An overview of the development of education in Canada since the early 1960s is presented. The influence of demographic patterns on enrollment at all levels of education is investigated. Enrollment patterns from the elementary through the doctoral level are discussed, and the university participation rate trends are examined. The growth in…

Career planning and job hunting for graduate students are discussed in this book. In Chapter One important career planning activities during graduate study are discussed including: academic advisement, assessment of career goals, and obtaining practical experience. Steps for conducting an effective job search are detailed in Chapter Two. The…

Comprehensive data on the age grouo and sex of students attending the State University of New York are presented. Twenty-two statistical tables contain summary data for the entire system and each institutional type within the system. Seventy-seven tables contain headcount arrays of students by age group, sex, graduate and undergraduate enrollment…

Fifteen University of Oregon undergraduate education majors participated in a successful 3-day program of total immersion in rural community living and teaching in Condon, Oregon. The field experience model had unique elements: (1) the course was offered as an alternative to a required course in teaching strategies and student teachers were…

A comparative study of on-campus and off-campus credit courses at Northern Illinois University during 1975, based on the perceptions of selected faculty members who taught the same course on- and off-campus and students enrolled in the courses, is described. The study attempted to determine if differences in perception were related to age,…

Presented is an analysis of the goals and aims of Duquesne University, a major Catholic institution. The study was based on data derived from a survey of the values and attitudes of persons significantly associated with the university and who will have a significant effect on its future: the board of trustees, administrators, faculty, alumni,…

Enrollment trend data are reported and analyzed for each degree level (general baccalaureate, registered nursing baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral), institution type (public, private, religious, four-year, university, and academic health center), region (west, northeast, south, and midwest), and student attendance status (part- and full-time).…

Describes an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program in which international graduate students in the sciences are grouped according to their particular disciplines. This ensures that the peer group members are the content experts, whereas the ESL teacher serves only as the language expert, providing help in organization, grammar, pronunciation,…

A survey of 114 part-time master's degree students in business administration at various stages of program completion identified 5 areas of expectation of the school and their experience there: institutional support activities; academic experience expectations; resources supporting the academic experience; ethical standards and program image; and…

Maintains that a recent survey of historians reveals a love of history and of history teaching, and a commitment to civic betterment. Discusses the issue of cultural diversity and unity within the profession and contemporary historical writing. Outlines the discipline's relation to a larger public, including graduate students. (CFR)

The purpose of postcollegiate professional education is to train scientific and science education cadres of higher qualification. To a large extent, systematic and well-planned training accomplishes the tasks of maintaining and developing the country's constructive scientific, cultural, and intellectual potential; it ensures the continuity of the…

Although there has been much debate about "what" teachers need to know about technology, less attention has been paid to "how" they are supposed to learn it. Teacher preparation programs need to go beyond merely training teachers in how to use specific software and hardware tools, and instead focus on developing an…

This article describes the conversational interactions of one online learning group whose task was to identify themes of human development from life histories of the group members. The data were analyzed by a research team using the hermeneutic circle, which involves continually looking at parts of the text in light of the meaning of the larger…

An unprecedented number of young children in Sub-Saharan Africa are being adversely affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, yet programs specifically designed to meet the developmental needs of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) from birth to age 8 are rare. This article summarizes the daunting array of challenges facing young OVC in Sub-Saharan…

Two types of contextualized input in prosody training were investigated for 28 advanced L2 speakers of English (L1 Chinese). Their oral presentations provided training materials. Native-speakers (NSs) of English provided global prosody ratings, and participants completed questionnaires on perceived training effectiveness. Two groups received…