The major purpose of the experience described in this report was to determine what functional problems tended to develop under an individualized continual progress approach when large numbers of students were enrolled and where multiple instructional staff loads were maximized. This report describes: (1) the nature of the instruction, the basic…

Weaknesses in the reading course background and the high turnover rate of many college reading specialists along with an increased demand for these people to help disadvantaged college youth led the author to develop a course and practicum for graduate students who wished to enter this field. The course included these topics: (1) philosophy and…

The research component in the natural sciences does not have to be changed. Ninety-three percent of the students surveyed by Ann Heiss for her book "The Challenge to the Graduate Schools" felt that the research component of the natural sciences contributed to their scientific development, and 85 percent felt that it was intellectually stimulating.…

The nature of this conference, the product of a year's work by an interdisciplinary team, was that of a giant critique, where the subject of discussion was a high-density, compact new city. Participants in the conference gave their comments and questions on the New Communities Project material that had been presented in both verbal and graphic…

This report discusses two possible approaches to maximize interest and aptitude in meeting the need for college instructors who are both scholars and teachers. Part I of the document concerns the extent to which existing graduate programs emphasize training for eventual college instruction. Part II addresses the possible development of doctoral…

The participation of graduate students in academic decision making is not only desirable, but necessary and inevitable. The momentum of the reforms at the undergraduate level is now carrying over to graduate schools. Students no longer consider graduate education a privilege, but a right to advanced training and to something beside a "worthless"…

The projection of space needs for research is a function of--(1) graduate student enrollment, (2) the particular academic discipline, and (3) the level of research activity. It is proposed that the full time equivalent graduate student population be used as being representative of the overall requirements, with some exceptions. A later paper,…

The Counselor Education Department at the University of Houston has developed an affective training program for counselor education at the graduate level. The goals of increasing self exploration and interpersonal effectiveness are achieved through the following experiences: a retreat, psychological assessment, modular learning and videotape…

The Graduate Record Examinations Committees for French, Philosophy, and English Literature participated in an investigation of the feasibility of conducting validity studies of the GRE using a common criterion task. It was determined that such a study was not feasible. However some committee members suggested that many graduate departments used…

Studies of interpersonal helping processes have identified accurate empathic understanding as a skill significantly associated with effective helping. In recent years empathy training has become something of a fad, often involving expensive, time consuming marathon weekends. In reaction to this trend a self-instructional package was designed to…

This study of factors used by graduate faculty in their evaluation of graduate students had as its goal the development of a research-based conceptual framework of desired outcomes in graduate education. Factor analysis of the responses of 190 graduate faculty at Kansas State University, Manhattan, to a graduate student performance checklist…

This annotated guide lists periodicals in the fields of sociology, anthropology, social work and related sciences which are on file as of 1971 in the Lincoln Memorial Library at South Dakota State University. A project of the Intermediate Sociology Class, fall semester, 1971, the guide is intended as a research tool for undergraduate and graduate…

This document reports the results of a survey of graduate student admissions at the State University of New York. Results indicated that on the master's level: (1) There were 21,924 applications for master's degree programs in 1972. (2) Acceptance rates for these applications varied widely from 27% to 98%, with an average of 62% of the…

Combing experienced teachers (i.e., teachers in graduate programs in reading or language arts) and preservice reading students in methods courses is not a new idea, but the practice is not prevalent. Most teacher preparation institutions still run the initial language arts and reading courses before student teaching and independent or input other…

This report on the status of undergraduate and graduate women at the University of Washington presents information on: (1) admissions 1970, including undergraduate and graduate admissions procedures, summaries and analyses of undergraduate and graduate admissions data, admissions at the schools of dentistry, law, and medicine, and minority student…