Purpose: While the significance of emotional intelligence (EI) for health care providers has been recognized in various health care fields, its importance is not fully understood in the discipline of communication sciences and disorders (CSD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the perspectives on EI among students, practitioners, and…

The purpose of this disquisition is to add to the body of educational research through practitioner, quantitative, and qualitative inquiry on the topic of academic debate. In a three-tiered study, the author conducted research for this dissertation with the intent to examine argumentation and debate in higher education. The settings for this…

Purpose: This study examines the factors that predict who among those receiving educational administration doctorates is most likely to become a faculty member. Research Design: The study uses 10 years of data on all doctoral recipients from programs in educational administration gathered from the Survey of Earned Doctorates (1990 to 2000).…

This publication is the result of continuing close cooperation between two councils of the American Society for Engineering Education--the Engineering College Council (ECC) and the Engineering Research Council (ERC). Its purpose is twofold: to promote the cause of graduate study in engineering by setting forth admission requirements, faculty,…

Summarizes a study of full-time library faculty of Canadian graduate library schools in terms of country of origin, citizenship, age, education and experience, publications and research, and draws comparisons with previous research. (CWM)

A survey was conducted to ascertain how much time faculty members of library schools and other professional schools spend on research and teaching, how many publications they produce, and their general opinions about research and related topics. Questionnaires were sent to 264 faculty members of the 22 accredited library schools offering doctoral…

Explores the success of specially admitted--below traditional standards--graduate students at a major university; using faculty perceptions of student performance and ability as the criteria, the specially admitted students were perceived not to differ from their traditionally admitted cohorts. (Author/JM)

Describes a survey of 716 faculty members and deans of library schools with accredited master's programs conducted to determine their attitudes toward the role of continuing professional education activities. Results indicate positive attitudes but disagreement on suitable formats. (BK)

Describes a nationwide survey of library school students, faculty, and directors of large public libraries which asked them to rank 18 values in order of personal importance. Results showing generally similar value orientations but with several significant specific differences are discussed. References are included. (Author/BK)

Explores various philosophies of librarianship held by students and faculty at two library schools in Ontario in order to determine the presence of models of the philosophy of librarianship and any changes in these models after students are subjected to library school educators and their philosophy of librarianship. (CWM)

Environmental education (EE) is a prominent aspect of graduate-level master's programs in urban and regional planning. This article draws on the results of a survey of 66 environmental planning educators in urban and regional planning programs to show what types of EE are most prevalent in these graduate professional programs and in planning…

Distance education opportunities continue to gain popularity. As postsecondary institutions compete for students, an emphasis on delivering programs and courses effectively through distance technologies is essential to maintain enrollment figures and attract interest in distance learning programs and courses. In order to deliver courses that are…

This study explores variation in postgraduate students' and supervisors' conceptions of research. Based on earlier work, a Conceptions of Research Inventory (CoRI) was trialled on a mixed sample of postgraduate students and supervisors (n = 251). Exploratory factor analyses of resultant data yields a five-dimensional empirical model, the…

Reports survey results of psychology departments with graduate programs relative to staffing of introductory psychology courses at large research-oriented universities. Discusses concerns generated by the use of nontenure position people as instructors. Cites supervision of instruction, televised courses, and incentives for teaching as examples of…

Describes a survey of 70 institutions with doctoral programs in physics. The faculty teaching loads involve only one formal course in 30 institutions, 1.5 in 11 institutions, and 2 in 22 institutions. Graduate student/faculty ratios range from 1.3 to 5.4. (Author/MLH)