A table showing the results of the Survey of Earned Doctorates by the National Research Council is presented, with degree fields broken down by such variables as time to degree, sex, citizenship, marital status, planned postdoctoral study or employment. (MLW)

Top business schools in the 1980's have sent more students to Wall Street's investment and brokerage houses than in past years when the schools were considered training grounds for corporate managers. With Wall Street's gyrations, business students are thinking about jobs in marketing and sales. (MLW)

Comparison of a standardized production format measure, the Measure of Epistemological Reflection and an open-ended interview resulted in a high positive correlation to support the potential of standardized assessment of intellectual development. (Author/KS)

Student performance in the University of Pittsburgh Extended Master's of Social Work (EMSW) program is examined. The EMSW program was designed as an experimental program to evaluate the feasibility of fulfilling academic requirements on a part-time basis and with minimal interruption to students' employment and/or family responsibilities.…

The purpose of this study was to test a specific hypothesis with regard to how cloze retrieval takes place once semantic constraints are recognized. Results from human subjects and computer simulation suggested that increase in latency between the two- and three-semantic-constraint conditions was not artifactual. (JAZ)

Developed a questionnaire to survey all predoctoral internships listed in the 1983-84 Internship Programs in Professional Psychology (IPPP) and 18 additional sites offering marriage and family therapy training. A listing of the few psychology internships offering significant levels of training in marriage and family therapy was developed.…

Investigated the relationship between a man's sex role identity and his female partner's perceptions of his influence on her life choices. Sex role identity was measured by the Bem Sex Role Inventory, and perception of influence was measured by the Interpersonal Influence Survey. Counseling implications are discussed. (Author/KS)

A survey concerning sexual harrassment of 356 women graduate students at a major public university documents the extent and complexity of incidents of "everyday harassment" and both consensual and coercive dating and sex with male faculty. Current university policy is evaluated. (Author/MSE)

Statistics show that colleges and universities have become more dependent on foreign graduate students to teach courses. As a result, more institutions are demanding that graduate students pass tests to demonstrate their ability to speak English. (MLW)

Compared the effect of a growth experience, systematic skills training, and a combination of the two on personality change in counselor trainees (N=89), measured by the Personal Orientation Index. Both the growth group and skills training experience had positive effects on personality but no significant correlation with counseling effectiveness.…

Surveyed speech communication faculty on demographic information (age, sex, earned degree, publication data, etc.), work activities or job profiles, and career paths. Found a relatively young faculty, limited upward mobility, and a diversity of satisfying careers despite a predominate "publish or perish" emphasis. (PD)

Discusses six theories or explanations for the remarkable persistence of criticism of library schools: conservatism, backgrounds of library school deans and directors, library educators, importance of socialization in professional education, the library student personality, and attitudes toward librarianship. An anthology of 97 years of criticism…

Explores the effect of graduate school on the family by discussing financial concerns, communication and time deficiencies, role conflict, and differences in stressors of male and female students. Implications for departmental consideration and university counseling centers and mental health professionals are discussed. (Author)

Investigated the comparative effects of two types of precounseling training (written, videotaped) in facilitating client counselor relationships and client self-exploration of internally and externally oriented clients. Results indicated both internally and externally oriented clients who experienced videotaped precounseling training reported a…

The factors influencing the yield--the proportion of accepted applicants who confirm their intention to attend--in the admissions process for the MBA program of the school of management at a large metropolitan university are examined. (Author/MLW)