Intended to help potential graduate students in communications choose the university that best suits their needs, this paper presents the results of a survey of universities offering programs in organizational communication. A general geographic and demographic description is included for each of the 18 responding universities. The survey…

An analysis of 12 music libraries presents documentation for the development of guidelines for music collections at institutions offering graduate music programs. The profiles examine library administration and organization, collection development, collection organization, and services at the selected institutions. They include statistical…

The implications of data from a review of ten years of the American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) indicating that random sampling is rare and that there is increased use of quasi-experimental designs lacking in random assignment are considered. It is suggested that tests of significance could be abandoned or at least placed in a subsidiary…

ARTICLES ABOUT GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION WRITTEN DURING THE PERIOD 1919-62 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. RECOMMENDATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL EDUCATORS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PREPARATION OF GEOLOGISTS ARE CONTAINED IN MOST OF THE ITEMS. THE ARTICLES WERE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS OR…

AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT A GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSE COULD BE TAUGHT EFFECTIVELY WITH A SERIES OF TAPE RECORDED LECTURES. A RESEARCH METHODS CLASS WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS WHICH WERE EQUATED ON THE BASIS OF SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE AS WELL AS SCORES ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACHIEVEMENT PRETESTS. THE CONTROL SECTION WAS…

This annotated list of instructional films arranged by subject area is the most recent major catalog published by the University of Connecticut Center for Instructional Media and Technology. Over 1,000 additional titles are available in the 1976 supplement (IR 005 074). Annotations include the running time, the type (black and white or color), and…

This is an annotated list of instructional films arranged by subject area. A supplement to the 1974 film catalog (IR 005 073), it includes over 1,000 new titles added to the collection from 1974-1976. Annotations include the running time, the type (black and white or color), and the rental cost. Graduate programs in Instructional Media and…

This guide to education sources is part of a kit packaged by the Department of Education at Trinity University (Texas) for use by the student teacher. The purpose is to aid the graduating senior in further study. Reference sources that may be used in selecting a school in the United States or in a foreign country are listed. For the graduating…

The American ideal of liberal education affirms faith in the individual and in the human struggle against intellectual dishonesty and conformity and speaks to the intellectual integrity of education, of graduate faculty, and of the choices open to graduate students. However, humanists disagree on such issues as what the products of graduate…

Migration exerts a significant influence in equalizing the distribution of talent, both quantitatively and qualitatively, in the US. The quality of graduate education offered in a region attracts students across regional boundaries. Personal and employment data on doctorate recipients in the physical, biological, and social sciences indicate that…

The increasing graduate student enrollment and the growing size of departments have posed some crucial questions about the preservation of quality in graduate education at the University of Iowa's Graduate College. In 1966, the graduate faculty adopted a more selective admissions policy, and ruled that final decisions upon graduate admission be…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A METHOD (SCHEME) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VOCABULARY IN THE FIELD OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS FROM PRIMARY JOURNAL ARTICLES. ALL TERMS APPEARING IN A RECENT JOURNAL (VOL. 39, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS) JUDGED TO BE IMPORTANT WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES--(1) PROPERTIES, PROCESSES, PHENOMENA, (2) OBJECTS, INCLUDING SYSTEMS AND…

A pilot project sought to learn how, at the time of admission, graduate schools of social work can begin to identify levels of potential and flair for, and interest in, doing research. Data of 353 students were obtained before these students had any classroom training in research. Data on 263 students were obtained after the course was completed.…

Data collected from 85.1% of the 208 women recipients of the doctorate from Oklahoma universities reveal that they are well rewarded for their scholarly efforts. The study examined personal characteristics, the motivational, enabling and impeding factors to attainment of the degree, and the value of the degree to the recipients and to society in…

In the Engineering Case Program conducted by the Projects Board of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the ideal educational program is supported by: (1) content, science, and lore; lectures and programs; (2) observations of practice; case histories, plant tours; and (3) doing jobs; projects. This tripod model of engineering…