The Graduate Research Training Program began in 1966 as a 3-year doctoral level program which recruited about 25 interns from fields other than education. In 1969 it was changed to a 1-year masters-degree program for 10 interns, about half of whom had majored in education. The 1-year program in 1969-70 included formal course work in research,…

This document catalogues graduate opportunities specifically for black students in 1969-70 at 42 universities, 96 additional graduate departments (social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, and humanities), and 111 additional professional schools (particularly social work, education, law, medicine, theology, business, and library science).…

In September 1969 the University of Miami will inaugurate a new degree program designed to fulfill the needs of the small liberal arts and junior colleges for fully qualified instructors in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. In range of specialization the Diplomate in Collegiate Teaching (D.C.T.) lies somewhere…

Although graduate faculties have favored research ability rather than teaching skills in doctoral candidates (even though 85 percent of those with doctorates teach in college and never publish), there have been encouraging signs of change. Agencies which have contributed to research are donating now for improvement in graduate teaching programs.…

This report contains recommendations concerning the need for additional opportunities in Ohio for graduate study in library science, as well as the probable location and the appropriate kinds of program emphasis for a new library school. The study considers the following campuses of Ohio's state-assisted university system: Kent State University,…

The purpose to be accomplished by study abroad is the education of society through the improvement of the educational opportunities for librarians who directly influence libraries in the social order. A year's study abroad would be a means of (1) introducing the treatment of other cultures which is needed for increased understanding of human…

Graduate degree programs in the University of Minnesota Graduate School are set up without formal reference to departments. The graduate faculty having governance of a given major field generally includes scholars in more than one department. The idea of transdisciplinary programs is thus widely accepted. Problems arise, however, when it comes to…

As universities and colleges face the future in an increasingly complex society, they must radically alter their character. The past decade, which began with an unprecedented expansion of university research and graduate education, has ended with confusion and much uncertainty. The Council of Graduate Schools has developed the organizational…

Graduate schools face a host of problems which can be summarized in the single question: what will be the impact of the changes taking place in undergraduate education on graduate education? The new generation of undergraduates will not be content to accept without question the ways and modes of traditional graduate education. New answers must be…

This document reports on a formal planning assessment for sociology conducted by the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning of the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies. Data, reports and comments, and recommendations on a plan for graduate work in sociology in the province is set out. Recommendations are: (1) That the high rates of delay and…

Effective planning and rationalization of long-term graduate development in Ontario's universities concerning solid earth sciences are discussed in relation to a report and recommendations of the Council of Ontario Universities and a report of the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning. Recommendations suggest: (1) The universities proceed with…

This report is one of a series of disciplinary planning studies carried out by the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning of the Council of Ontario Universities. The emphasis of the report is on forward planning, and it is hoped that it will help ensure the more ordered growth and development of graduate studies in Ontario's universities. This…

This publication is the result of continuing close cooperation between two councils of the American Society for Engineering Education--the Engineering College Council (ECC) and the Engineering Research Council (ERC). Its purpose is twofold: to promote the cause of graduate study in engineering by setting forth admission requirements, faculty,…

The author examines the graduate programs of developed and developing institutions across the United States and finds that the graduate school is the fastest-growing segment of higher education. (MJM)

This document indicates graduate degree opportunities available through the New England Regional Student Program at the six state universities in New England, the Lowell Technological Institute and Southeastern Massachusetts University. Opportunities open to Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont residents are…