Summarizes information on mentor/protege relationships in higher education from a theme issue on mentoring. The paper notes that it is difficult to define mentoring because research suggests that each person has a different concept of mentoring and different mentoring relationships. Also, mentoring research occurs in a variety of arenas. However,…

Presents and discusses the comments of graduate students in varied disciplines on their personal journeys through graduate school, as they work toward their professional goals as scholars. Key issues include the need to adapt to new values, confusion about mixed messages, need for support, and lack of knowledge about faculty life. Implications for…

Describes the use and effects of a continuous program for developing the instructional skills of graduate teaching assistants at a large research university. Most of the graduate chemistry instructors had positive attitudes about the project. Makes recommendations for program content. (WRM)

Examines technology skills among various constituencies in one college of a major research university. Skills were assessed through self-reports on a survey, direct observations of participants, and interviews. Results revealed differences in skill levels by gender, race, and status (faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students).…

Explores teaching gender to management students, mainly those working toward Masters in Business Administration degrees. Introduces a gender awareness approach and illustrates it with two examples of "doing" gender using multiple associations of that term. (SLD)

Surveyed entering optometry students (n=404) and again during their fourth year (n=314) for knowledge about and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS. Analysis indicated significant improvement from pre- to post-test for general HIV/AIDS knowledge and optometric-specific HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes. For universal precautions implementation, no change in…

Argues that student affairs faculty and administrators need to collaborate in educating graduate students in their institutional preparation programs and that this collaboration is necessary to ensure a positive, well-rounded experience for graduate students. Discusses student affairs preparation programs in which faculty and administrators work…

The 1998 presidential address for the Association for the Study of Higher Education shares comments of graduate students in higher education. Suggests that both students and faculty desire a learning community based on an ethic of caring and love in a classroom context. (DB)

Twenty-two graduate students in education at a British university read, answered written questions, and then discussed four text extracts from different genres (literary, theoretical, research, and statistical). Results of this study and a follow-up survey of 39 similar students suggested that text genre is a major factor in perceived difficulty…

Investigated whether university teaching assistant (TA) training programs utilized transfer of training principles, examining facilitating and inhibiting factors within the work environment of TAs in training, supervisor and peer support, and differences in perceptions of these factors according to TA characteristics. Certain transfer of training…

Examines the extent to which science education graduate students enjoy a well-articulated position on the compatibility of science and religion and, as a result, are comfortable with their espoused views and plans for the role of religion in classroom discussions. Examines changes in students' mental states as a form of conceptual change after a…

Explores various impediments facing the academic labor movement, especially the resistance of tenured radicals, focusing on the experiences at Yale University. Discusses how graduate student organizing can jeopardize student-faculty relationships, affect chances for academic jobs, and create personal and professional tensions in many…

Describes the development and testing of a 39-item scale designed to assess social workers' confidence regarding their ability to perform hospital social work. Instrument was tested with students (n=21) and professional social workers (n=19). Anecdotal evidence suggests that the scale is easy to use, specific, and highly relevant. (RJM)

Examines the responses of graduate students (N=39) in a counseling psychology program, to required coursework in multicultural counseling, and their perceptions of others' responses. Results indicate that embracing or rejecting the concepts of multiculturalism appears unrelated to demonstrated competence in the curriculum, which raises questions…

Examines the extent to which psychology students are prepared to teach by assessing teaching assistant (TA) training from the perspective of both TAs and department chairs using U.S. survey data. Focuses on (1) the prevalence and scope of TA training that psychology departments provide and (2) factors associated with differing amounts of training.…