This document provides a detailed listing of bachelor's and higher degrees conferred in each academic field by each institution during the period from July 1, 1968 through June 30, 1969. Table 1 presents a brief historical comparison of degrees granted from 1965-66 through 1968-69. Table 2 is a summary of the degrees conferred in 1968-69 by level…

Discusses the guidelines on the Diploma of Higher Education and the Bachelor of Education prepared by the transbinary working party, the policy of student grants, and polytechnic status. (Editor)

External degree programs can benefit American higher education, but they also promote the danger of fraudulent degree mills. This document offers a discussion of this potential problem that includes: (1) an historical review of degree mill activities; (2) the role of the federal government in this problem; (3) the role of the courts; (4) state…

North Carolina senior colleges and universities awarded 6.3% more degrees in 1971-72 than in the previous year. Data provided by the 47 public and private senior institutions show that 26,214 degrees were awarded in 1971-72 compared to 24,669 in 1970-71. The increase occurred at all levels--bachelor's, first professional, master's, and doctor's.…

This document presents a report of earned degrees conferred by institutions of higher education in the United States in 1969-1970. Some of the highlights of the report include: (1) 1,072,581 degrees were conferred at the bachelor's and higher levels at 1,617 institutions; (2) publically controlled institutions awarded 65% of all degrees; (3)…

Reviews current degree structures and suggests criteria that might be used to test innovative activity or structural reform. (HS)

Discussed the real costs of three year degrees and how to plan for future financial needs in education. (RK)

Author refutes premise that degrees are necessary for better jobs. (HS)

This report provides a comprehensive and accurate overview of the numbers, insitutions, types of awards, and program areas involved in the granting of degrees and certificates in Oregon's postsecondary institutions of education. Oregon's postsecondary institutions conferred a total of 29,559 degrees and certificates during the past year. These…

The goal of this survey is to identify all doctorate degrees granted in the US from 1936 through 1950 and to determine where the degree recipients earned their first (usually baccalaureate) degrees. The data concern the fields of: anthropology and archeology, business and commerce, economics, education, fine arts and architecture, geography,…

This is the 22nd survey in the US Office of Education's annual series of surveys on earned degrees conferred by US institutions of higher education. This volume, Summary Data, is the first of 2 parts of the survey of bachelor's and higher degrees awarded in 1968-69. Data are presented by level of degree, field of specialization, sex of degree…