This article summarizes issues in recruitment and retention in graduate school programs in general and in speech-language pathology programs specifically. These include campus and program climate, admissions criteria, national trends in cultural diversity, and the lack of research on diversity in speech-language pathology programs. It notes that…

Discusses the process of infusing ethics into courses across the graduate-level public administration curriculum, focusing on three areas: barriers to teaching ethics in public administration; a six-step method for incorporating ethics across the curriculum; and applying this method to overcome obstacles within programs, using organizational…

The Texas International Trade Initiative is a joint endeavor of business-related organizations across Texas and the University of Texas at Austin to encourage public policy and state legislation that supports international trade. Eight specific initiatives that have been undertaken are noted; also discussed are the process of shepherding related…

An alternative and less time-consuming teacher training system for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers is the Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). A parallel course for ESL teachers of children, an in-service course, and an advanced diploma course are under development. The CELTA program is gaining popularity in the…

Analysis of limited research on evaluation of postgraduate scholarship programs looked at indicators used, focusing on the four most common: awarded diploma; obtained job; obtained related job; and pursuing studies. Several methodological pitfalls in comparing assessment results are identified. Overall, results tend to show scholarship programs…

Surveys of culturally diverse physical education (PE) graduate students from various specialization areas examined the importance of mentoring. Results indicated that adapted PE students felt supported by well-organized mentoring, but students from other PE areas had no similar programmatic mentoring structures available. Those with mentors said…

Examines how three students in an administrative-credential program developed collaborative problem-solving competence through participating in two problem-based learning classes. Data collected over one year indicates these classes allowed students to acquire knowledge and skills in group processes, problem solving, and course content. Later,…

Investigated stresses confronted by Portuguese secondary mathematics teachers during the first semester in a master's course, Perspectives on Mathematics Education, noting how they negatively affected teachers' self-confidence and morale and discussing fundamental issues teachers addressed in bridging the academic mathematics and mathematics…

A study examined the developmental practicum experiences of five second-year graduate students in deaf education. Results indicated participants' experiences evolved through five stages: frustration, classroom engagement, emerging pupil knowledge, curriculum adaptation, and enthusiasm and positive attitude. Implications for practicum placement of…

An interdisciplinary practicum case study is presented to illustrate components of a specialized preservice preparation for graduate students (n=44) in audiology, early childhood special education, school psychology, and speech-language pathology, designed to assist them in becoming inclusion collaborators/facilitators. Students' perceptions of…

Documents a five-year study of two instructors who collaborated on formally studying their teaching of a master's level instructional design course. Outlines their views on learning, teaching, and instructional design (ID), describes the ID course, and explains the reflexive instructional model used, in which the teachers examined their teaching…

Describes graduate programs in Instructional Technology, Educational Media and Communications, School Library Media, and closely allied programs in the United States. Entries provide name and address, chairperson, types of degrees offered, special features of the program, admission requirements, degree requirements, number of faculty, number of…

Applying multivariate statistical techniques to a nationally representative sample of 687 students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and 742 students at traditionally white institutions, this study finds that HBCU may have an educational justification, in that African American students at HBCU are more likely to pursue…

This 1992-1993 survey reports on 29 master's degree granting programs for the education of deaf and/or hard-of-hearing students (EDHHPs) in North America. The survey collected information on criteria for admission, graduation, and certification; program content; and the ratios of hearing students and professionals to culturally deaf, deaf,…

To provide the necessary leadership to halt teacher attrition, school administrators must receive training in designing effective induction strategies for beginning teachers. This article synthesizes relevant research and discusses five areas (teacher placement, guidance and support, staff development, proactive problem solving, and anticipation…