The writer examines the goals, methods, contexts, and outcomes of liberal education, as seen through the lens of the seminar experience. Originally a forum for advanced graduate students, the seminar has become a central feature of undergraduate education and signature pedagogy of liberal learning. Sometimes described in terms of size,…

Enrollment of science and engineering (S&E) graduate students in the United States increased in 1999 after five consecutive annual decreases. In the fall of 1999, 411,308 students were enrolled in S&E programs at the graduate level, a 2% increase from 404,903 in 1998. The number of full-time students enrolled for the first time in graduate…

The implementation of a plus/minus system of grading to replace the traditional A through F grading system for graduate students was studied at a midsize Midwestern university. Decimal equivalents were established to enable the computation of grade point averages (GPAs) that reflected the dispersion of grades through the plus/minus system. A…

Discusses the work of the Panel on Alternate Approaches to Graduate Education. (PG)

The impact of quality of department of doctoral training is indicated to have less impact upon research productivity than has generally been assumed. (Author/KM)

This paper describes a workshop designed to teach the methodology of constructing family theory. In Phase I students dealt with metatheoretical issues (nature and types of theory, elements of theory structure, criteria by which theories can be evaluated, etc.). Phase II was a critical examination of several family theory building attempts. In…

This study into quality of graduate education implies that measures of size ought not be confused with measures of quality and that the development of measures of quality is a matter of urgent priority. (Editor)

A survey to determine what admission procedures were being used in counselor education programs across the country revealed that a wide variety of procedures were being used to select students for master's degree and doctoral degree programs in counselor education. The criteria most commonly mentioned for selecting students were scholastic…

A paper read in February 1972 at the National Conference on Graduate Studies in English at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. (RB)

This article tells about a survey conducted to determine and categorize the qualities most commonly examined as admission criteria for graduate study in Psychology. (JC)

A current list of United States undergraduate and graduate programs in journalism and mass communications. (Author/RB)

Comment refers to AA 512 868 which is critical of author's ideas on humanistic psychology. (MB)