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University Report Evidences
Rise In Post-Graduate Work

Latest reports from the University
give further evidence for the
idea that more and more people are
continuing their education beyond
the bachelor's degree.

In 1969, a total of 919 master's
degrees and 155 doctorates, excluding
medical degrees, were
awarded by the University in June
and August graduation exercises.

In 1968 the University conferred
864 master's degrees. 147
Ph.D.'s.

Most significant increases over
last year were in the School of
Education where 571 persons
earned graduate degrees a 12 per
cent increase over last year's 502.
Forty-two of this year's total were
doctor of education degrees. 529
were master's degrees.

Frederick Cyphert, dean of the
School of Education, points out
that one reason for increased
interest in advanced education
degrees is the need for better
teachers, not just more teachers.

The large number of persons
seeking higher degrees in education
at the University is due to recognition
of the program and the
faculty, he says, noting that the
School of Education emphasizes
graduate work. One of its newest
graduate programs is the Center for
Higher Education, designed to train
educators to deal with problems in
higher education.

Also contributing to the interest
in advanced degrees, undoubtedly
has been the establishment of new
areas of graduate study.

In the past two years, new
degree programs have been added at
the University in such areas as art
history and Slavic languages and
literatures. Last year the Graduate
School of Business Administration
began a program to teach first-year
students the BASIC computer programming
language, and the School
of Architecture entered its first
students in a graduate program for
landscape design.

The law school initiated a
master of comparative law degree, a
first postgraduate degree for lawyers
whose knowledge of the
United States legal system is less
than that of an American lawyer in
the present master of laws program.