Analyzes the possible changes in the organization of graduate education during this decade. (Author/PG)

Summarizes a survey concerning preparation for teaching conducted by The Committee on Advanced Degrees for the College English Association. (MB)

Technical Education is a bimonthly supplement to Industrial Arts and Vocational Education. (GB)

A directive for improving the certification process of teachers in higher education designed to improve the skills of teachers by imposing stiffer degree requirements, and by instituting comprehensive examinations for hiring purposes. Procedures for implementation are given. (CB)

In a survey designed to measure the employment policies of a representative sample of college and university libraries it was found that most academic libraries are willing to hire graduates who have non-accredited master's degrees. (Author/RM)

Results of a survey of industrial education doctoral programs were (1) there is little difference between Ph.D. and Ed.D. programs; (2) newer (post-1965) programs were modeled on existing ones; (3) students in either category had similar experiences, curriculum preferences, and employment patterns; and (4) chairpersons perceive today's students…

This survey examines actual and ideal content of doctoral nursing curricula. Most doctoral education appears to prepare graduates as researchers rather than practitioners, teachers, or administrators. (SK)

Aviation education institutions (75 of 105 surveyed) expressed their preferences for the elements of a Ph.D. program in aeronology (nonengineering aerospace/aeronautical sciences). A research/practitioner model, core curriculum, and second area of specialization were supported. (SK)

The response to a 1987 proposal by Illinois nurses to standardize nursing educational requirements revealed deep divisions among nurses with different educational backgrounds. Those opposed to raising the professional status of nursing exploited those divisions and thwarted attempts to make the Bachelor of Science in Nursing the minimum…

Presents a systematic, cost and time effective approach to evaluating undergraduate Business Communication programs. Includes an evaluation planning schedule. (MM)

United States higher-education institutions often fail to educate. This paper describes one professor's development of a new program fulfilling existing requirements while exposing students to great books and demanding courses in other areas. It suggests that the best way to reform higher-education institutions is to expose them to vigorous,…