Discusses autobiographical stories of one Caucasian and three African American female doctoral students during their "rites of passage" in educational administration departments. Although not generalizable, the four stories offer nontraditional students' varied perspectives and experiences. Training program recommendations cover five…

A study investigated doctoral personnel preparation programs in visual impairments at 15 universities. Results indicate only nine of the programs had one or more doctoral students and that over the past five years, only four graduates obtained continuing full-time faculty positions, two in education and two in orientation and mobility. (Contains 7…

Demonstrates the use of a Web-based participative virtual learning environment for graduate students in Brazil enrolled in an electronic commerce course in a Masters in Business Administration program. Discusses learning communities; computer-supported collaborative work and collaborative learning; influences on student participation; the role of…

Studied how doctoral students experienced their working conditions as they worked toward PhDs in Sweden. Survey responses of 278 doctoral students and interviews with 6 female students show their attitudes about their PhD work and describe the advantages and limitations of research freedom and demands on their time. (SLD)

Describes research conducted in a French teacher training college about the supervision of preservice teachers writing professional dissertations (which became compulsory in 1991). After describing elementary and secondary level preservice teachers' perspectives, researchers examined the perspectives of their supervisors to show discrepancies.…

Online discussions and transcriptions of face-to-face discussions by graduate students (14 online, 14 on campus) were analyzed. Technical support was not available 24 hours a day to online students who were predominantly women. Online discussions were more student-to-student, classroom discussions student-to-teacher. The analysis suggests how…

Examined how language teachers apply practical experiences from computer-assisted language learning (CALL) coursework to their teaching. Examines ways in which teachers continue their CALL coursework. Participants were English-as-a-Second-Language teachers who had, within the last 4 years, completed the same graduate-level CALL course and who were…

Investigates a graduate-level online course in which groups of four students were used to lead online discussions. The teams were examined for their ability to bring instructional design, discourse facilitation, and direct instruction to the discussion. Results indicate that the peer teams fulfilled each of the three roles and valued the…

Evaluated master's level course in gender and cultural issues in counseling. Graduate students (n=57) assigned to experimental or comparison groups completed measures of cultural awareness and gender attitudes before and after experimental group participated in the course. Results suggest that course did not effectively alter students' cultural…

The myth that teaching is a science has been perpetuated to justify the continued existence of distinct colleges of education. This myth and resulting teacher certification requirements have discouraged those with graduate degrees from becoming teachers and deprived our children of highly qualified teachers. (SV)

Responds to review by Baker, Daniels, and Greeley of three major programs for systematic training of graduate-level counselors. Comments on needs for integration of the models, more emphasis on training as treatment, the importance of multicultural considerations, and ideas for action in the future. (TE)

Responds to review by Baker, Daniels, and Greeley of three major programs for systematic training of graduate-level counselors. Contends that the review fails to adequately address the issues of the content of training and whether different counselor techniques have different effects on the client. (TE)

Discusses the American Chemical Society's student affiliates program. Provides the purposes of the organization and benefits available. Notes 6000 students are members this year. (MVL)

An interview with staff and teachers from the Centre for British Teachers, which recruits, trains, orients, and develops teachers for overseas posts in Brunei, Malaysia, Oman, and Germany, discusses organizational views of teacher development and the role and value of postgraduate courses as an aspect of personal development. (Author/CB)

Discussion of computer-mediated communication (CMC) focuses on attempts to utilize CMC in graduate level courses. Highlights include uses of CMC as conference systems, information systems, online journals, and social communication systems; electronic mail as a distance education medium; the contribution of hypertext to CMC; and sample messages…