This issue contains a listing of 412 institutions involved in engineering higher education and includes for each: admission requirements, faculty enrollments, degrees, fields of advanced study, and appointments available to graduate students. Also includes a ten-year statistical analysis of significant factors characterizing engineering research…

Following a discussion of the development and use of accreditation standards for theatre programs in colleges and universities, this document lists minimum criteria for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts in theatre, Bachelor of Arts in theatre education, Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre, Master of Arts in theatre, Master of Fine Arts in theatre, and…

Contains the minimum Graduate Record Examination and grade point average requirements for graduate English programs of over 70 universities. (EL)

Summaries of selected studies, present a rationale for the development of work-experience, competency-based college degree programs in industrial education. (SN)

Lists physics courses at universities, colleges of education and technology, and polytechnics in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Includes honors degree courses, course structure, special entry requirements (if any), special notes, and name of contact person. (SK)

Researchers examined college and university graduate bulletins to determine titles, admission information, and graduation requirements for master's degree health education programs. Degrees most common in nonschools of public health were master of science and of education. In schools of public health, master of public health degree were most…

Questions have been raised about the status of English as a second language (ESL) in colleges and universities, especially with regard to ESL credit, admission of ESL students, and tenure for ESL instructors. These questions prompted Portland State University (Oregon) to send a questionnaire dealing with the topic to the directors of 174 programs…

A proposal is presented for developing a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at California State University, Bakersfield. The criteria for a MAT program are examined by outlining existing programs at: (1) Harvard Graduate School; (2) University of California, Berkeley; (3) Portland State University; (4) Stanford University; (5) University of…

A survey was conducted for the Graduate Student Section of the Adult Education Association to determine the differences in requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degrees in adult education. Of forty-three institutions identified as offering both degrees, forty participated in answering the…

The results of a survey of publicly-supported colleges offering master's degrees to determine the most typical requirements for such degrees are reported. Results indicate that a typical master's degree program is one that: (1) does not require students to fulfill a full-time-student residency requirement; (2) requires that students complete…

This document reports a conference attended by 137 representatives of institutions awarding the doctorate in education. They were invited to 1) study the findings of a research study ("An Inquiry into Conditions Affecting the Pursuit of the Doctoral Degree in the Field of Education"; see SP 004 600 and SP 004 601); 2) to draw their own conclusions…

This examination of the basic issues confronting information science education provides definitions; traces the emergence, evolution, and current state of information science and its education; considers the external and internal problems of information science education; and makes recommendations on areas needing action. (CWM)

This report presents the results of a survey of advanced programs in teacher education at member institutions of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). It is the opinion of researchers that several of the NCATE criteria apply more appropriately to basic programs than to advanced, especially in the categories related…

Results of the 10th national survey (1982-83) of bachelor's degree granting institutions in the United States concerning their foreign language entrance and degree requirements encompass the responses of 1,261 institutions. Each institution is classified in one of six categories, according to its status in relation to the 9th survey, carried out…

This report describes changes that have taken place between 1980-81 and 1984-85 affecting admission/graduation requirements and recruitment efforts in teacher education programs. Specifically the survey requested information on: (1) specific requirements for admittance into teacher preparation programs; (2) changes in credit hour requirements over…