Raises a series of questions about the nature of graduate education across the many areas covered under the general heading "journalism and mass communication." Focuses on curriculum and on the difficulty graduate programs in journalism and mass communication have competing for scarce resources within the academy. (SR)

Uses the rating systems of a number of studies recently undertaken concerning research productivity of speech communication departments to determine a profile of the chairs of 27 doctoral-granting departments considered prolific. Finds that chairs of prolific departments publish more than the "average" author listed in the author index for speech…

Surveyed training directors of American Psychological Association approved counseling psychology programs and internship sites to determine extent of training in psychological assessment procedures. Found that clinical interview was most widely used procedure, vocational assessment was changing, different procedures were emphasized in academic and…

Describes the first author's graduate work and dissertation which fell in a crack in time, that period where her institution moved from nearly an exclusive use of quantitative approaches to an awareness and acceptance of both qualitative and quantitative strategies. Discusses implications for graduate students and faculty. (RS)

A study investigated the impact of environmental factors and structure of the development office at 81 public doctorate-granting universities on fund-raising activities, focusing on how institutions interpret their environment in light of fund-raising objectives. Institutions with significant linkages to their environment were more successful, but…

Discusses the results of the Modern Language Association's 1990 survey of doctorate-granting departments in English and other languages regarding doctoral study. (HB)

Considers the Modern Language Association's 1990 survey of doctorate-granting departments in English and other languages regarding doctoral study. Analyzes the survey results in depth, including institutional characteristics, numbers of applicants, number enrolled, degrees granted, and program trends. (HB)

Study examined the curricular structure of doctoral programs at research and doctoral grant institutions, analyzing the job market and assessing the overall compatibility of preparation with college employment needs. Results suggest there is too much overspecialization in doctoral study, and institutions are not graduating for a realistic college…

Explores ideas of autonomy and the independent scholar that underpin traditional practices of postgraduate pedagogy, particularly PhD programs in the humanities and social sciences. Finds practices underlain by the gendered nature of ideas of autonomy and the paradoxical nature of the processes intended to produce the autonomous scholar self.…

Study reports on the influence of their doctoral experiences on the scholarly writing and productivity of tenured women faculty members in higher education and student affairs programs. Factors that contributed to creating their identities as scholarly writers and influenced their scholarly writing and productivity included: structured…

Reviews the impact of the Association for Business Communication on development of business communication as an academic discipline in areas such as nurturing teachers; establishing advanced courses, majors, and PhDs in business communication; providing access to communicators in business; providing a voice for the profession; and facilitating…

Data from 2 surveys of nursing doctoral graduates (n=54, 39), 35 faculty, and 37 employers indicated that the majority of graduates are in academic institutions and actively involved in research, publication, and leadership. Slight differences between those who graduated from academic-year programs and those in the summer-only option were noted.…

Transcription of an interview with Emmy van Deurzen-Smith, a noted and influential female counselor. Discusses van Deurzen-Smith's emigration from France, her start in counseling in Great Britain, and some of her career challenges. She is a Dutch counselor trained in France who emigrated to Great Britain in 1985. Today, she is the director of…

In Bensen and Paige's survey of 22 industrial/technology education faculty and 81 graduates, more graduates than faculty believed that leadership attributes should receive more attention in doctoral programs. Bjorkquist and others' responses from 55 of 69 members of the Mississippi Valley Industrial Teacher Education Conference identified…

Recounts the author's experience teaching a course for doctoral students at New York University on dissertation research and writing. Argues that the course was as much about learning to be inspired as learning historical methodologies. Includes the full syllabus for the course with commentary. (DSK)