Increasingly, colleges and universities are offering specialized academic programs in human sexuality. A sampling of graduate students in human sexuality at New York University, one of only a few such graduate programs, illustrates varied backgrounds and objectives. The trend is a healthy response to the personal and social challenges of the…

Questionnaire data from faculty at six engineering schools were analyzed to determine the role of writing in graduate engineering programs and its implications for the design of writing courses. Faculty attitudes and beliefs about the importance of writing skills, and their practices regarding students' proficiency, are discussed. (36 references)…

Investigated nature and content of school counselor preparation programs, with particular emphasis on adequacy of preservice training to prepare graduates to serve students with exceptionalities. National survey of 238 counselor education programs indicated that most program encouraged, but did not require, training to work with exceptional…

Of 123 matriculants to the Brown University medical program in 1987-88 and 1988-89, more than one-third had taken traditional premedical course requirements after graduating from college. Academic performance, self-reports of preparation, or involvement in extracurricular activities in this group were comparable to that of traditional premedical…

Examines contexts for writing and response in a graduate education seminar including native and nonnative English speakers. Considers how the instructor communicated expectations for writing assignments, how students performed, and how students' writing was evaluated. Argues that student writing occurs in a multidimensional context where…

Survey items representing 30 standards of the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation were used to examine violations in program evaluations. Twenty-nine novice graduate students, 57 graduate students with moderate knowledge about evaluation, and 61 expert evaluators viewed propriety and accuracy standards as suffering the most…

A discussion of the mentoring relationship between faculty and graduate students looks at the special needs of this population, the two primary goals of transformation and reciprocity, creation of an interpersonal context for successful mentoring, and the dynamics of the reciprocal relationship between mentor and protege. (MSE)

A university graduate faculty member describes experiences in a program linking graduate students with a liberal arts college as preparation for college teaching. The primary issue that emerged was the deep prejudice and suspicion separating liberal arts and graduate university faculty and the need to encourage collaboration between these groups.…

Conducted study to determine whether two groups of graduate students (total n=62) in India felt that cognitive approach to therapy conflicted with their religious beliefs and cultural and family values. Although results indicated that most of students surveyed felt that cognitive approach to counseling conflicted with their values and beliefs,…

Discusses revision of Supervisor Emphasis Rating Form (SERF) into ipsative instrument and suggests future research that could profitably be done with new instrument. Explains rationale for choosing ipsative format and presents findings of study conducted to establish instrument reliability. SERF-Revised is appended. (Author/NB)

Discusses how cultural and gender biases in definitions of mental and emotional health and illness create critical issues for counseling research. Suggests that future research in counselor education and supervision cannot afford to uncritically accept these definitions and challenges researchers to develop more inclusive definitions. (Author/NB)

Presents an investigation into situational characteristics and their relationship to factors affecting graduate students' judgments of the relevance of information; proposes new student orientation as an exercise in information retrieval; and explains a process model of socialization to meet new students' information needs. (Contains 14…

A study compared the interviewing skills of 15 advanced-standing (bachelor's degree-holding) and 23 master's degree students of social work, with blind raters evaluating student use of 3 core skills: facilitation; questioning/clarification; support/empathy. No statistically significant differences were found between the groups, supporting the…

Examines the self-assessed proficiency, language-related attitudes, and French use patterns of former immersion students. Early French use and contact with francophones outside the classroom correlate positively to the development of higher French proficiency and to greater use of French in daily life. (26 references) (Author/CK)

Describes a study that focused on users' public library reference service experiences that was carried out by graduate students from the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario. Topics addressed include body language; reference interviews; listening skills; familiarity with relevant sources; service…