Suggests that a basic scientist with a background of integrative physiology, pharmacology, anatomy, and pathology, with a special emphasis on pathophysiology, would be very well qualified to practice medicine of the future. Proposes a Ph.D. training track with this objective and lists some advantages and disadvantages of such a program. (AIM)

Provides an overview of graduate education and its role in meeting the career needs of doctoral students. Examines student expectations and suggests changes in graduate education. Emphasizes how a range of information, opinions, points of view, and experiences will help students understand how their education fits into the context of careers. (RJM)

Describes a study of doctoral program students that investigated whether more frequent instructor-initiated emails would result in more favorable student perceptions of the student-faculty relationship, higher student ratings of perceives sense of online community, higher degree of satisfaction with the learning experience, and higher levels of…

Argues that (1) there will be a steady need for PhDs in the fields of English and American studies in the 1990s; (2) attrition resulting from faculty neglect should be reduced; (3) new monies should be applied to support current enrollment levels; and (4) students should be trained for the realities of undergraduate teaching. (RS)

Argues that most doctoral training in English departments is concentrated on requirements, credentials, and the accumulation of a diversified portfolio. Emphasizes the need to discuss the scope of the doctoral enterprise and to explore the values that make such an enterprise worthwhile. (RS)

Discusses several problems in the national hiring process, including candidates' (1) lack of preparation and/or interest in teaching, (2) lack of familiarity with interviewing institutions, and (3) unrealistic expectations and general ignorance of conditions in most of the country's English departments. (SR)

Presents the results of a survey of perceived quality of doctoral programs in theater as rated by members of the Association for Communication Administration and members of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. (MS)

Four articles discuss significant developments in the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT); doctoral training in the learning sciences at Northwestern University; a distance education course in education technology leadership offered jointly by George Washington University and Mind Extension University; and salary…

Reveals the combination of work incentives that have attracted field administrators to the clinical faculty member role in a western university's field-based Ed.D. program. Nonpecuniary incentives included the desire to influence future educational leaders' preparation, the opportunity for change and stimulation, and the opportunity for…

A qualitative study looked at role stress in 11 nondoctorally prepared undergraduate nursing faculty in a southern university school of nursing with a doctoral program. Faculty reported that role stress and strain affect both their teaching and their decisions to remain in academia. (JOW)

Analysis of the first- and fifth-week clerkship activities of six doctoral pharmacy students focused on student-instructor contact time and the significance of student contributions to patient care. Results indicate both costs and benefits to clerkship instruction and provide a framework for future studies evaluating such instruction. (Author/MSE)

Analysis of 188 returned questionnaires from graduates of doctoral special education programs from 1989 through 1991 found that 58% took jobs in institutions of higher education, though only 37% accepted positions as tenure-track faculty members. Career goals remained constant from program admission to graduation. (Author/DB)

The Teaching the Talented Program in the School of Education at the University of Connecticut is a graduate program designed to prepare teachers and leadership personnel in programing for exceptionally able young children and youth. The program can be completed in one year or up to seven years. (JDD)

Reports on a study in which 19 doctoral students were interviewed regarding their own self-esteem and their attitudes toward undergraduate student and professors. Finds differences between precandidate and candidate graduate students in all three areas. Asserts that these differences are evidence that doctoral programs encourage a shift away from…

Presents information on minority doctoral students in accounting, drawing on surveys completed by 47 such students. Outlines demographic characteristics, and identifies respondents' rankings of costs and benefits of pursuing a doctorate in accounting. Most respondents were professionally certified and were interested in academic careers. (SLD)