A survey of the employers of the 1980 career graduates of Dundalk Community College (DCC) was conducted to evaluate the college's instructional programs and to assess the extent to which DCC assisted graduates in their preparation for career employment. Questionnaires were sent to 73 employers of career and non-career graduates in early 1981.…

Statistics indicate that between 1977 and 1981, the number of graduate degrees in engineering awarded to members of minority groups in the United States constituted only 2.3 percent of the total number of master's and doctorate degrees awarded in the field over that period. A major reason for the relatively small number of minorities with advanced…

Fourteen magazine articles pertaining to the state of the liberal arts are presented. After an introduction by Ted Pease, "Poet or Plumber?" (Pat Blakely) considers the value of a liberal arts degree. "CLA Profile" summarizes results of a study of College of Liberal Arts students and features five CLA students, while "The…

Data on the status of women students in Connecticut institutions of higher education are examined. Trends include the following: as of fall 1980, there were 84,838 women enrolled in Connecticut collegiate institutions, representing 53 percent of total enrollment; women were in the majority at the undergraduate and graduate levels and comprised 34…

Doctorate holders who received their degrees in science or other fields between 1930 and 1972 and who held jobs in the sciences and engineering (S/E) were surveyed. Findings include the following: employment of doctorates in S/E activities continued to grow between 1979 and 1981 at the same rate since 1975, about 5 percent per year, reaching a…

The degree to which the City University of New York (CUNY) prepares students for useful lives can be measured, in part, by the degree to which its graduates are able to find employment. In order to assess the effectiveness of the newly developed counseling services of the Office of Employment Counseling and Placement at Bronx Community College,…

A training project conducted by the University of Connecticut (UCONN) to help educators in Nepal improve their educational system is described. The report comprises a summary, background information, a description of the project as carried out, and discussion of evaluation activities and results. Specific objectives were to help the Nepalese…

The development and testing of procedures and instruments for nursing performance evaluation in Western Australia are described. The approach was used to compare the nursing performance of nine recent graduates of the Western Austrialian Institute of Technology (WAIT) program and two graduates of hospital-based programs. Background information is…

This report presents comparisons of high school students in New York State with those of the United States as a whole and is organized in five sections: the first describes experiences in high school (coursework, grades, vocational training, behavior, school practices, and student opinions on high school); the second outlines activities outside of…

The executive summaries for two portions of a national survey of the programs and outcomes of bilingual education teacher training programs are presented. The first summarizes the findings of site visits to 56 two- and four-year institutions to examine four aspects of the teacher training programs: curriculum, management, student characteristics…

Two studies are presented: one study to complement previous empirical investigations in the field of English as a second language (ESL) concerning test anxiety by having examinees reflect on sources of stress during major examinations, and a comparison between anxiety factors in content and skills courses. In the first study, nine university…

The responsibility for graduate education and the power and authority structure among graduate deans, college or school deans, departments, and faculty were studied using a sample of 338 schools. Attention was directed to the following concerns: institutional characteristics that are related to the organization and administration of graduate…

A follow-up study was conducted of graduates of the College of Education at Ohio State University (OSU). A questionnaire obtained information regarding: (l) present job status; (2) job satisfaction; (3) student teaching experience; (4) attitudes toward preservice academic training; (5) educational background and aspirations; and (6) demographics.…

As part of an evaluation of the Missouri master plan for higher education, employment and manpower trends in the state are examined. A summary of the state historical employment trends in the primary occupational sectors is presented. Included is an analysis of the 10-year trends from calendar year 1972 through the first quarter of calendar year…

One of a series of resources for teaching sociology at the postsecondary level, this volume contains course aids and sample syllabi for courses in educational sociology. Material is divided into six sections. Section I contains background information about the guide. Section II describes the nature of sociology of education courses. The definition…