Three articles explore career opportunities and patterns in higher education for African Americans and other minorities. Articles cover African American research centers, African Americans in senior administrative positions, and tenure. Data on black and Hispanic faculty at doctoral institutions in 1997, noting ethnic distribution and tenure…

Reports that the Community College Leadership program at Colorado State University creates a community among its nontraditional doctoral students using a blend of different learning modalities, including face-to-face experiences and synchronous and asynchronous online discussions. Discusses three types of support necessary for distance learning…

This publication deals with two broad issues: (1) selection, equality, and reproduction of social hierarchies in higher education, and (2) development policies and the assessment of their effect on higher education. It contains the following 10 papers: "Ambitious Goals--Small Changes? On the Structure of Student Population in Finland in the…

Developed from an examination of the latest graduate bulletins of more than 250 American colleges and universities, this directory lists graduate-level courses dealing exclusively or restrictively with two-year educational institutions. Organized by state, the directory lists 200 courses offered at 116 colleges and universities that deal with…

This study interviewed 18 graduate students in higher education programs nationwide concerning their experiences in an administrative internship. Specifically, the study addressed the following issues: connections made by students between the internship and classroom experience; student outcomes from the internship experience; and differences in…

An orientation manual from Nova University of Florida is presented that is designed to introduce the regional student to the school's field-based doctoral program. The manual contains information on a chronological sequence of activities from admission to graduation including core seminar and specialization seminar syllabi, practicums,…

Ways that U.S. programs for the study of higher education monitor and evaluate the progress of their doctoral students through the dissertation stage were studied in 1986. Fifty-seven program directors responded to a questionnaire, and 50 responded to a followup questionnaire that solicited information about the social context for the doctoral…

The possible use of fiction about colleges as part of the study of higher education is considered, based on analysis of 80 student-centered college novels written by authors who attended the depicted colleges. The novels used colleges as either the subject matter or setting. Three criticisms of the idea of using fiction are discussed, including…

This evaluative report focuses on the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's field-based doctoral program, which was designed to educate potential and current community college personnel. First, introductory material describes the community college system in Massachusetts, explains the impetus for the creation of the doctoral program, discusses…

Patterns that emerged from reviewing syllabi for courses on educational policy are discussed, and two sample syllabi are presented. These courses are offered as part of graduate level studies in the field of higher education administration. Review of seven syllabi and three brief course descriptions indicated that the subject of educational policy…

Patterns that emerged from reviewing 20 syllabi for courses on educational foundations, history, and philosophy are discussed, and five sample syllabi are presented. These courses are offered as part of graduate level studies in the field of higher education administration. The review revealed the following profile: the history of higher education…

The differences between the Ph.D. and Ed.D. degree programs were studied as a follow-up to 1960 and 1970 surveys of graduate institutions. Questionnaire responses were received from 38 graduate institutions: 12 offering only the Ed.D., eight offering only the Ph.D., and 18 with both degrees. The trend toward similarities between the two degree…

The efforts of the West German Zentrales Institut fuer Fernstudienforschung, an institute developed in 1975 to study distance education, are discussed, including its major studies of distance students, methods and media, course development, student-teacher interaction, program administration, and other issues. (MSE)

This policy brief examines the issue of Asian/Pacific American (APA) women in higher education administration. It reports that APA women face the "double bind" of discrimination because of their minority status and because they are female, and that compared to other minority women fewer APA women enter the education profession. The paper argues…

(NOTE: See HE 512 216 for journal name change in information.) The prevalence of the case method in preparing higher education leaders is examined. Responses to a Case Use Inventory indicate many variations are used, but that the case method may not be widely implemented among graduate higher education programs. (SF)