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American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2015
Colleges and universities across the country are seeing their bond ratings drop and their budgets shrink. Employers complain that college graduates are not prepared for the workplace, and many students find themselves saddled with considerable debt and no job to show for it. These are trying times for parents, for students, and for institutions.…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Governance, Educational Change, Higher Education
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Wooten, Elizabeth – College English, 1974
The creative responses of the University of California at Berkeley English Department to changing social and economic conditions are described and recommended as exemplary. (JH)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements
Soviet Education, 1977
Presents regulations dealing with academic degrees and rank in the USSR. The rules, set by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education in 1976, govern dissertation requirements and defense, candidacy for advanced degrees, examinations, and petitions for conferral of academic rank. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Academic Standards, College Faculty, Comparative Education
Walen, Jean, Comp. – 1982
The purpose of this guide is to provide students and teachers with a concise summary of approximately 280 graduate programs in political science at doctoral and masters levels. Information for it was collected during September/October of 1981. The bulk of the guide contains descriptions of individual programs arranged alphabetically by the name of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Faculty, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees
Rose, Judith Carol – 1967
Some 90 entries comprise this annotated bibliography focusing on articles and books dating from 1959. The works tend to deal with graduate education, course requirements, and teacher preparation for higher education. (RL)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Degree Requirements
Walen, Jean, Comp. – 1977
Descriptions of approximately 300 graduate programs in political science at doctoral and masters levels are presented. Information was collected during September and October, 1977. The bulk of the guide contains descriptions of individual programs arranged alphabetically by the name of each school. Universities are listed by city or state names…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Faculty, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees
Engineering Education, 1987
Contains the 1987 directory of member institutions in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Includes the name of the institution, information about its officers and its faculty, the number of students, graduate degree requirements, opportunities made to graduate students, types of research, and research expenditures for each of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Science, Degree Requirements, Educational Finance
Beran, D. L. – 1967
A study was made of curriculums in community development offered by colleges and universities. Of 41 institutions, twelve offered curriculum, 24 provided services, and six conducted training; two offered undergraduate and graduate preparation, six offered graduate preparation only, and two were mainly training oriented. Only four were involved in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Community Development, Community Services
SPURR, STEPHEN H. – 1967
NOTING THAT TRADITIONAL PH.D PROGRAMS CANNOT MEET THE CURRENT NEED FOR COLLEGE TEACHERS, THIS ARTICLE BRIEFLY DISCUSSES PROPOSALS FOR TWO GENERAL TYPES OF INTERMEDIATE GRADUATE DEGREES--(1) THOSE DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY PROGRESS TOWARD THE PH.D AND (2) THOSE WHICH MARK THE TERMINATION OF A PROGRAM DISTINCT FROM THE PH.D. EXAMPLES OF BOTH TYPES OF…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Vroeijenstijn, A. I.; And Others – 1992
This report presents details from an examination of the curricula and diplomas of the Electrical Engineering departments of several major European technical universities (in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium). The examination, a process involving department representatives of the various schools who came together to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Faculty, Comparative Education, Course Content
Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC. – 1982
Information is presented about requirements, course offerings, financial aid, and personnel for 147 graduate departments of geography in the United States and Canada. Seventy-three offer a Ph.D. in geography, and 77 award the Master's degree. Information provided for each institution includes: date founded; degrees offered; number of degrees…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Faculty, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic)