Trends in health care are examined, and nonprofessional and professional graduate education are compared with graduate dental education to determine differences. Alternatives for financing the latter, and future educational and government policies that may affect funding, are analyzed. (MSE)

The goals of a series of simulation games devised for a graduate level course in leadership models and strategies were to aid students in understanding the process of change, conflict resolution, bargaining and negotiating skills, motivation and self-awareness techniques, and decision-making strategies. Four references are provided. (MER)

Presents the results of a national survey of motives, attitudes, and orientations relative to graduate training in rhetoric-composition. (RL)

Briefly reviews past accreditation programs for instructional technology and media studies, and reports the results of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 1980 survey of graduate programs in educational technology. Recommendations for future action are made. (BK)

Graduate students and younger faculty in public administration have doubts regarding their professional abilities. The anxiety causes them to avoid experiences which will test their competencies. However, in order for students to evaluate their career choices they must be allowed opportunities to test themselves. (KC)

Outlines the interdisciplinary problems of communication and how such problems might effectively be addressed in the graduate curricula. (JMF)

Describes study to determine whether students in graduate seminars participate more in student-led discussion groups than in teacher-led discussions. Results show that student-led portions of the seminar had higher rates of responding by more than a two-to-one margin. (KC)

The predictive validity of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) in a doctoral program in education was investigated. Results supported the use of the GRE but not the MAT. (Author/JKS)

Explores the problem of library school applicants who have professional potential but fail to meet a program's minimum criteria for admission: presents relevant survey data, discusses methods used to screen applicants for exceptional admissions, and offers recommendations concerning their merits. (FM)

Traces the history of the training and education of librarians in Canada, including the sociological, scientific, and technical developments which directly affected services, practices, and procedures of librarianship. (CWM)

Discusses the nation's universities producing the most chemistry graduates at all degree levels. Lists in order of number of graduates the top 25 institutions granting bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees. (MLH)

To pursue the question of how women art students felt about their work and about being artists, a study was conducted of students enrolled in seven institutions of higher education. The study also noted the possible differences in career commitment between students attending the professional schools and the universities. (Author/RK)

A continuing education program was successful in changing both the knowledge and behavior of an experimental group of pharmacists. Their attitudes were not significantly changed, and this might be explained through cognitive dissonance theory. (LBH)

Argues that blacks must concern themselves with the sharp increase in the demand for psychological and counseling services in the black community, and that it is imperative that black professionals address the issue of training. Discusses two graduate programs that prepare students to become viable mental health professionals within the black…

The purpose of this study was to survey and determine the internship facilities that would give consideration to applicants from non-APA-approved programs in counseling and guidance and counseling psychology. Results indicate that from the sample of 109, 33 will consider non-APA-approved counseling and guidance and counseling psychology students.…