This study compared outcomes for 140 preservice special educators enrolled in either an online or on-campus graduate course on behavior management. Performance on multiple choice quizzes throughout the course and follow-up of classroom behavior management during student teaching as observed by a master teacher and university supervisor found no…

Traditional, textual descriptions of qualitative findings do not adequately reflect the complexity of human behavior. Artful portrayals provide multiple ways of looking at research material and lead to new insights. The use of found poetry in research is described, as well as a course that introduces graduate students to various artful portrayals…

Considers the various roles that a faculty advisers plays in the three identified stages of a student's graduate education: beginning, middle, and the dissertation stage. Looks at each stage as a process of educational and developmental change. Focuses on faculty sponsorship, peers, financial assistance, intellectual interests, comprehensive…

Reviews the complexities of graduate student financial support and how advisers and graduate school staff can help. Examines student concerns, budgets and debt management, need-based support, merit-based support, application processes, support for specific populations, and other funding sources. Enrollment status and field of study largely…

A framework for internationalizing the business curriculum in higher education in rapidly developing Pacific Rim countries is presented. Factors influencing curriculum design decisions are identified, including those in the local economies, competition among higher education institutions, and the role of academic and professional research centers…

Argues that the Doctorate in Public Administration (DPA) as a degree distinct from the Ph.D. no longer serves a unique or necessary purpose and should not be the focus of attention in developing the field's future, and that developments within and beyond public administration offer significant opportunities for developing doctoral education…

Proposes a framework for understanding aspects of learning from computer-based management simulations based on research with MBA (Masters of Business Administration) students in three European business schools that identified students' perceptions of learning outcomes from experience using computer-based management simulations. Learning style and…

Discusses changes in a graduate-level literacy course in order to prepare all teachers for the wider diversity of learners found in today's elementary school classrooms. Shares impressions of inclusive classes from the perspective of general education and special education teachers, and offers recommendations for specific classroom modifications…

Examines the way students in a graduate-level English-as-a-Second-Language course used email on their own initiative to interact with their instructor. Analyzes 120 messages to the instructor and categorizes them into four areas: (1) phatic communication; (2)asking for help; (3) making excuses; (4) making formal requests. (Author/VWL)

Describes the project "Step Up to Geography in Distance Learning," a model distance-learning-based graduate program in geography that integrates the collaborative approach with a multi-layered system of instructional technologies, such as the Internet, video conferencing, print materials, and pre-packaged cassette tapes. (CMK)

Explains results when graduate students studying to become reading specialists tutored struggling readers in one-on-one sessions in which the clinicians were required to make significant use of technology in their instruction. Concludes that clinicians often did not have clear reading or literacy objectives when using computer-based instruction.…

Describes distance education at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University (California). Highlights include interactive television transmission; interactive video and asynchronous transfer mode; reliability; experiences at other schools; computer-mediated communication and interaction between teachers and students;…

Discusses the racial scoring gap on tests for admission to medical, business, law, and other graduate programs, noting that in the highest-scoring brackets on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), the racial gap is even larger. Whites are five times, twelve times, and seven times more likely, respectively, to score higher on the MCAT, Law…

Discusses the validity of automated, or computer-based, scoring for improving the cost effectiveness of performance assessments and describes a study that examined the relationship of scores from a graduate level writing assessment to several independent, non-test indicators of examinee's writing skills, both for automated scores and for scores…

A 4-week summer institute committed to helping talented minorities pursue graduate degrees in education immerses participants in a graduate-level curriculum of critical and cultural theory, increases their language and analytical skills, and prepares them for and supports them through the graduate school application process. In 10 years, the…