A study investigated doctoral personnel preparation programs in visual impairments at 15 universities. Results indicate only nine of the programs had one or more doctoral students and that over the past five years, only four graduates obtained continuing full-time faculty positions, two in education and two in orientation and mobility. (Contains 7…

Studied how doctoral students experienced their working conditions as they worked toward PhDs in Sweden. Survey responses of 278 doctoral students and interviews with 6 female students show their attitudes about their PhD work and describe the advantages and limitations of research freedom and demands on their time. (SLD)

Analysis of panel data on the education and career paths of Swiss university graduates in all fields of study through the 1990s shows that women and people from less-educated families are less commonly recruited for research careers than are men and people from university-educated backgrounds. However, the degree of inequality of opportunity is…

While it is still not clear where the trend toward increased doctoral program applicants, up to 25 percent in some institutions, comes from or is going, it may ultimately help reduce the predicted faculty shortage. More minority candidates are reported by some schools. (MSE)

Transcribes an interview with Ira E. Aaron, who discusses how he moved from journalism to reading education, the changes he would like to make in doctoral programs in reading, the preparation of reading teachers, the importance of children's literature, and the misplaced emphasis on research and publication over teaching. (RS)

Quality concerns are foremost in assessing the worthiness of interdisciplinary efforts, but issues of funding, organization, student interest, and job market need to concern those who propose or review such programs. Proposed is a series of questions that may assist reviewers of proposals for new interdisciplinary degree programs. (MLW)

A study of 479 doctoral students at an urban university examined the relationships between 4 educational strategies (divergent, assimilative, convergent, accommodative) of doctoral programs and subjects' perceptions of their gains in 4 domains of professional competence (thinking, decision making, valuing, and acting). Additional variables…

This section presents information on doctoral (Ph.D. and Ed.D.) programs in instructional technology; master's degree and six-year programs in instructional technology; graduate programs in educational computing; and scholarships, fellowships, and awards. (SLW)

This section presents information on doctoral (Ph.D. and Ed.D.) programs in instructional technology; master's degree and six-year programs in instructional technology; graduate programs in educational computing; and scholarships, fellowships, and awards. (SLW)

The University of North Dakota's (UND) Indians into Psychology Doctoral Education program seeks to identify and recruit promising American Indian students into the field of psychology and to provide culturally appropriate training to all UND students. The staff, including three American Indian psychologists, provide a culturally sensitive program…

Draws implications from U.S. efforts to legitimate the Ed.D. as a valued qualification focused on meeting practitioners' needs. Describes a curriculum process model developed at the University of Texas at Austin with potential for guiding and forming university-based preparation and ongoing professional development for administrators. A…

This section presents information on doctoral (Ph.D. and Ed.D.) programs in instructional technology; master's degree and six-year programs in instructional technology; graduate programs in educational computing; and scholarships, fellowships, and awards. (KRN)

Documents restructuring efforts at Florida State University's Department of Educational Leadership during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Describes from a faculty member's perspective the historical context for the department's initiatives, the creation of various partnerships with other organizations, and the installation of a new field-based…

Conducted national survey to assess preferred settings, work activities, and perceived levels of competency of doctoral students in accredited counseling psychology and counselor education programs. Results reflected stereotypic distinctions between what counselors and counseling psychologists do, and by implication between counselor education and…

A phenomenological study investigated 22 women doctoral recipients' perceptions of power and sexual issues in their relationships with male advisors. Variations in adviser style were also examined. How cross-gender advisement teams in the study dealt with these issues discriminated effective from ineffective mentoring relationships. (Author/MSE)