Investigates current changes in counseling and guidance graduate students' perceptions concerning their education and training in a small, stable homogeneous department of counselor education. Subjects are 94 graduates (56 from the class of '71 and 38 from the class of '75). (Author/HMV)

A major instructional strategy is to provide concrete and "true to life" vehicles for graduate students in various fields of education as they approach the task of learning the abstract concepts in educational statistics. An IBM 360/40 computer is used to increase individualized efforts in these courses. (LBH)

Computer-assisted instruction (CAI), like clinical education, has considerable potential for legal training. As an initial Cornell Law School experiment, a lesson in applying different corporate statutory dividend formulations, with a cross-section of balance sheets and other financial data, was used to supplement regular class assignments.…

A Wisconsin welding instructor tells how he learned about the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) graduate fellowships in leadership training being offered to vocational personnel, the selection process, and the program of work combined with classes that he experienced in his EPDA year at Colorado State University. (MF)

The current status, impact, and problems of UNESCO-sponsored graduate programs for manpower development in developing nations are examined. (MSE)

Urges emphasis on the development of a strong system theory base upon which future practitioners and researchers can build. Advocates the use of Buckley's hierarchical scheme as a teaching tool to provide an understandable, yet broadly applicable, theory base for graduate students in an introductory family therapy course. Outlines an effective…

A survey of the professional and graduate level degrees of the deans in each discipline at major health care education institutions found some patterns. Most administrators have only a single professional or combined professional/master's degree. Optometry has the most combined professional/doctoral degrees. (MSE)

Details ab initio crystal orbital calculations using all-trans-polyethylene as a model. Describes calculations based on various forms of translational symmetry. Compares these calculations with ab initio molecular orbital calculations discussed in a preceding article. Discusses three major approximations made in the crystal case. (CW)

In this article, the third part of a series, the results of ab initio polymer calculations presented in part 2 are discussed. The electronic structure of polymers, symmetry properties of band structure, and generalizations are presented. (CW)

Chinese engineering students (n=29) scored significantly higher than Chinese English-as-a-second-language students (n=29) on an engineering-English reading test, although 62 percent of the variation in scores was accounted for by general English language proficiency rather than by components specific to engineering English. (Author/CB)

In a response to the Minnesota Conference on the Future of Doctoral Study in English, discusses the necessary attributes of a two-year college English teacher, and examines how those attributes can be attained in graduate school. (MM)

Presents results of a questionnaire survey regarding the nature and role of the teaching practicum in graduate teachers of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) programs in the United States. The report covers objectives, context or setting, curriculum, logistics, and student teacher supervision. (Author/CB)

Described is the separation of dyes using a conventional liquid chromatographic pump and a glass column. Included are the preparation of the column and dye separations. (CW)

Nigeria has six pharmacy schools, most offering graduate programs. The undergraduate program is being expanded from four to five years. Although behavioral and clinical sciences are offered, emphasis is on the pharmaceutical sciences. Overall, pharmaceutical education is oriented toward hospice practice. (Author/MSE)