The aim of this study is to determine whether the approaches to learning and age are significantly correlated to grade point average (GPA) in early childhood education students. In addition, another purpose of this study is to determine whether approaches to learning and age predicted students' GPAs in the Early Childhood Education Department. The…

The purpose of this report on Arkansas STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program activity is to inform education and policy makers about the need to prepare and graduate more students with degrees in STEM related fields as defined by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Arkansas is witnessing a significant…

This series of articles contains three research summaries entitled: (1) "Women Entering Teaching: Changes in the Preservice Population"; (2) "Tomorrow's Teachers: Attitudes toward Sex-Affirmative Teaching and Professional Behaviors"; and (3) "Jewel Tea and Academe" (about women faculty in higher education and the value of mentors.) (JMK)

The first followup study of the graduates of the Department of Graduate Studies in Education at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Pedras campus, was undertaken with seven objectives to determine: the satisfaction of graduates in their present work; the specific preparation provided by the graduate program; whether graduates are working in…