Field-based practicum experiences are essential in connecting classroom theory to the real world. In this mixed methods study, we analyzed principal candidates' perceptions of their summer residency practicum experiences via a self-assessment principal leadership competency instrument and virtual semi-structured interviews. We found that principal…

Policymakers enacted a series of reforms in the mid-2000s that significantly expanded benefits in the federal student loan program for students pursuing graduate degrees. These reforms allow students to borrow up to the full cost of attendance for their degrees and use an Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program that offers loan forgiveness after 20…

The world of student loans and debt forgiveness for teachers is a patchwork of overlapping programs, contradictory regulations, and expensive subsidies that date back to Dwight D. Eisenhower's signing of the National Defense Education Act of 1958. The 60-year experiment in using federal loan dollars to encourage students to become teachers could…

The Office of Indian Education (OIE) in the U.S. Department of Education funds competitive grants for Native American school leadership preparation programs in order to improve the education of disadvantaged students identified under the 2001 "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) reauthorization of "Elementary and Secondary Education…

The vocational goals index in this document allows global qualifications to be determined for each award. The level of study supported by the fund and the sex qualifications can be determined. If the fund is limited to residents of specific states, to citizens of the United States, and/or if the recipient must study in a specific location, that…

Evaluation of an EPDA program to prepare graduate students in home economics to teach junior college showed that no participant left the program before completing their master's degree. (RN)

REPORTED IS A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) STUDY OF SCIENTIFIC MANPOWER. THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES WERE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRENDS AND THE ILLUMINATION OF FACTORS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMIC STAFF IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THE DATA WERE DERIVED FROM SURVEYS COMPLETED BY NSF, NATIONAL ACADEMY…