Hypothesized that dogmatism and externality in locus of control are inversely related to skill in facilitative responding. Dogmatism and externality were measured by the Opinion Scale, and skill in facilitative responding was determined with the Gross Rating of Facilitative Interpersonal Functioning Scale. Results supported the hypothesis. (Author)

Contrasts the theoretical and practical aspects of professional library educational curriculums from the students' perspective, and examines the students' theoretical or practical orientation toward a variety of variables. This includes influences of sex, term in school, undergraduate or graduate degree, preprofessional work experience, and…

Describes the University of Illinois' independent study approach for presenting fundamental concepts of librarianship to entering master's program students. The advantages and disadvantages of this approach are contrasted as it evolved from four formal courses and an intermediate team-taught approach. (RAA)

Discusses peer supervision as a vehicle for increasing student responsibility for self-assessment and peer assessment, and increasing independence and interdependence among students for professional and personal growth. The article also explains a model of a master's degree program in counseling and includes rationale, definition, implementation,…

Reviews the development of the profession, and identifies important issues in the process and structure of graduate clinical education. These factors are related to an analysis of the graduate curricula, the clinical practicum, and the selection and evaluation of students for masters programs in marriage and family therapy. (Author)

Describes a graduate course that integrates written, oral, and organizational communication and is designed to meet the needs of both masters and doctoral students. (FL)

A condensed brief filed by the American Council on Education and the National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities on behalf of the University of Texas is presented. The arguments concern the applicability of Section 504 in the university's responsibility to provide an interpreter for a deaf graduate student. (MSE)

A 14-item Q-Sort instrument on stressors in teaching was administered to a group of 164 educators (classroom teachers, university professors, graduate students) attending stress workshops. This article describes the instrument and reports on the rankings of stress variables identified by each group. (SJL)

Results of an error analysis of compositions by students of Spanish are reported. Advanced students are shown to still make errors in morphology, syntax, choice of prepositions, and lexical choice. Error patterns suggest utilization of variable rules in the analysis of transitional competence. (JB)

Using grade point average and graduation-nongraduation as two separate criteria and eight predictor variables selected from doctoral applicants' folders at an Arizona university, a canonical correlation of .624 for a sample of 65 graduate students shrank to -.095 for a cross validation sample of 21 students. (CTM)

Results suggest that taped lectures presenting facts about effects of school experience upon counselor preparation and certification might be effective in bringing about change. Keeping listeners from declaring their position on the question prior to hearing the information might improve results. (Author)

Academic inbreeding--selecting former students of an institution to its faculty--was found to be prevalent in graduate schools of social work, but not related to an institution's ranking on measures of prestige, scholarly or professional productivity, and teaching quality. It was concluded that inbreeding is not predictive of institutional or…

Examines how a university clinic can provide a portion of a school psychology student's practicum experiences. Advantages include providing a broader base of experience than the public schools and intensive doctoral-level supervision. Discusses the need for practicum experiences that expose students to a variety of situations. (Author)

Explored how vocational choices inconsistent with sex-role expectations affect counselor's perceptions of male clients. After observing a male client choosing either a nursing or accounting career, graduate students assessed the clients' masculine or feminine attributes. Results indicated significant differences in counselor perceptions of clients…

This study is concerned with emotional stress experiences by women doctoral students as an interactive function of type of department and personal need for support. (Author)