The Department of Geography of the University of Colorado offers as an integral part of its graduate program, systematic training in geographic education in order to improve the preparation of its graduates for careers as college geography teachers. In order to present a systematic component intended to increase the teaching competency of students…

This brochure outlines fellowship programs supported by the United States Office of Education in foreign languages, area studies, and world affairs. The programs will support more than 1,100 graduate academic-year fellowships and approximately 1,000 graduate and undergraduate awards for summer intensive language study. Information is included on…

A survey of naval officers who have received a Navy sponsored graduate degree was conducted by a questionnaire to determine their opinions concerning numerous topics related to obtaining a graduate degree and the utilization of their graduate education. Results showed that obtaining a graduate degree was perceived as having a positive influence on…

This report deals with the graduate school of Harvard University and focuses on the problems that have been created by the school's rapid expansion in the past 10 years. Chapter 1 defines the scope of the report. Chapter 2 examines the size of the graduate school in terms of available resources and recommends a reduction in the number of graduate…

This report is based on the survey Opening Fall Enrollment (Higher Education), 1969: Supplementary Information, which was part of the 4th Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). The report comprises 3 tables showing fall 1969 enrollment data by state. The first table includes data on students in programs chiefly creditable toward…

In response to identified needs, a specialized graduate level program leading to an M.A. in Social Science was developed jointly by Azusa Pacific College and the Pasadena Unified School District. The goal of this program is to focus on the problems and tensions involved in integrating an entire school community, and to enhance skills of…

This report presents the results of a survey that attempted to assess the nature and extent of minority group participation in the graduate programs at Michigan State University for the 1969-70 academic year. Minority group status was defined as membership in 1 of 3 groups: Black American, Mexican American, and Indian American. The number of…

The addresses and committee reports presented at the meeting of the Association of Graduate Schools include: (1) an editorial by W. Donald Cooke on the confusion over the direction graduate education should be taking; (2) a report by the President, Bryce Crawford, who feels that graduate admission must be highly selective and graduate instruction…

This report summarizes the major issues and recommendations which emerged from the 6 3-day institutes. The institutes aimed to: examine the current status of doctoral level programs in mental retardation; examine the philosophical basis, objectives and practices desirable for designing future doctoral programs; determine the personnel desired in…

This summary report is based on the U.S. Office of Education's 11th annual survey of students enrolled for advanced degrees. Included in this publication are summary enrollment tables by level of study, attendance status, sex of student, field of specialization, State or other U.S. area, and institutional control and level. Comparisons are also…

The Commission on Graduate Education of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges has assembled in this booklet the nature of the fundamental problems of graduate education accompanied by recommendations for action. Nine areas of concern include redesigning graduate education for the twentieth century, distinguishing…

This report summarizes the results of a survey of doctoral departments in U.S. universities in the winter of 1970-71. The study was conducted to determine the current employment status of recent recipients of the doctorate and postdoctoral degrees in the fields of science and engineering. In addition to tabulated data from the survey, the report…

The purpose of this study is to obtain information concerning procedures and programs established for disadvantaged graduate students. The means used for gathering this information was a 3-part questionnaire which was sent to the deans of the 287 graduate schools belonging to the Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S. The first section of the…

This is the fifth in a series of updatings of this bibliography. Nearly three fourths of the titles have appeared since the original list was prepared seven years ago. The bibliography is organized in 12 sections. Eight of the sections consist principally of books, each of which relates to a course, seminar, or institute of the program of Graduate…

This publication is a compilation of descriptions of approximately 200 graduate reading programs. Each description covers a number of different facets of the program, such as program director, degrees available, number of students in the graduate program, career interests of students, names of members of the faculty, associated staff, and faculty…