Data on the financial support received in 1979-80 by full-time graduate students in each of four divisions within each Ontario, Canada, university are presented. Data are provided on: full-time graduate student enrollments by university and division; percentage of students in each income range by university for each division; percentage of…

Data on fall 1980 enrollments in New Jersey colleges and universities are presented, along with comparisons between 1979 and 1980 fall enrollments and an analysis of enrollment trends over the past 10 years. Total fall 1980 headcount enrollment, both graduate and undergraduate, increased by 2.5 percent statewide over fall 1979. This growth…

This study is a continuation of an effort to obtain information concerning the characteristics of new students admitted to the Master of Arts program in the Department of Adult Education of Federal College, University of the District of Columbia. Its purpose was to provide descriptive information, established baseline data for future studies, and…

The 1980-81 and 1979-80 enrollment patterns of foreign students in Canadian universities are compared. The total number of foreign students increased rapidly during the early 1970s, peaked in 1976-77, and leveled off or declined in the following three years. Provincial patterns, however, did not conform to this national trend. Universities in…

The socialization process (defined as the transition from "naive newcomer" to "established incumbent") of women into both traditional and non-traditional academic disciplines was investigated. Graduate students (N=98 males and 46 females) completed questionnaires assessing work congruence, problem areas, personal feelings, physical health, life…

The purpose of the study was to compare the undergraduate grade point average with the graduate index to ascertain whether the former could be used as a predictor of graduate success for students in the Leadership-Administration Emphasis, with an eye to using it in the graduate admissions process. Data on the 60 students enrolled in the program…

Examinations of costs and acquisition of facilities indicate that an Altair 8800A microcomputer with a program library of parametric, non-parametric, mathematical, and teaching programs can be used effectively for teaching college-level statistics. Statistical packages presently in use require extensive computing knowledge beyond the students' and…

This study investigated the relationship between grammatical errors and communication breakdown by examining native speakers' ability to correct grammatical errors. The assumption was that communication breakdown exists to a certain degree if a native speaker cannot correct the error or if the correction distorts the information intended to be…

Selected academic and personal characteristics of the Georgia State University Master of Science Degree graduate students in the College of Urban Life were examined. The sample of 759 students active during the period of 1969-78 were studied in terms of: demographic characteristics, undergraduate environment and performance, the environment at…

In an informal experiment, ten pairs of passages covering a range of writing (poems, narrative prose, legal writing, "educationalese," anthropology, and literary criticism) were presented to two sections of freshman English and two sections of a graduate seminar in which the students were primarily experienced high school and college…

The 1973 meeting of the Council of Grauate Schools is reported including a panel on "Scholarship for Society" by Michael J. Pelczar, Jr., Ralph E. Morrow, Joe N. Gerber, and Jacob E. Cobb. Other discussion groups include evaluation of graduate programs by Arthur C. Gentile, Frank E. Horton, and John T. Kirby; governance and organization by John K.…

Foreign language graduate assistants usually lack adequate teaching experience, yet must somehow repay their university for assistantships needed to remain in school. Such neophyte teachers rarely inspire students to continue language study. But the more experienced staff must teach upper-division courses for these same students and the graduate…

Data resulting from staff interviews and a student questionnaire on assessment of class participation in the University of New South Wales Law School is presented and discussed. Courses at the law school are based on the discussion method of teaching, and evaluation of class discussion has become an important assessment procedure. Twelve of the…

Despite the growing number of foreign students enrolled at our colleges, only minimal research has been devoted to the impact of these students on the nation's institutions of higher learning. This paper investigates the financial implications of international educational exchange for host campuses. The initial section presents an overview of…

This volume is a collection of reports presented at a 1976 meeting held on the issue of Spanish American professional representation in the mental health field in the United States. Paper topics include: (1) Hispanics in psychiatry; (2) the current status of Hispanic social workers; (3) Hispanic psychiatric nursing personnel in the U.S.; (4) the…