The author decribes the conceptualization, justification, development, program content, and outcomes of "Operation Inside-Out," a four-day live-in experience for 50 undergraduate and graduate special education students in a large residential facility for approximately 800 mentally retarded persons, aged six to 85 years old. (MC)

More than 120 nations have Fulbright agreements with the United States. The program, now 36 years old, is intended to increase understanding between nations and foster peaceful communication and discussion among people of the world. (MD)

Addresses cultural and racial issues as they relate to social work practice and describes how an agency's awareness of these issues was increased as a result of a training project for minority students. A case history illustrates the agency's new perspective on service delivery. (Author/JAC)

Administered the Carkhuff Communication Index (CCI) and the Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons (ATDP) scale to master's degree students (N=20) in rehabilitation counseling. Results indicated that nondisabled counselor trainees were rated significantly higher on the CCI but scored significantly lower on the ATDP scale than disabled counselor…

The faculty of the Department of Anatomy in the University of Nebraska College of Medicine developed a prototype teacher training program for graduate students in anatomy. It includes formal course work and practical classroom experience. Responses have been enthusiastic, and the objectives and structure of the program can be applied to other…

Some of the concepts and procedures of curricular design and student evaluation utilized by the clinical faculty within the PharmD program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City are described. Specific competencies, curriculum objectives, clinical review conferences, and verbal challenge examinations are appended. (LBH)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of counselor trainees' reports of their philosophy of human nature and their interpersonal behavior in a variety of settings on their observed verbal behavior in a role-played initial counseling interview. (Author)

It is suggested that graduate schools continue to disregard the characteristics and needs of their students, and that reform in the direction of flexibility is needed. Proposals are made regarding self-determination of graduate program, student course initiation, student involvement in planning course structure, evaluation of the educational…

Described is a graduate course in sociology intended to facilitate the transition from the role of student to the role of professional sociologist. Topics discussed in the course include departmental policies and politics, teaching techniques, preparation of vitae, research proposals and scholarly papers. Course evaluation indicates that student…

The purpose of this document, the first of a two-part report, is to examine doctoral education delivered at public universities and health-related institutions in Texas. The second part of the report, due in October, 2004, will provide recommendations for enhancing its effectiveness in closing the gaps in participation, success, excellence, and…

This study explored the learning problems Chinese graduate students face in U.S. social science classrooms and how they cope with these problems. The focus was on the conflicts students perceived between their own learning styles and the American way of teaching and learning. Interviews were conducted with three Chinese graduate students in the…

This study presents a test of the Anxiety-Expectation Mediation (AEM) model of library anxiety. The AEM model contains variables that are directly or indirectly related to information search performance, as measured by students' scores on their research proposals. This model posits that library anxiety and self-perception serve as factors that…

This paper reports on methods of students' justifications of their solution to a problem in the area of combinatorics. From the analysis of the problem solving of 150 students in a variety of settings from high-school to graduate study, four major forms of reasoning evolved: (1) Justification by Cases, (2) Inductive Argument, (3) Elimination…

This research introduced resilience characteristics to study the adjustment of international graduate students at American universities. The purpose of the study was to explore relationships among resilience characteristics and background factors; among resilience characteristics and adjustment problem areas; and among adjustment problem areas and…

This narrative tells the story of a nontraditional student who completed her education to become a college teacher when returning to school was quite unusual. Twenty years after high school graduation, the teacher received a bachelors degree and began a 14-year career teaching mathematics and physical sciences in a public high school. In that…