Examined 36 syllabi describing doctoral-level theory courses, analyzing concepts, topics, and conceptual frameworks. Compared study results and recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Educational Administration. The courses emphasized mainstream organizational theories and failed to incorporate emerging perspectives in the…

Analysis of data for nearly all U.S. graduate business programs finds that accreditation status differences for 90% of schools (n=573) can be explained by differences in measurable factors such as school size, aptitude test scores, faculty doctorates, and full-time percentages. Requirements for accreditation exceed standards of the American…

Discusses how shift in enrollment from first-year to second-year language courses could adversely affect graduate programs relying on teaching assistantships. After discussing why fist-year enrollment might be expected to decline and second-year enrollment to grow, suggestions are made on how departments could respond to this shift by assigning…

When a school psychologist decided to make a midlife return to graduate school, his previous experience did not prepare him adequately for sudden shift in status from professional to graduate student. To survive in today's graduate school, a student must be technically literate, stay organized, choose suitable living arrangements, keep fit, and…

If the college faculty of the future is to reflect diverse talents and perspectives, it is important to find a way to include a diversity of people in graduate programs. To do so, higher education needs to value and nurture alternative voices and different ways of knowing and scholarship. (Author)

Explored mental health counselors' and counselor educators' perceptions of the training mental health counselors receive. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 12 mental health counselors or counselor educators. Key issues that emerged from interviews concerned licensure movement, what distinguishes mental health counseling, variability of…

Describes a process to promote preservice administrator reflectivity through portfolio development activities. Educational administration students enrolled in the Danforth program at University of Central Florida discuss six basic portfolio components (professional commitment, collaboration, effective communication, professional ethics, subject…

In 1990, Florida State University joined the National Alliance--a Danforth/NASSP-sponsored group of four universities who initially would receive performance-based leadership training for revamping their administrator training programs. So far, Florida State has completed a five-year participation plan, reconceptualized three advanced degree…

Individual differences in responsibility may be observed in a doctoral candidate's assumption of responsibility for completing the doctoral dissertation. Responses to the Responsibility Scale by 142 doctoral graduates and 97 nongraduates (all but dissertation) show that two factors underlie responses to the scale. Appendix contains the…

Examines the impact of training in literature on the development of theories of composition. Examines connections between the strategies employed in seven influential composition theorists' dissertations (Linda Flower, Art Young, David Bartholomae, Erika Lindemann, Toby Fulwiler, Lisa Ede, and Peter Elbow) and those strategies used in their…

A survey of adult education graduate students identified how they chose their university and program of study. Questions prospective students should consider were formulated in these areas: goals, location, cost, admission criteria, part-time/full-time study, faculty quality and commitment, philosophy, curriculum, degrees, program design,…

Investigated relationships among different types of errors occurring during probability problem solving by 50 graduate students without mathematical sophistication. Categorized errors as text comprehension, conceptual, procedural, and arithmetic/computation errors. Discusses implications for the teaching and learning of probability problem…

Increasingly, graduate schools and schools of continuing and professional studies are offering postbaccalaureate certificates, credentialing programs that reflect new demands in the workplace and global markets. The certificate programs lead to or supplement a graduate degree, recognize mastery in a professional or technical field, or focus on…

Certain, but not all, models of supervision have counseling the supervisee as a legitimate component of supervision. There are differing views on boundary issues associated with the process. The limitations of counseling within the supervision process are considered with regard to ethics and training issues; a case example is provided. (Author/EMK)

Adapts Mary Gergen's (Contemporary Social Psychology, 1988) five central tenets of a feminist research method into an approach for teaching graduate students how to use theory. Includes specific examples of how each of these feminist tenets might be applied. (DSK)