The concept of community in higher education is broadly defined yet often exclusively linked with the undergraduate student population. Based on a two-year qualitative study at Oregon State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this article explores the notion of doctoral student community. Community as experienced by science…

More than 3 million students were enrolled in graduate or first-professional programs in the United States during the 2007-08 academic year. These students varied widely both in their demographic characteristics and in the degree programs they pursued. These Web Tables use data from the most recent National Postsecondary Student Aid Study…

This article focuses on multiple truths pertaining to doctoral education as expressed by three Latina doctoral recipients. These scholars successfully navigated various educational processes with the support of one another, their families, faculty, and their chosen discipline. The authors, as sister scholars, retell their educational journeys…

Problematic aspects of intercultural communication are considered in the context of: an increasingly internationalized market for higher education; the globalization of knowledge; the compatibility of distinct national higher education cultures; and the capacity for successful cross-cultural cooperation. This is exemplified by reference to a…

There has been a gradual increase at U.S. universities and colleges in the appointment of women to full time faculty positions with women currently comprising approximately 40% of full time faculty. When status, job security, and institutional affiliation are taken into account, the percentage drops significantly: Women occupy only 24% of tenured…

The directory lists doctoral training programs for special education by state and by specialized areas of handicapping conditions and training. The chairman of each program is named and his address given. (JD)

This informal, interim directory has been prepared to meet the needs of graduate programs, students, and relevant agencies concerned with training resources and professional employment. It lists college and university departments in the United States and Canada currently known to offer graduate training in rural sociology. Each program is…

Describes the Open Access Study Plan, which has been developed in response to fundamental inequalities in educational opportunity among educators in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. (Author/IRT)

Surveyed faculty representatives from all doctoral programs in rehabilitation counseling. Presents information describing the 38 identified programs, faculty, curriculum admission policies, and employment of graduates. Results showed that half the programs identified themselves as rehabilitation specific, and half indicated they offered a…

Discusses the increase in the number of doctoral programs in nursing and the sociohistorical background and its future influence on the history of nursing. (JOW)

Examined the development of initial faculty identities of doctoral students in education as they transitioned to the professorate. Identified five archetypal pathways to the professorate: anointed, pilgrim, visionary, philosopher, and drifter. (EV)

Discusses results of study of gender injustices reported by four women students in educational leadership doctoral programs in Ohio. Draws implications for research and practice. (Contains 23 references.) (PKP)