This paper describes a student project in digital simulation techniques that is part of a graduate systems analysis course entitled Biosimulation. The students chose different simulation techniques to solve a problem related to the neuron model. (MLH)

This report is concerned with graduate science and engineering education, particularly dealing with enrollment and with sources of funding. Drawn from the survey of Graduate Science Student Support, analyses reveal distributions of full-time graduate students by source of major support and changing patterns in support and utilization of graduate…

In this paper, the steps implemented by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to upgrade the quality of the 1973 Graduate Science Student Support Survey are cited. Changes which were incorporated into the survey were intended to increase the scope and accuracy of data collected. To verify the coverage, a…

These proceedings of the Fourth Annual Association for Communication Administration (ACA) seminar include an outline of the areas of concern for the speech communication arts and sciences by Dr. David H. Smith; a list of the persons attending the seminar and participating in the preparation of the task force reports; David H. Smith's paper Current…

What role should the federal government play in support of graduate education? Based on the principles that: (1) American graduate education and research establishment is a national resource; (2) the market for highly trained manpower is national; (3) the federal government itself employs the service of many highly trained personnel; (4) it is in…

The first annual report of the Ontario Council on University Affairs was a prelude to a regular annual cycle that henceforth begins every March 1, and is intended to ensure that the Council, as Ontario's independent advisory body with respect to universities and certain other postsecondary educational institutions, is closely in step with the…

This study is based on a nationwide survey conducted to determine the status of organized sixth-year programs leading to a degree or certificate. The survey was designed to update information received from two previous studies done in 1957 and 1967. Responses came from 371 of 480 institutions that received questionnaires. Results of the study…

This book contains the final report of the Commission on Education for Health Administration, with its recommendations and observations on health administration education for the next decade. The objectives of the study revolve around the following issues: (a) complexity of the health and medical care system and needs for improved organization and…

The Ontario university system has undergone two separate transformations, structural and economic, from 1972 to 75. The history of this period is primarily the history of these transformations and the way they have affected university-government relations and the role of the Council of Ontario Universities. Major issues of concern during that…

This report reviews the background of the development of the competency-based educational administration program at the University of Minnesota and presents the program along with reflections on the program's implications and recommendations for its continuing evolution. Included is an extensive list of the competencies on which the program is…

Reduced funding for educational programs indicated that a thorough review should be made of the Advanced Academic Degree (AAD) validation process. This reduction in funding necessitates more effective management of the AAD program in the logistics career areas to insure that officers in these career areas require those skills learned through these…

This three-part document examines Project Change, an early childhood and developmental education graduate program funded by the U. S. Office of Education. Purposes of the project were to develop a Master's program for teachers of young children ages 3-10 and to work with teachers and schools in central New York to develop good educational…

This survey of the Higher Education Panel (HEP) of the American Council on Education, conducted in July 1971, concerned first-year graduate enrollment and postdoctoral enrollment in science and engineering for the academic year 1970-71 and expected enrollments for 1971-72. Each institution was asked, first, to indicate new applications received…

On the instruction of the Council of Ontario Universities, the Advisory Committee on Academic Planning has conducted a planning assessment for planning and environmental studies. Following observations and recommendations by the Committee, the consultants' report is presented in two parts--planning and environmental studies. The planning segment…

This report was prepared by the National Research Council, at the request of the National Institutes of Health, in an attempt to evaluate the Graduate Research Training Grant Program and Fellowship Program in bioscience. One of the purposes of the study was to collect objective data that would provide answers to such questions as: What have been…