One section of the special issue, Directory of Assistantships and Fellowships for Graduate Study in English and the Teaching of English: 1971-72 and Directory of the Chairman Composition Programs in the Nation's Colleges and Universities," which is available from the National Council of Teachers of English, 508 South 6th Street, Champaign,…

The study has two purposes: (1) to provide a description of selected socio-economic variables characterizing the present doctoral population and (2) to provide a subjective evaluation of the library education programs by those people who are presumably the most knowledgeable people in the profession. (Author/NH)

The teacher of a graduate student must be an idealist, speculator of ideas and spiritual organizer to propel the student toward self-actualization and achievement. (IR)

Graduate students surveyed in this study believed that learning contracts placed more responsibility for learning on them, assisted them in synthesizing their needs with course requirements, and increased their competency as self-directed learners. (SK)

Describes a program that develops alternate funding sources for assistantships and fellowships by inviting nonprofit community organizations and other campus departments to use communication graduate students in their business operations. (PD)

Presents 18 tables of ratings and rankings, by Speech Communication Association members, of doctoral programs in speech communication: their overall quality as well as specific content areas and methodologies. (PD)

Based on his experience as a journal editor, the author reviews the criteria for publication and emphasizes the importance of teaching research methods and writing skills in the graduate communication program. (PD)

Describes three participants' experiences in a course intended to help students understand their prior experiences and how these experiences shape personal research predilections and capabilities. (MLF)

A cost-benefit analysis was conducted to assist the dean of UCLA Graduate School of Education in awarding a newly endowed faculty chair to the specialization which ranked "the highest in a benefits/cost sense." Advice is offered to evaluators considering using cost-benefit techniques in an educational setting. (Author/BW)

Describes the state of the art of librarianship in Bangladesh. A brief history of library education in that country is given, along with an extensive description of the library science program at the University of Dacca. (LLS)

Suggests ways to give literary theory its rightful place in literary study by teaching psychoanalytic, literary, and philosophical texts in a comparative perspective. (DD)

Reports the results of a survey of 104 graduate schools concerning courses in rhetoric and composition introduced from 1974 to 1978. Describes courses according to the following categories: the teaching of rhetoric and composition, theory, advanced writing, basic writing, research, and stylistics. (TJ)