Investigates how the continuing oversupply of PhDs in relation to the number of academic positions available in colleges and universities affects graduate education. Summarizes opinions about the meaning of professionalization and the roles that institutions, departments, and graduate students themselves share in the development of…

Responses from 29 part-time adult learners in Hong Kong regarding views of teacher support were classified as didactic/reproductive or facilitative/transformative. Differences between the groups related to student and teacher roles and responsibilities. Not all learners welcomed learner-centered approaches. A continuum emphasizing learners'…

Describes an orientation for sociology graduate students that helps students become sociologists through workshops and to orient them into the program. Discusses the objectives of the orientation and also presents the results from a qualitative evaluation of the orientation. Includes references. (CMK)

A survey of 43 nursing graduate students examined the influence of learning attributes and instructional dimensions on satisfaction with the course and medium (interactive videoconference and Internet). Only instructor/instruction contributed to the explanation of variance in satisfaction. (Contains 78 references.) (SK)

Three adult educators who conducted a summer institute for 40 graduate students discuss how their positionalities influence conceptions of pedagogy and multiculturalism and shape inclusive teaching/learning interactions. They describe the sometimes uneasy intersections of the personal, the professional, and the political. (Contains 18 references.)…

Describes an in-class demonstration devised to guide class discussion of the purposes and forms of U.S. legal scholarship for foreign students in U.S. graduate law programs. Asserts that this reasonable investment of class time should result in a significant improvement in students' seminar papers and theses. (EV)

Describes characteristics associated with the graduate level course on individual cognitive assessment. Results indicate that although some changes have occurred over the past twelve years, many characteristics of the course remain the same. Thus, school psychology programs are not preparing students in light of recent developments in cognitive…

Contends that online learning has the potential to bring together international communities for the development and enhancement of literacy education. Describes the author's experience of online teaching. Discusses the necessity of online learning, the challenges of creating an online class, and how to prepare material for the Web. (PM)

Graduate students (n=11) collaborated on a case study using either synchronous voice, asynchronous voice, or synchronous text communication system. Participants kept a log, wrote reflections, and were interviewed. Analysis reveals that each group strategically supplemented the system that had been assigned to them with additional communication…

Describes a study that examined the intentions, social organization, and meaning of online interaction in a graduate distance education course in teacher education delivered by a combination of online and face-to-face instruction. Explains the theoretical framework which was based on symbolic interactionism and the methodological approach which…

Discusses a means for increasing undergraduate and graduate students' level of empathy. Assigned students to write about and role play a character that they create who suffers from a psychological disorder. Explains that after quantitative and qualitative analyses it was demonstrated that students' empathy increased. (CMK)

Discusses the relationship of gender and discourse types, including epistolary and expository, in computer-mediated communication such as listservs. Describes a study that used transcript analysis to determine whether gender patterns could be detected in an online graduate course and considers the strategic value of discourse styles in group…

Describes a study of graduate distance education students that defined and measured collaboration during asynchronous computer-mediated communication using a threaded Web discussion. Developed a model for evaluating interdependence, synthesis, and independence in collaboration; and discusses the role of collaboration in problem solving, along with…

The design and implementation of a women's studies course is discussed, focusing on four issues: graduate study, distance education design and delivery, and the differences between feminist pedagogy and andragogy. The learning processes pursued in the course and future directions for women's studies in distance education are examined. (MSE)

Argues that (1) there will be a steady need for PhDs in the fields of English and American studies in the 1990s; (2) attrition resulting from faculty neglect should be reduced; (3) new monies should be applied to support current enrollment levels; and (4) students should be trained for the realities of undergraduate teaching. (RS)