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…

Describes a program called the Psychology Group, in which faculty of color assist students of color in preparing for the graduate application and interview process, utilizing coaching and mentoring. Focuses on the pilot project and the project outcomes. (CMK)

Describes a course consisting of undergraduate and/or graduate students who participate in field trips to model community programs. Discusses how the program sites are chosen, types of students involved, a description of the course, and the course evaluation outcomes. (CMK)

Two models are presented to compare trainee and expert assessment strategies. The use of these procedures in assessment training programs is illustrated in a study of 5 postgraduate students in an environmental education course who were required to rate the work of 20 students. (SLD)

Provides narrative and meta-analytic review of research on Carkhuff's Human Resource Training/Human Resource Development (HRT/HRD), Kagan's Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR), and Ivey's Microcounseling (MC) programs, all with graduate-level counselor trainees. Each program's accomplishments are summarized, and future directions for training and…

Responds to review by Baker, Daniels, and Greeley of three major programs for systematic training of graduate-level counselors. Addresses each of the models--Human Relations Training/Development, Interpersonal Process Recall, and Microcounseling--and concludes with a discussion of the current status and future promise of systematic counselor…

A teacher describes a core course, "The Educating Profession," of the University of Rochester's graduate education program. Designed to teach analytical theories of professionalization and historical background of professions, it examines twentieth-century scholarship, nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholarship, nineteenth-century…

A study of the long-term stability of Graduate Record Examination scores for graduate program admission purposes investigated the changes in scores among test repeaters. Results suggest that long-term test repeaters have greater gains on verbal than quantitative tests. Explanations and implications are considered. (MSE)

A table that shows most of the money that states spend on student aid is presented. Need-based assistance and non-need-based assistance for both undergraduate and graduate and professional education are identified. (MLW)

Provided is information that may enable minority students and land grant faculties and administrators to more effectively deal with the academic, financial, and emotional needs of minority students who are making the transition to graduate school. Highlighted are networking, mentoring, financial aid, and increasing sensitivity to the adjustment…

Faculty involvement, research, and formal instruction are described as components of graduate education. The process of doctoral education and an outline of a doctoral program at Cornell University in the Division of Nutritional Sciences are discussed. (MLW)