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National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel. – 1988
Immigrants have provided a transfusion of new talent throughout U.S. history to support the nation's economic and cultural growth and development. The absorption of these successive groups of immigrants has often been accompanied by issues associated with their integration into the work force and society. In recent years, there has been a marked…
Descriptors: College Science, Engineering Education, Engineers, Federal Government
Download full textOsburne, Andrea G. – 1987
A survey of master's level English language teacher trainees in a Chinese university examined prevailing attitudes toward a methodology course and compared them to previous findings. Students were asked to rate course quality and the quantity of various course materials and tasks. The results showed an overall positive reaction to the course, with…
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Syverson, Peter D. – Communicator, 1987
Preliminary results of the 1986-87 Council of Graduate Schools/Graduate Record Examinations (CGS/GRE) Enrollment Survey are presented. Respondents totaled 512 of the 552 U.S.institutions surveyed, for a 93% response rate. Highlights of the survey results include: (1) CGS and affiliated institutions enrolled 85% of the total graduate enrollment…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Enrollment Trends, Females, Full Time Students
California Univ., Los Angeles. – 1987
A handbook for University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) teaching assistants (TAs) is presented that includes information about university policy concerning TAs and their jobs. Contents cover: duties of TAs, teaching associates, and teaching fellows; appointment, reappointment, and duration of employment; salary; benefits; conduct,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Ancillary School Services, College Instruction, Departments
California Univ., Los Angeles. Office of Instructional Development. – 1987
A guide for developing a departmentally-based teaching assistant (TA) training program is presented. At the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) part-time teaching assistant consultants who are experienced TAs have been employed to help with TA training programs. The following criteria are used to evaluate departmental proposals to hire…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Ancillary School Services, College Instruction, Departments
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1987
This report provides tabular data derived from three surveys conducted in the National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Studies regarding science and engineering education in traditionally black colleges. Tables 1 through 4 are derived from the Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges. This…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Science, Engineering Education, Enrollment Trends
Hettich, Paul; And Others – 1980
Issues are discussed that graduate students may want to consider before seeking positions at small colleges. The discussion is based on perspectives gained from about 50 interviews as well as 50-60 resumes received from graduate students in psychology. Attention is directed to: enculturation of graduate school norms and their relation to job…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Employment Interviews
Solmon, Lewis C.; And Others – 1981
The result of a series of studies by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) on the job market for doctorate holders in the humanities, the sciences, and engineering, this book represents 5 years of research on the subject. Chapters by Solmon, Laura Kent, Nancy L. Ochsner, and Margo-Lea Hurwicz include: "The Context of the Problem: An…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Counseling, Career Development, Doctoral Degrees
Kimble, Gregory A. – 1974
Information for newly appointed heads of graduate departments of psychology is presented as background material for the 1974 Chairman's Workshop. Topics include the following: the budgetary situation, pressures for increased teaching loads, effects upon recruiting faculty, faculty morale, graduate and undergraduate student morale, the intellectual…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Budgeting, Department Heads, Departments
Ebrecht, Ann – 1984
Arguing that eliminating formal grammar instruction and concentrating instead on instruction in style and organization will improve the program, this paper describes Tulane University's language orientation program for foreign students in the M.B.A. program. Following an introduction, the paper describes the students in the class and the nature of…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Course Content, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Solmon, Lewis C. – 1976
A study of differential opportunities for men and women graduate students was undertaken during a two-year period. The analyses of the results provide some evidence that differential treatment exists, but also some data indicating that things have improved compared with conditions in earlier eras. Earlier discussions of sex discrimination are…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Educational Change, Educational History
Ontario Council on Graduate Studies, Toronto. Advisory Committee on Academic Planning. – 1977
A planning study for graduate study in the mathematical sciences in Ontario undertaken in 1976-77 resulted in some general and specific observations about the Ontario universities. In general, graduate work in the mathematical sciences is of good quality, and most fields of mathematics are completely covered in one or another university; some…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Enrollment Projections
Lourie, Nancy E. – 1982
A new element added to the University of California at Los Angeles' student teacher program provided an opportunity for an exploratory study of the roles and responsibilities of college supervisors from an organizational perspective. A case study approach used data from interviews, self reports (in the form of a journal) from supervisors, and…
Descriptors: Consultants, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Huckenpahler, J. G.; And Others – 1981
The results of the 1972-1981 National Science Foundation surveys on academic research and development (R&D) funds, the employment and utilization of scientists and engineers, and the characteristics of graduate students enrolled in the sciences and engineering (S/E) are presented. Findings include the following: the steady growth to university…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Employment Patterns, Engineers, Enrollment Trends
Broyles, Susan G.; And Others – 1981
Information is presented on foreign graduate students, foreign science and engineering (S/E) students in master's-granting institutions. The impact of these foreign graduates in the U.S. labor force is also assessed. The data were obtained from the National Science Foundation-conducted graduate science students and postdoctorates survey of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Engineering
