Special issue addresses teacher training and education in many societies. Focuses on the hazards of cross-national comparisons of teacher training programs, the improvement of the quality of teachers, and the difficulty of the search for professionalism in education. (RJC)

Examination of a dispute between two specialists in wine reveals a fundamental difference in the professional perspectives of an economist and a legal expert. (MSE)

Reports the results of a study which examined the need for and use of both academic and professional materials in library collections for professional education. The measures used included proportions of materials in an existing business collection, and comparisons of patron use and obsolescence rates of academic and professional materials. (CLB)

The differences between criminology and criminal justice are assessed by comparing them to a more abstract typology. This typology is comprised of four basic elements: the focal concerns of the fields; career patterns of professionals; the extent to which the fields are theoretically based and are disciplines, sciences, and professions; and the…

It is argued that voluntary national accreditation for nursing programs may have outlived its initial and vital usefulness and may not currently be serving the best interests of the profession. (MSE)

A law school dean criticizes the law school accreditation process as lacking in substance and not structured to respect the unique missions of different institutions. Accreditation's emphasis on institutional statistics and its skepticism about educational change are seen as inappropriate in the current climate of legal education. (MSE)

A 1994 "U.S. News and World Report" ranking of professional schools of social work is examined and compared with the findings of 8 other attempts to rank social work schools in the last 20 years. Results indicate that the assessment measures used were primarily faculty products (for example, articles published), and that the reputational…

A survey of institutions offering doctoral programs in education found no clear institutional movement toward either Ph.D. or Ed.D. degrees; increasing reluctance by research universities to offer the Ed.D.; increasing likelihood by comprehensive institutions to offer Ed.D. degrees; and similar requirements for both degrees. Three common arguments…

The question of whether criminology and criminal justice are distinct fields is addressed in two papers. Differences between criminology and criminal justice are delineated by emphasizing formal definitions of the field(s), occupational roles, contemporary educational trends, and future development. According to John P. Conrad, criminology is the…

The author presents a rationale for offering comparative study of national legal systems to first-year law students, either as a basis for their legal education or as a single introductory course. (SJL)

The "Seventh Report to the President and Congress on the Status of Health Personnel in the United States" by the Health Resources and Services Administration and the American Association of Dental Schools'"Manpower Project Report No. 2" are compared, and their findings and implications for dental health personnel are discussed.…

In order to give direction to his career and specifically to his remaining year of law school, the author, a law student at Emory University, interrupted his schooling to spend a year in self-selected legal clerkships. His experiences and a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of such a program are presented. (JMD)

The role of social work education is discussed in the context of broad societal conflict over multicultural education. Antithetical perspectives on three themes of the multiculturalism debate (visions of community, educational quality, social change) are examined. A more open debate within the profession is encouraged. (Author/MSE)

A discussion of current changes in optometry looks at the expanding for-profit health sector, changing student characteristics and enrollment patterns, the changing scope of optometric care and technology, and the demise of professionalism and ethics. Implications for pharmaceutical education are considered. (MSE)

The structure of the law school curriculum is a product of the structure of the law school faculty, which may explain why the law school curriculum neither has changed very much over the years, despite repeated calls for reform, nor will change much in the future. (MSE)