This paper describes a study of the differences between problem solving skills of graduate students in education who have had full-time teaching experience and those who have not. Information was gathered to determine the extent to which the use of concepts in problem solving and the use of problem solving strategies differ among educators as a…

The National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) partially supported 10 new or extensively revised leadership development projects at 7 institutions of higher education designed to improve the leadership attributes of graduate students in vocational education. The projects adopted as instructional objectives one or more of the…

Yale's Cooke Teaching Program is designed to diminish the sense of imperviousness and immobility that the university often conveys to its surrounding community. During the academic year, one Yale graduate student attended a high school senior honors English class twice weekly. It was an advanced class (mostly minorities), many were college-bound,…

A distance education program at West Virginia University (WVU) offers graduate level training to prospective and practicing special education teachers in rural areas. This report compares the cost effectiveness of distance education to previous models at WVU during the past 15 years, including campus-based and field-based delivery systems. The…

This study examined the degree of college student satisfaction with university student services, facilities, and programs and the link of student satisfaction with student retention. In particular the study evaluated factors that account for the variance between groups of students who plan to remain at the university and those who do not. During…

This paper examines, via an exploratory approach, the factors in doctoral programs that may potentially guide, motivate, and influence African American doctoral students to pursue careers in higher education. Interviews with 42 participants, 23 current students and 19 former doctorate recipients, were conducted, placing emphasis on interviewing…

The relationships between classroom performance and five possible predictor variables were studied. The ways in which these variables relate to performance in a classroom learning situation were examined, with the hypothesis that attributional style and motivation would be the best predictors of classroom performance. The variables were: (1)…

A study investigated whether group interaction in completing cloze passages resulted in better completion than individual work. An earlier analysis of cloze procedure was replicated with 41 community college students of English as a Second Language (ESL). The population was randomly divided into two samples. Each sample completed two cloze…

College and university opening fall 1982 enrollment data for New York State are presented with statistical tables providing degree-credit enrollment data for specific institutions, as well as for various institutional classifications. In addition, enrollment trend data are included by sector for fall 1975 to fall 1982. Degree-credit enrollment…

Data and narrative information on degrees conferred by Connecticut colleges and universities in 1982-1983 are presented. Information is also presented on degrees conferred by discipline, level, gender, and minority status. Trends include the following: 26,712 degrees were conferred in 1982-1983 by Connecticut colleges; the total number of degrees…

College and university opening fall 1983 enrollment data for New York State are presented, with statistical tables providing degree-credit enrollment for specific institutions, as well as for various institutional classifications. In addition, enrollment trend data are included by sector for fall 1975 to fall 1983. Degree-credit enrollment data…

Recent developments in graduate programs are discussed in 15 papers from a 1982 conference cosponsored by the Council of Graduate Schools and the Graduate Record Examinations Board. Attention is directed to issues associated with program presentations, program innovations in various disciplines, and industry/university cooperative graduate…

This study elaborated relations between digital library use by university faculty, users' discipline and the availability of key resources in the Finnish National Electronic Library (FinELib), Finnish national digital library, by using nationwide representative survey data. The results show that the perceived availability of key electronic…

Training of teaching assistants (TAs) in the Writing Program at the University of Massachusetts is described. Training prepares TAs for the responsibility of being the primary class instructors who design the curriculum, teach, and evaluate students with minimal supervision. Training sessions consist of an orientation workshop at the beginning of…

Articles on teaching effectiveness for foreign teaching assistants (TAs) are presented. Topics include: adapting to the U.S. academic environment, understanding the role of the TA and gaining confidence, anticipating undergraduates' expectations, improving communication skills, and teaching laboratory classes and recitation classes. Titles and…