For teacher candidates and the programs that prepare them, student teaching is a visible experience. For candidates, it culminates their investment of time and money and represents the completion of a significant, albeit early, career goal: becoming a certified, licensed teacher. For the university, the performance of their student teachers reflects program quality. When all goes as planned, bo...

MENDEL ROSENBLUM is Assistant Professor at Stanford University; email: [email protected]. JOHN CHAPIN is a Ph.D. student at Stanford University; email: [email protected]. DAN TEODOSIU is a Ph.D. student at Stanford University; email: [email protected]. SCOTT DEVINE is a Ph.D. student at Stanford University; email: [email protected]. TIRTHANKAR LAHIRI is a Ph.D. student at Sta...

Implant treatment today is highly predictable and provides valid restorative options for the completely or partially edentulous patient. In Japan, many dental care facilities have incorporated implant treatment, and such treatment is no longer rare. For predoctoral students, the educational environment related to implants is not always applicable in present clinical settings. In this article, w...

A course in robotics is being piloted this semester at Purchase College/State University of New York. It was designed for its particular audience: upper-level students in the mathematics/computer science major and in the new media major as well as any other student who have satisfied the programming pre-requisite, possibly through general education courses. However, the general ideas motivating...

Service quality is imperative for higher education institutes in order to remain competitive and growing. There is a need to ensure students’ satisfaction with university. This study will help improve service quality of the institutes. Information and data are collected using a survey questionnaire from the higher education institutes of Pakistan using convenience sampling technique. Findings r...

A model is presented where universities competitively supply education to mobile students. Students are subject to a liquidity constraint so that tuition must be paid out of pre-university income. It is shown that student loans provided by home jurisdictions will ensure an efficient quality of higher education if loans do not contain any subsidy. If there is income-related debt relief, however,...