The new American College Testing (ACT) College Outcomes Survey was used with a national sample of 9,348 undergraduate students to evaluate the effects of college on the personal and social self-concept of students. About one-third of the sample were over age 26. Outcomes for adult learners were compared with those of younger students. An "index of…

Changes in undergraduate degree production from 1972-76 at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego were studied. The college has moved steadily toward becoming a multipurpose liberal arts college and it serves a sizeable number of students who begin their post-high school careers in community, agricultural, and technical units of SUNY.…

Reported is the second phase of the development of a two-year college core science course for science majors. Materials were combined from introductory college courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. A revised lecture and laboratory syllabus was prepared incorporating improvements suggested after a pilot study of the first year course.…

Describes undergraduate and postgraduate programs in geography in the Soviet Union. Considered are entrance requirements, program content, preparation for teaching versus specialization, and cooperation between universities and outside organizations. For journal availability, see SO 505 963. (AV)

In a study of 1,195 medical students, those from medical families were insignificantly different from their classmates on premedical scholastic achievement and admission test scores, but were slightly younger and attended more prestigious undergraduate colleges. Academic and clinical performance was equivalent but specialty-choice differences were…

Two samples of 31 students each were used to compare two teaching methods: (1) the traditional, with textbooks, practical guidance, and personal demonstration, and (2) an integrated system with text program, audio-visual aids, and lecturer. The multi-media system produced more positive results in both achievement and attitudes. (Author/LBH)

The purpose of this working paper is to understand the extent to which competing methodologies for measuring degree completion affect the comparability of information presented, and to better position the Indiana State Commission for Higher Education to make comparisons with national data. This working paper compares seven national studies of…

This paper attempts to examine different methods of content analysis for student online discussion that takes place on bulletin boards. The purpose of that analysis is to determine whether higher order thinking can be distinguished within transcripts of dialogue. The context of the analysis was a higher education undergraduate course. A group of…

A survey of North American schools of pharmacy to obtain information on the structure, methodology, and quantity of clinical instruction in B.S. pharmacy curricula is discussed. Canadian-U.S. differences included extent of reliance on the university hospital, variety of nonhospital clerkship sites, and types of required clerkship activities.…

Presents the results of two studies that evaluated the academic skill exposure of individual students who completed the psychology major. Uses a skills-experience inventory: (1) a skills-experience comparison of seniors and freshmen psychology majors; and (2) a skills-experience comparison among academic areas. (CMK)

Examines the use of computerized quizzes in a life span human development class that included 29 sophomores and juniors. States that students who use the quizzes as a way to learn the materials, as opposed to using the strategy of prepare-gather feedback-restudy, would not be as successful. (CMK)

No significant difference in final examination scores or student ratings was found for students taught by foreign and native Teaching Associates (TAs), when students' ability and TAs' teaching experience were held constant. A moderate positive correlation was found between the foreign TAs' English proficiency score and their students' examination…

Discusses a study designed to examine extended turn-at-talk across three levels of college Spanish speakers. The study's goal was to yield information about performance ability in a foreign language on a variety of communicative tasks: elaboration, background, circumstances, restatement (descriptive tasks), and purpose, evaluation, cause, and…

A study of 406 Brown University (Rhode Island) medical students found slightly over half had undergraduate majors in science or mathematics, a third majored in the humanities or social sciences, and a tenth had double majors or independent concentrations. No statistically significant difference was found between medical school performances of the…