Project Management (PM) tools and concepts are being adopted by a growing number of organizations. Consequently, numerous U.S. universities/colleges offer a wide variety of graduate degrees designed to complement existing certifications through organizations such as the Project Management Institute (PMI). This paper explores current graduate PM…

This book provides concrete examples of humanizing collectivist critical pedagogy, which creates a learning space with students, values their mutual-agency, and invites them to play a leading role in remaking higher education. It redefines student success to include an understanding of positionality, macro social structures, and agency. Each class…

As graduate and professional programs internationalize to provide students with global competencies and skills, more graduate students are participating in education abroad programs. Graduate students represent a growing portion of the total population participating in education abroad, with short-term, faculty-directed (STFD) programs expanding…

Across the world, higher education is facing new challenges as governments cut subsidies, new technologies enable "massively open" online courses, students are accessed from global locations, and the centuries-old mission of universities is commercialised. In spite of these profound changes, most institutions of higher education have…

Questionnaires were completed by 99 deans of colleges, schools, and departments of nursing offering graduate-level study concerning administrative placement of graduate nursing programs within the university. Survey results indicate no consensus among the deans. Further study is recommended. (CH)

Reports a study that examined the characteristics that enable graduate sport management programs to achieve their objectives. Surveys of sport management educators found they agreed on 11 characteristics that indicated a sport management program's effectiveness. Respondents believed an effective program should produce sport managers, not…

Results of a survey concerning the student recruiting practices of the 114 graduate academic units in one large public research university are presented. They concern recruiting activities before and after initial student expression of interest in the program. (MSE)

A national survey of deans and directors of schools of social work concerning the administrative accounting of sexual harassment is reported. Over 50 schools reported some form of harassment in the last five years. The extent and sources of the problem and the administrative response to them are discussed. (MSE)

Effective fund raising among graduate school alumni requires efforts that differ from those used with undergraduate alumni. Working with school-based or umbrella alumni organizations, staffing, and development of services and programs appropriate to this population are keys to success. Reunions, career roundtables, orientation, mentor programs,…

The nature of financial and enrollment problems facing graduate social work education are outlined, and it is suggested that traditional approaches to these problems are likely to prove ineffective. Approaches suggested include serious curricular review and revision to reflect fiscal and political realities, refinancing, improved revenue sources,…

The rationale for graduate consortia, the constraints on cooperation, and guidelines for designing and managing an interuniversity consortium are examined. The experiences of five New York city doctorate-granting universities when they launched a project to test the feasibility of doctoral cooperation in arts and sciences are described.…

A survey of 265 postgraduate general dentistry program directors and dental general practice residency directors found substantial agreement about the relative importance of various program goals and curriculum areas. The largest differences were found among site types (e.g., hospitals vs. dental schools) not program types. (MSE)

An investigation of the feasibility of a project designed to improve the effectiveness of social welfare administration is described. The study sought to determine what action might be taken for the development and implementation of curricula in social service management at interested graduate schools of social work. Literature in the field was…

Research findings suggest that centralization varies with certain institutional characteristics and that the nature of the graduate faculty, availability of funding, and staffing patterns are correlated with the degree of centralization. The historical development of graduate education is described. (Author/MLW)

Examines the challenges facing new assistant professors in general and language program directors (LPDs) in particular, offering the perspective of two individuals who made the leap from graduate student to LPD, outlining the most significant and universal issues facing new LPDs, and providing insight into balancing the demands of the position…