This study sought to find out team-work competencies needed by business education graduate employees to function effectively in business organizations. The study was a survey and carried out using 150 business executives as respondents. A 14 item questionnaire was used to gather data. Mean scores and standard deviation were used for data analysis. The study revealed amongst others that business...

This paper highlights several courseware design and development implications of a Web-based instruction in Basic Microbiology, BMicOnline, which replaces traditional classroom lecture. The course provides an introductory level to Microbiology as a subject for Year One of the Diploma in Applied Science & Nutrition, the Diploma in Consumer Science & Tecnology and the Diploma in Biotechnology, whi...

n engl j med 364;3 nejm.org january 20, 2011 198 education for nurses and laid the groundwork for the development of APRNs.4 We need an equivalent effort now. The approximately $160 million per year in Medicare funding for nursing education should be used to support clinical training of graduatelevel APRNs rather than diploma nursing programs.5 It will be extremely difficult, if not impossible,...

Dr. Ilir F. Progri is currently an independent Consultant. He was an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cal Poly, Pomona, California, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses and conducts research in the field of navigation and wireless communications. Dr. Progri was the Program Co-Chair for the Wireless Telecommunications Symposium 2006 ...

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Gender in Physics.] The Longitudinal Study of Astronomy Graduate Students (LSAGS) arose from the 2003 Women in Astronomy Conference, where it was noted that a majority of young members of the American Astronomical Society were women. The astronomy community wishes to make every effort to retain young women in astronomy, so they commissioned a lon...

The purpose of this study is to document current practices and understandings about globalization of gerontology education in the United States. Better understanding of aging requires international perspectives in global communities. However, little is known about how globalization of gerontology education is practiced in U.S. graduate-level degree programs. The authors conducted qualitative in...

This paper discuss findings of a follow-up study with alumni of three graduate courses known as "professional master" oriented toward institutional innovation in management of science and technology, offered by Oswaldo Cruz Foundation to its employees. The study analyzed alumni profile and characteristics, identified evidence of changes in their original workplace and assessed the relationship ...