Surveys potential employers within the primary geographic area served by the university to determine regional employment prospects for graduates holding a master's degree in corporate and professional communication. Finds strong employment opportunities for such graduates. (KEH)

Summarizes a study: determining the relevance of a sixth-year program of administrator preparation to requirements of on-the-job success as perceived by male and female graduates; and assessing the feasibility of using generally defined professional study outcomes to measure success. Hewing to "what is" knowledge is a one-dimensional strategy…

Reviews computer programs that can be used in comprehensive curriculum to train counselors to understand and use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III-R). Identifies four categories of skills necessary for beginning counselors to master to make DSM-III-R diagnoses and then presents information…

Discusses integrating the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III-R) training into the school, marriage and family, and mental health counseling tracks of a master's level program that was designed according to Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs standards. (Author)

Discusses software metrics and describes a study of graduate students in Hong Kong that evaluated the relevance of using software metrics as a means of assessing students' performance in programing. The use of four basic metrics to measure programing skill, complexity, programing style, and programing efficiency using Pascal is examined. (13…

One section of graduate-level social work practice was taught to use microcomputers whereas another was not; all students reported high levels of computer interest, use, receptivity, and ownership. At posttest and one-semester followup, nonsignificant differences between training and control sections were found on measures of use, interest, and…

Novice counselors (n=36) saw recruited helpees. Introverted helpees rated sessions as less smooth but not less deep than nonintroverted helpees. Helpee-rated session smoothness was associated with greater use of support intentions, less use of resistance and challenge intentions. Novice counselors used more cognitions and challenge intentions and…

This paper presents a framework for a health specialization curriculum in schools of social work. This framework is based on the roles (facilitator, educator, and counselor/therapist) associated with three domains of practice in hospitals (direct service to a client/family; organizational and community services on behalf of client; and encouraging…

This study compared the cognitive development of 272 students in 7 graduate and 9 undergraduate social work programs. Students beginning their social work study at the graduate level scored significantly higher than students beginning social work study at the undergraduate level in their ability to see situations in more mature and complex ways.…

Investigates students' experience of computers and their feelings about computers at the start of a one-year secondary postgraduate teacher training course. Reports on students' perceptions of their knowledge of computers and confidence when starting to learn how to use computers along with their ratings of the importance of teachers knowing about…

Describes survey of graduate students that was conducted to develop a profile of users of computer mediated communications (CMC). Current literature on CMC is reviewed, and results of the survey are focused on three areas: (1) professional purpose and value perception; (2) social purpose and perception; and (3) personal purpose and perception. (22…

Investigated graduate students' (n=291) perceptions of graduate student role and how they perceive faculty to define that role; traditional- and nontraditional-aged masters students' definitions of graduate student role; and differences in perceptions based on respondents' sex, age, and Holland type. Results suggest that traditional- and…

Provides rationale for increasing opportunities for counseling psychology students to receive training in child counseling. Proposes two models: exposure model, which would expand existing curricula to enhance students' introduction to child counseling; and subspecialty model, which would provide more intense training through specialized course…

Investigated patterns of ethical orientation in advanced master's rehabilitation counseling students (n=58). Results showed that students as a whole performed at individual stage of ethical orientation, or moderately sophisticated level of response when considering ethical dilemmas. Four distinct types of respondent profile types (sophisticated,…

Identifies the slippage that often occurs between graduate school in English and the actual classroom realities of professional life. Suggests six areas of professional development for graduate students in English. Claims that such development might help teachers achieve greater happiness and success in their new surroundings. (HB)