TABLE 12.-Enrollment of members of the faculty for graduate work in their own institution, 1927-28 Fifteen institutions reported that they barred professors, associate professors, and assistant professors from doing any graduate work in their own institution. Residence Requirements for Degrees Thirty-three institutions require at least one year's residence for the bachelor's degree; 11 institutions require more than one year; 1 institution requires less than one year; 13 institutions will count extension as a partial fulfillment of residence requirements. Fortytwo institutions require at least a year's residence for the master's degree; 1 requires more than a year; 4 will require at least one year's residence for the doctor's degree; 13 require more than one year's residence, Thesis Requirements Eight institutions require a thesis for the bachelor's degree and 46 require a thesis for the master's degree. Thirty-four institutions do not require a thesis for the bachelor's degree; two do not require a thesis for the master's degree. Avoiding Duplication of Courses Of the 47 institutions reporting, 33 made definite provisions for efforts to avoid duplication of courses between the different colleges and departments. Thirty-one of these institutions had standing committees for this purpose and two had special committees to report from time to time any possible duplication in undergraduate courses. One institution reported that its committee on duplication of courses keeps a course book showing the name, number, descriptive title, and content of every course authorized, with the date of its authorization. A record is kept of any change in the number or content of the course. Fourteen institutions reported that they had no definite provision for avoiding duplication. Honors Courses Sixty-three honors courses were offered in 1927-28 by 11 land-grant institutions-University of Kentucky, Connecticut Agricultural College, University of Illinois, University of California, University of Vermont, Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin, Rutgers University, University of New Hampshire, University of Minnesota, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More honors courses are offered in modern language than in any other subjects, which include psychology, biography, home economics, hygiene, philosophy, ancient languages, journalism, sociology, education, and engineering. Time and Method of Conferring Degrees The practices of the land-grant institutions with regard to the time and method of conferring degrees vary considerably. Of the institutions reporting, 16 confer degrees only once a year. Thirtyfive confer them more than once a year; five of these confer them not only at the regular times for conferring degrees, but also at other times. Twenty institutions confer degrees twice a year; 9, three times a year; 4, four times a year; and 2, five times a year. The institutions that confer degrees only once a year award them formally each time, but not all the institutions that confer degrees oftener than once a year do it formally each time. Of the 20 institutions conferring degrees twice a year, 12 award them formally each time; of the 9 conferring degrees three times a year, only 2 do it formally each time. Two of the four institutions conferring degrees four times a year confer them formally each time; and two of those awarding them five times a year do likewise. In 48 institutions the graduates are members of the same class regardless of the time of year they receive degrees, and in three they are not. Forty-one institutions determine class membership on the basis of the academic year and nine on the calendar year. The governing board meets each time and authorizes the granting of degrees in 34 institutions. In 17 institutions this power has been delegated by the board to an executive committee, and administrative council, a committee of the senate, the president of the institution, or the secretary of the board. Summary of Degrees From the year 1863 to 1928 the land-grant institutions granted 403.531 degrees; 315,543, or 78.2 per cent, were bachelor's degrees; 42,989, or 10.6 per cent, were master's; 4,769, or 1.2 per cent, were doctor's; 38,392, or 9.5 per cent, were in law, medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy; and 838, or 0.5 per cent, were honorary. 111490°-30-VOL 1-21 Of the 403,531 degrees granted, 310,865, or 77 per cent, were conferred on men and 92,666, or 23 per cent, on women. Of the 315,543 bachelor's degrees 232,657, or 57.7 per cent, were conferred on men and 82,886, or 20.5 per cent, on women. Of the 42,989 master's degrees 34,944, or 8.6 per cent, were conferred on men, and 8,045, or 2 per cent, on women. Of the 4,769 doctor's degrees, 4,240, or 1.1 per cent, were conferred on men, and 529, or 0.1 per cent, on women. Of the 38,392 first degrees in law, medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, 37,261, or 9.2 per cent, were conferred on men and 1,131, or 0.3 per cent, on women. (See Tables 13 and 14.) TABLE 13.-Degrees by name granted to men and women from 1863 to 1928 |