Measured clustering effect found during idea-generation phase of nominal grouping. Graduate students (N=23) used nominal grouping procedure to generate new ideas for market strategy program for new product, using five-step, two-vote procedure. Panel of three judges evaluated each idea on creativity and quality. Results support notion that nominal…

Describes experiment designed to illustrate the potential of multidimensional scaling (MDS) in illustrating the perceptions of those in a group regarding one another, specifically of coalitions. Participants were 35 students enrolled in a graduate business course. Suggests positive results of the exploratory research show MDS holds promise as an…

Investigates faculty and graduate students' judgments about mentoring women in academia and finds no significant differences in either group's ratings on the mentor characteristics analyzed. Includes a discussion of which characteristics women find most important in a mentor. (Author/GEA)

Analyzed the effects of order of counseling and sex within counseling pairs. Results indicated that same sex or opposite sex pairing and ordinal position did not influence performances. Women, however, produced more reflection-of-feeling responses, and their responses tended to be more accurate than those of men. (Author/BL)

Investigated sex differences in work values. Significant sex differences were found on 18 of 25 values with women rating 12 of these values higher than men. However, despite item differences, there was a clear trend toward similarity in the importance of work outcomes among women and men. (Author/BL)

A study designed to determine whether graduate students could be taught to use visual thinking for problem solving stressed two activities: (1) imagery for problem solving, and (2) active participation by students. Results indicate subjects given training in visual thinking were able to use it to solve verbal problems. (MBR)

Major factors underlying the satisfaction of 107 graduate education students were examined using the Graduate Student Satisfaction Questionnaire. Five factors were found: Satisfaction with Intellectual Stimulation of Instruction, with Freedom to Influence School Policies and Procedures, with Professor-Student Interaction, with Intellectual…

Aspects of the dissertation requirement that often pose problems include the selection of committee members, topic selection, length of the dissertation, and preparation in research skills. Suggestions from the literature that will aid doctoral candidates in overcoming these obstacles are provided. (RM)

Administered the Luscher Color Test and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to 42 counseling graduate students. Personality reports were written from test results, and the degree of agreement was rated. Results showed little agreement between the two, suggesting cautious use of the Color Test. (JAC)

Assessed attitudes of 72 rehabilitation counseling students toward normal to massively obese clients. Participants viewed pictures of clients and read additional information. Results showed students held negative attitudes toward massively obese people, particularly massively obese women, who were more likely to be perceived as needing…

On June 17-18th, 2004, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) sponsored a workshop at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to discuss emerging issues, research, and current practices related to financial…

New and experienced school counselors will find this handbook to be a valuable resource that addresses most of the challenging situations they confront everyday. "Top 10 Topics" will also interest counselor educators who train graduate students to do group-work. This book is filled with reproducible activities, in-depth discussion questions,…

The Carnegie Foundation commissioned a series of essays as part of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID). The essays and essayists represent six disciplines that are part of the CID: chemistry, education, English, history, mathematics, and neuroscience. The essay explores the Ph.D. in English and suggests changes the author would make in…

This study explored the effectiveness of using Blackboard, an online software program, to enhance a graduate course in school counseling. Research questions were: (1) does Blackboard enhancement facilitate student learning? and (2) is there a difference in student response to Blackboard by class site (off-campus v. on-campus). Participants were 32…

This document contains information about various aspects of the City College of New York (CCNY). The first section contains a brief commentary on the information contained in "CITY FACTS" tables. The second section focuses on students, with tables describing enrollment trends and other student data for fall 1989 through fall 1999. Total…