The history of doctoral education for nurses is reviewed with emphasis on the nurse scientist training model. Recommendations are made for cross-disciplinary training and greater research emphasis on fundamental processes to understand human ecology in health and illness. (Author/SK)

Notes that many students who graduate with doctorates in family studies desire academic careers in research institutions. Encourages students to prepare themselves early to be competitive in academic market and to succeed in desired positions. Attempts to assist students and new professionals in obtaining academic positions in research…

Expresses concern over the decline of doctoral programs in industrial education. Charges the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators to lead in researching the standards of excellence that can help in the retention of advanced degree programs. (JOW)

Responds to view expressed by Wittmer in previous article concerning doctoral programs in counselor education seeking accreditation review by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) rather than by the American Psychological Association. Discusses differences between counselors and psychologists and…

Provides personal and historical background concerning the development and success of early doctoral programs in communication education at Purdue University and Florida State University. Discusses critical events that shaped the focus and image of communication in the past two decades. Discusses five trends in communication education from a…

A survey of 101 college aviation faculty that received a 79% response indicated that 68.3% agree on the current need and 75.9% on the future need for a nonengineering doctoral program in aeronautical/aerospace sciences; 51% believe the Council on Aviation Accreditation would be more willing to accredit institutions with such programs. (SK)

Describes the School of Interpersonal Communication at Ohio University and its recent successful effort to include a focus on international education by establishing a new PhD joint program with Bangkok University. (SR)

Surveyed 521 counselor preparation programs nationwide. Findings revealed that most programs with master's or both master's and doctoral degrees had a counseling professional orientation as opposed to psychological or other orientations. Findings have implications for licensure, accreditation, program identity development, and overall professional…

Synthesizes findings and recommendations related to training and accreditation from conferences and from Task Force on the Scope and Criteria of Accreditation and Joint Council on Professional Education in Psychology. Examines potential impact of the various proposals on counseling psychology students, trainers, and programs. Focuses on four…

Preparation of teacher/scholars in nursing requires emphasis and value on undergraduate teaching, clinical practice, and scholarly inquiry. Collaboration with other doctoral programs and reward for teaching excellence are other ways to foster teacher/scholars. (SK)

Examines the effects of a two-step practice-poster session on first-year doctoral students' self-efficacy beliefs about making professional presentations, and evaluates the usefulness of an active-learning teaching assignment. Results suggest that the relatively brief training exercise significantly increased participants' self-efficacy to give…

Tasks of a doctoral program are discussed, including selecting a program, maneuvering through initial experiences, making adjustments, completing coursework, preparing for comprehensive examinations, choosing an internship, and completing the dissertation. (Author)

Survey responses from 48 of 78 doctoral programs in nursing show an increasing shift away from clinical to research emphasis and few differences in terms of admission criteria, curriculum, Carnegie classification, or length of time the program has existed. Only 12% still offer doctorates in nursing science; most have moved to Ph.D.s (SK)

The process of developing a doctoral program at the University of the Incarnate Word demonstrates the use of both transformational leadership (empowerment, advocacy, reconciliation) and transactional leadership (power brokering, making legitimate decisions). The contemporary environment needs multiple leaders who exercise different types of…

Reports the results of a study of 45 Ph.D. history students who were asked questions about cognitive activity related to information events based on a grounded theory approach. Topics include knowledge acquisition; information process; a situation model theory of reading comprehension; elaborative inferencing; and domain experts versus domain…