A study of students, at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, enrolled in a secondary education methods course in either the two-day or one-evening sections, tested their ability to relate educational theory logically to practice. The results indicate that the ability appears similar for both day and evening students. (JMD)

Affirmative action compliance is seen as insufficient: individual institutions must work to create a climate in which women faculty members are able to contribute to their full potentials. Recommendations for attitude and behavior change and for personnel policy revisions are mentioned. (Author/LBH)

A study is reported that compares personality traits of higher education doctoral candidates with other doctoral programs and with normative populations. Personality characteristics are concluded to be important, and majors in higher education resemble more closely the desired characteristics of college administrators than those in the general…

The controversy over Ph.D. vs. Ed.D. programs in higher education is examined, including discussion of differential research requirements and the ways in which traditional disciplines dominate thinking about the study of higher education. It is concluded that each field must define its own standards for each degree. (MSE)

Results of a national survey concerning the difference in research training requirements of the Ed.D. and Ph.D. degrees in higher education as a field of study are presented, and the need for and assurance of a distinction between the two types of degree is discussed.

The idea that people committing themselves to lifetime careers in academe should take some coursework in higher education retains its appeal; but that appeal has rarely grown so strong as to cause courses in higher education to become part of the graduation requirement for advanced degrees. (MLW)

A course in the history of education introduced into a doctoral program for future administrators and planners at the University of Kentucky illustrates the potential contribution of liberal arts disciplines to graduate preparation for the professions. (Editor/LBH)

This document discusses findings from the Paths on Life's Way project which began in 1989 with a sample of the British Columbia high school graduating class of 1988. By 1998, 1,055 individuals from all parts of the province remained in the study. Analyses of participation patterns indicated that only a few students had not attended some type of…

A brief history of academic women in the nineteenth century illustrates the potential for creatively merging historical analysis and contemporary social theory to examine higher education as an organization. Concepts of power, influence, and organizational change are used to give new perspectives to traditional historical study. (MSE)

The college novels of C. P. Snow present an accurate portrayal of academic life. Snow's artistic approach combined with the scientific approach to higher education enables those who engage in the study of higher education to achieve an in-depth understanding of organizational behavior in institutions of higher learning. (MLW)

Presents the results of a 1980 national survey of graduate training opportunities in community college education. Offers a table listing the 94 universities providing graduate-level instruction about community colleges and the 304 courses they offer. Discusses the value of the study for curriculum and research planning. (DMM)

The role of the Times Higher Education Supplement in creating a sense of "community" within the higher education profession is discussed. This weekly publication is viewed as instrumental in bringing higher education issues to the forefront of the national news. (BH)

Provides a review of the literature on graduate and continuing education for community college leaders, including the preceding articles in this volume. Argues that uncertainties related to these graduate programs rest on two interrelated issues: program intent and professor-practitioner relations. Suggests steps to reduce the gulf between…

This article reviews the work of G. Stanley Hall, who offered the first course on college and university problems in 1893. It describes Hall's education and academic appointments until 1887, the European origins of his study, the founding of Clark University (Massachusetts) and Hall's presidency, the American beginnings of the field of higher…

Argues that comparative studies in higher education are helpful in conceptual restructuring and in understanding how higher education is shaped by common international trends, reforms based on comparisons, increasing trans-national cooperation, and some supra-national integration of systems. Recommends a semi-structured research design allowing…