from professors. The ability to "hustle" to meet…

In order to investigate patterns of persistence in courses taken by day students at Los Angeles City College, class enrollment data were gathered at the end of the third week of the Fall 1978 semester, at the first and second census weeks, and on the last day of the semester. Additionally, the number of students receiving final grades other than W…

Summarized in tabular form is statistical information on higher education in Iran. Twelve universities and 184 institutes of higher education are included, and the year covered is 1975-76. The total enrollment in that period was 151,905. Information is given on the type and location of institution and sex and field of study of students. The…

The document presents 19 essays which explore the growth of international relations (IR) as a field of intellectual inquiry and evaluate dilemmas currently facing IR. Authors were selected on the basis of involvement with midcareer students while participating in overseas graduate programs of the Schools of International Relations at the…

Course completion rates, as measures of college performance and student success, have been computed at Prince George's Community College for the past 11 years. An analysis of Fall 1979 grades revealed that the college-wide course completion rate was 72%. While the Health Technology and Physical Education divisions continued to have higher course…

A survey of colleges and universities yielded information about current tenure practices; distribution of faculty in selected fields; how the tenure selection system worked as measured by approval rates, deferred decisions, and early releases of tenure-track faculty; and what changes were anticipated in the practices in the next five years. Among…

This paper is intended to clarify the nature of and justify home economics education. Part 1 contains an explanation of the approach to conceptualization of home economics followed in the remaining three parts of the report. Part 2 provides an initial categorization of home economics and of education as personal service professions. Topics…

Sociologists are losing touch with actual social problems and questions because sociological theory traditionally has focused on causes rather than on resolutions. Most sociological knowledge is inapplicable to specific social problems. How can sociologists attempt to become involved in matters of public policy when their discipline has not…

The usefulness of Biglan's model of academic disciplines for examining how Yale University departments differ in their evaluations of undergraduate performance is studied. Biglan's 3-way model classifies departments according to (1) the degree to which they have a paradigm (hard vs. soft), (2) their concern with life systems as objects of study…