Results of a survey of 65 graduate students suggest that students' values and attitudes play a major role in their evaluation of faculty and should be recognized by teachers when interpreting the data from such ratings. (Author/LBH)

Considers some issues and questions for future research and action which could benefit persons presently in graduate schools and those who will come later for advanced degrees. Focuses on the labor market's ability to absorb all trained human resources, whether people use their skills or education in their occupations, and the implications of…

Foreign graduate students present many problems of a moral and ethical nature to U.S. universities, but if they are qualified on the basis of educational background and English language ability, they need to be accepted into American institutions. (Author/LBH)

Washington University's (Missouri) Department of Romance Languages and Literature requires its graduate teaching assistants to take a one-semester pedagogy course to ensure their competence and effectiveness as teaching assistants. The course features seminars in which goals, expectations, and learning theories are discussed and practice teaching…

Students in a 12-week facilitative skills development course completed a measure of moral development before and after training and were rated for empathic understanding of client statements on an analog videotape and a counseling audiotape. Empathy ratings on the videotape and audiotape correlated significantly with moral development scores,…

Reports results of surveys received from universities concerning aspects of departmental operation which include type of institution, numbers of faculty with academic appointments, salaries, budgets and graduate program stipends, sources of support and areas of study/research. Some data are represented by tables and graphs. (RT)

Describes a bipartite learning exercise designed to increase counselor trainees' sensitivity to cultural differences. Emphasizes extending traditional, cognitive-focused multicultural training to include actual interactions with culturally diverse persons. Trainees indicated at two-month follow-up that the experiential training was useful.…

As student financial aid for master's programs in social work has decreased, the necessity for paid employment-related field replacements has increased. One alternative--the field placement contracting process--is examined as an avenue for restructuring the work experience to better suit the educational needs of the student employee. (Author/MH)

Describes a study conducted to ascertain the effect of using microcomputer-assisted instruction as compared to a lecture-discussion technique in teaching principles and methods of cost recovery and investment credit on agricultural assets to graduate students in agricultural education. The lecture method proved more effective, perhaps because the…

This study was designed to describe extension education as perceived by educators and international students of extension and determine the topics that should be provided in a graduate program. One hundred and one extension educators were surveyed concerning course topics and the educational needs of rural people. Conclusions and recommendations…

Briefly reviews the history, for sociology graduate teaching assistants in the United States, of training for college teaching. Describes the Michigan State University program, which has evolved over a 14-year period and includes workshop goals and objectives, the agenda, and evaluations by participants. (JDH)

Results of a survey of educational technology graduate students at San Diego State University (SDSU) include student characteristics, reasons for attending SDSU, and occupational aspirations and job titles. Also presented are questions and issues relating to marketing efforts, curriculum improvements, and trend anticipation that were raised by the…

Entering M.L.S. students, University of Toronto, were tested to elicit preference regarding provision of library service to older adults (theory-in-use) and degree of agreement with "The Library's Responsibility to the Aging" statement (espoused theory). Statistical analysis indicated no significant incongruence between students'…

Presents a management-of-self model of supervision for graduate training in marriage and family therapy. Suggests that as the supervisee comes to understand how family of origin and family constellation patterns are reenacted within the therapeutic context, he/she can then interrupt those patterns of interaction that inhibit effectiveness. (JAC)

Explores the dilemmas of conducting research in a setting where one is employed. Uses concept of reciprocity to describe how trusting relationships with participants were built during a study of an off-campus doctoral program for school administrators. Presents strategies that emphasize affiliation with students. (Author/KH)