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Download full textForcese, Dennis; Oosthuizen, Patrick; Aubrey, Jocelyn B. – Council of Ontario Universities Working Paper Series, 2002
Papers in this volume are the first working papers produced by the Council of Ontario Universities. Issue 1, "The Role and State of Ontario Graduate Education" by Dennis Forcese, advocates the reinforcement of graduate education in Ontario institutions to maintain the overall quality of the institutions and to secure the future. The paper outlines…
Descriptors: Credits, Engineering, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
Dahllof, Urban – 1986
Variations in the number of doctoral degrees awarded by Swedish universities since 1890 are being studied. Within a certain field of study, variations are found both at a national level between different periods, and at an institutional level between different universities. The focus is on the faculties of liberal arts, divinity, social science,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Educational History, Enrollment Influences
Sikula, Robin D. – ACE Research Briefs, 1992
This research brief examines the data on baccalaureate recipients in the humanities, especially the upward trend over the past 9 years. Highlighted findings include that: in 1971 the number of humanities degrees awarded peaked; this was followed by a decline of over 50% in the early 1980s; such degrees have been increasing since the low in 1983,…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Career Choice, College Freshmen, College Graduates
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1982
An article on graduate liberal studies (GLS) and descriptions of GLS programs are presented. In "The Concept of Graduate Liberal Studies," Allie M. Frazier considers GLS curricular offerings, characteristics of students pursuing these studies, and the future of GLS. GLS degree programs allow adults to pursue a liberal education, which is…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Books, Cultural Education, Degree Requirements
Nerad, Maresi; Cerny, Joseph – Communicator, 1999
This study examines actual employment patterns of Ph.D.s in an effort to provide a basis for policy responses to what is felt to be a continuing crisis in the academic job market for humanities Ph.D.s. The study involved almost 6,000 Ph.D. candidates from 61 doctoral-granting institutions across the United States. Six disciplines were chosen to…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration
