Information on federal student aid recipients by income, undergraduate and graduate level, and financial dependency status is presented for Pell Grants, campus-based programs, and Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL). Income data are reported for all aid recipients and for financially dependent and independent students for 1983-1984 and for 1976-1977,…

A survey was made of graduate programs for foreign students at three law schools with different missions and characteristics. The survey focused on the following points: (1) students' backgrounds (cultural, linguistic, geographic, educational, and professional); (2) student reasons for attending a graduate law program in the United States; (3)…

Situational influences on self-confidence and assertiveness in female and male graduate students in science and engineering were studied, based on responses from 328 Stanford University students (155 males and 173 females). Two dependent variables were used: an index of items measuring an individual's self-confidence in the ability to perform…

Given the currently limited numbers of minority students seeking graduate degrees, the competition among universities to attract them has increased. The role that faculty should play in recruiting and retaining minority graduate students is discussed, in particular the type and quality of the relationship between minority graduate students,…

Clients seeking psychological counseling, who initiate service of their own volition, do so to obtain help with a problem that they feel afflicts them. Counselors' perceptions of clients' presenting problems assist counselors in making predictions about behavior from which they construct treatment plans. Research has demonstrated that incongruity…

The design and use of a departmental decision support system at Florida State University are described from the perspective of a department head. The decisions selected for study are ones of adequacy, equitability, quality, efficiency, and consistency. The complexity of the decision is related to the complexity of the support system. The major…

Two cross-cultural workshops are outlined and discussed, one designed for graduate students in a training program for teachers of English as a second language and one for public school teachers and administrators. Activities used in each workshop and the rationale for their selection are described in detail. Each workshop included a combination of…

This paper presents a model for preparation programs for educational leaders. The model portrays key program elements under three major headings: (1) pre-preparation concerns, (2) program issues and concerns, and (3) post-program concerns. Recruitment and selection are important pre-preparation concerns. The candidate's leadership experience,…

The effect of training in the Cognitive Interaction Analysis System on the way teachers interact with students was studied with 15 graduate students enrolled in a college teaching course. The students represented a variety of disciplines, including agriculture, science, liberal arts, and education. Enrollees were required to teach a typical…

This report describes the grant proposals which funded an end-user instruction program for upper division and graduate students enrolled at a state university in California, and reviews the implementation and the evolution of the online instruction program originally funded by a $3,500 California State University Northridge Instructional…

Over 150 doctoral students and faculty in U.S. programs for the study of higher education were interviewed to determine their views concerning the social context of these programs. Both faculty respondents (including program directors) and doctoral students perceived the social context of the programs to involve a plurality and diversity of…

Immigrants have provided a transfusion of new talent throughout U.S. history to support the nation's economic and cultural growth and development. The absorption of these successive groups of immigrants has often been accompanied by issues associated with their integration into the work force and society. In recent years, there has been a marked…

A survey of master's level English language teacher trainees in a Chinese university examined prevailing attitudes toward a methodology course and compared them to previous findings. Students were asked to rate course quality and the quantity of various course materials and tasks. The results showed an overall positive reaction to the course, with…

Preliminary results of the 1986-87 Council of Graduate Schools/Graduate Record Examinations (CGS/GRE) Enrollment Survey are presented. Respondents totaled 512 of the 552 U.S.institutions surveyed, for a 93% response rate. Highlights of the survey results include: (1) CGS and affiliated institutions enrolled 85% of the total graduate enrollment…

A handbook for University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) teaching assistants (TAs) is presented that includes information about university policy concerning TAs and their jobs. Contents cover: duties of TAs, teaching associates, and teaching fellows; appointment, reappointment, and duration of employment; salary; benefits; conduct,…