This report assesses the status of and resources for doctoral education in New York State. The status of doctoral education in New York is examined according to growth and resources, costs and financing, the quality of doctoral education, and future demands and resources. Regents policies, regents objectives, and recommendations for implementation…

In this revised paper, analyses are made concerning the rationale for initiating the training of educational technologists. Self- and social-optimization is described as a tendency in the development of man's individual and social life. Education is referred to as an agency, not only in the development of life, but also in the continuity of…

This report presents a brief summary of data gathered from the Survey of Earned Doctorates during fiscal year 1972. The Survey is conducted annually by the National Research Council. Questionnaire forms, distributed with the cooperation of the Graduate Deans, are filled out by the graduates as they completed all requirements for their doctoral…

Traditional grading was replaced with the Honors-Pass-Fail (H-P-F) grading system in graduate education courses at Herbert H. Lehman College in the fall 1971 semester. The purpose of that action was to determine if the H-P-F system might differentiate more effectively between exceptional and average student achievement. The general findings of the…

Most of this report consists of data in tables covering the following items: the total instructional staff, the faculty under tenure rules, the temporary instructional staff, salaries, new faculty, the rate of promotion of faculty women, length of service to Michigan State University, women in administrative positions, women graduate students,…

The 1960's saw a great deal of talk about changing the pattern or structure of graduate education, but very little if any action. The 1970's will be radically different, not only because of budgetary constraints, but also because of the oversupply of PhDs and excess capacity. There are three basic factors that contribute to the demand for new…

This book describes and evaluates a 12-month postgraduate program to develop better leadership in urban elementary schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Chapter 1 on the program describes 1) procedures for recruiting the 15 fellows (who already had a master's degree and at least 3 years of teaching experience); 2) goals and components of the…

Graduate education, including graduate instruction, research, and public service, is a major set of activities for American universities. A pattern of financing for these activities has clearly emerged today that suggests that sponsored research activities and sponsored creative activity will be supported by social contributions, primarily from…

The purpose of this collection of essays is to inform students intending to study English at British Universities of the choices of institutions and kinds of courses available to them. The introductory essay explores the nature of some of the course choices available and discusses why courses take the form they do. The body of the book consists of…

This monograph originated out of a concern that the development of the Doctor of Arts (DA) programs might founder on the insistence that they be of equivalent stature to the Ph.D. Some attempts at defining the DA justify this concern, for they vary so little from the Ph.D. pattern that it is difficult to determine whether university departments…

This directory of engineering college research and graduate programs is designed to promote the cause of graduate study in engineering by describing for each institution the admission requirements, faculty names and specialties, enrollment by specialty and degree program (master, Ph.D.), degrees, fields of advanced study, appointments available to…

The committee responsible for the present report was asked to perform a variety of functions that fall into 5 categories: (1) the identification and articulation of long-range goals for graduate education at Stanford; (2) the implementation of a pilot project using Departmental Visitation Teams to study graduate curricula in several departments;…

This document analyzes and evaluates the exceptional graduate admissions program at Pennsylvania State University as instituted in 1970. Under this program, traditional admissions criteria are dropped to enable disadvantaged students to attend graduate school. (A previous survey of the Council of Graduate Schools showed that 59% of the member…

Because of the rapid growth of the State of Florida during the 60's, educational decisionmakers have decided that a 3-stage public university system is best suited to fulfill Florida's educational needs. The first and third levels are already well established. The first level is comprised of 2-year community colleges and the third is comprised of…

This annotated bibliography is a compilation of books, articles, reviews, and other published and unpublished materials dealing with graduate education. The documents are divided into seven major categories: (1) history and development; (2) students; (3) structure and functions; (4) instruction and research; (5) manpower; (6) costs and financing;…