GRADUATE EDUCATION An Annotated Bibliography Prepared by

r-rHE PEOPLE of the United States have in recent years becomeI deeply conscious of the crucial importance of national excellencein science and scholarship. They have learned to value the work of theNation's graduate schools in preparing scholars and scientists, in carrying on basic and applied research, and in supplying faculty for the Nation's schools and colleges. Through their State and Federalgovernments, as well as through cooperative private endeavors, theyhave formulated comprehensive plans and increased their material sup-Tort for the strengthening of advanced graduate study. The recent expansion of Federal graduate fellowship programs may be taken as evidence of a growing national willingness to take the necessary stepsincluding larger appropriations for the further suppolt of theNation's graduate schools. The present is thus an opportune moment to take stock: to look at what graduate education has been and what it-is becoming, and to develop a more precise understanding of what needs to be done. The U.S. Office of Education has felt particularly obliged to be clear aboutgraduate school needs and trends, not only because education per seis its special concern, but also because the National Defense EducationAt of 1958 has placed upon it specific responsibilities in the field ofgraduate education. In studying graduate education, one of our first concerns has been to summarize and analyze current thinking about it. This bibliogrikphy is a first step in the careful stock-taking which the Division of Higher Education has embarked upon, and should be useful to others who areinterested in the future course of graduate education. HOMER D. BABBIDGE, JR.