To improve Chippewa Indian retention in higher education, 277 Indian students, 7 key informants, and 11 service providers were surveyed to determine facilitating factors as well as obstacles. Of the 277 students, 125 responded to the questionnaire. The sample included former college graduates, college dropouts, and current students. Service…

One of a series of resources for teaching sociology at the postsecondary level, this volume includes outlines of survey, internship, and specialized courses in the field of clinical sociology as well as a selection of classroom exercises developed by clinical sociologists. Material is divided into nine sections. Section I, an introduction,…

This lesson plan is designed for use in a 50-minute class to teach prospective college graduates and alumni to fill out job application forms. The lesson is part of a workshop on job search strategies. The lesson plan contains references, a list of equipment needed, objectives, information on how to set up the classroom, and the presentation. The…

Data concerning the college attendance and the distribution of 1983-1984 high school graduates of New York's public and nonpublic schools are presented. The data were secured through the Education Department's Basic Educational Data System and reflect the status of graduates in fall 1984. Tables cover the following: trends in the college-going…

Richard Locke began his first full-time job teaching seventh grade social studies at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago a quarter of a century before writing this article. Here he writes that as a young inexperienced teacher just out of college he was filled with enthusiasm and convinced that education could play a progressive role in society.…

This paper presents one of five categories of findings of a qualitative study of students' experiences of challenges encountered in a web-based graduate program. The findings relate to the category of experiences with online asynchronous discussions. Data collection relied on a discussion, questionnaire and interview all conducted within WebCT™.…

Objective: To provide a historical perspective on factors that have shaped the current structure of athletic training education, and to advocate development of a new conceptual framework for a continuum of professional education in athletic training. Background: Athletic training is a relatively young profession that has undergone significant…

Becoming a college professor brings both the feeling of self-accomplishment and discernment regarding this prestigious achievement. Most doctoral candidates are practitioners in the field of public education and will hopefully transition from a principalship to the office of a college professor. While this journey is filled with personal…

This study focused on students' reactions to handwritten and typewritten electronic feedback. Students submitted work electronically as part of an online course for which Blackboard was the learning management system. The instructor used a TabletPC to provide handwritten feedback on student work and the review tool in MSWord to provide typewritten…

This study is a survey of incoming freshmen at a Midwestern Catholic university on their agreement with Church teachings on homosexuality. In general, females had more homo-positive attitudes than males, graduates of catholic high schools had more homo-positive attitudes than graduates from non-Catholic high schools, and graduates from…

This study questions the practice of establishing community college faculty salaries on the basis of graduate hours accrued, number of years of teaching experience, and student evaluation of teaching effectiveness. The level of graduate credit of 109 full-time faculty members of Hinds Junior College (Mississippi) in fall, l976, was compared with…

This study analyzed grades for 55 graduate major fields to determine whether or not there are differences in the grading patterns of the various fields. The study population consisted of 7,002 graduate students with 80,011 grades. The study period extended from fall 1970 through fall 1975. Across the range of graduate major fields of study, grades…

Presented are the preliminary results of a study of the effects of relative labor market opportunities for the highly educated on high school academic achievement and college attendance. Across regions, a one percent decline in college relative to high school graduates is estimated to induce a decline of 0.3 to 1.4 percent in reading and…

A study was conducted to examine the following three roles that education and counseling psychology play in the education of health care providers: the doctoral level educational researcher within dental and medical school; the teacher educator in the allied health professions; and the primary prevention health care counselor. Data were gathered…

The 1976 Master Plan for Ohio has been shaped by the new challenges and new conditions of declining growth and expansion, changing enrollment patterns, demands for higher education from groups not previously served, the need for and advent of new programs and innovative forms of instruction, and the changing requirements of society itself. The…