Data from 70 students in graduate management programs suggest that recruiters' behaviors do not have a consistently strong impact on job applicants' attitudes toward organization or willingness to accept job offers. Suggests that information about the positiveness or negativeness of the job has much greater impact on applicants' willingness to…

This description of research workshops for graduate students developed by a university library covers the need for the workshops, their intended goals, projected audience, planning, implementation, personnel, publicity, and the evaluation method used. (EM)

A study of retention rates among new doctoral students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found graduation rates dropping concurrently with the increased tendency for doctoral students to stay enrolled longer. Few differences between the sexes emerged, despite the increased representation of women in later cohorts. (MSE)

Examines whether undergraduates differ from graduates in making transfers from a class in behavioral techniques in music teaching to their own lives and professions. An essay on moral issues serves as the basis for this comparison. Elaborates that although further research is needed, undergraduates are as successful as graduates in making these…

Describes results of a national survey of graduate students (N=338) in counseling and their perceptions of accreditation of programs in counselor training. Found students in accredited programs were significantly more positive in their attitudes toward accreditation than those from non-accredited programs, although most students in non-accredited…

A successful demonstration project that used social work students as case managers for the chronically mentally ill is described. An exploratory design was used and the results were positive for clients, students, and the system. (Author/BL)

Examined the determinants of the selection decision for applicants to one clinical Doctor of Psychology program and relationships among selection variables and program performance variables. Results and discussion illuminate the determinants of ratings made of applicants based on reading written application materials and determinants of ratings…

Examined differences in supervision across levels of counselor training in three studies. Results were congruent with a developmental model, suggesting interpersonal influence variables, differences in supervisory effectiveness at different levels, and different types of critical incidents within supervision. (JAC)

Concludes that teachers tend (1) to have a restricted view of what constitutes reading research; (2) to believe reading research has a multiplicity of functions; and (3) to have positive attitudes towards such research. (FL)

Examined the relationship of cognitive complexity, counselor anxiety, and client disability to accurate empathy in 28 counseling students who observed counseling interviews of clients with and without disabilities. A significant interaction among cognitive complexity, anxiety, and client disability condition indicated that all three factors…

This study examined the way qualitative data analysis software and virtual teaching methods can support the learning of qualitative research. Study methodology was based on phenomenology, and data were gathered in a pilot course on qualitative research methodology in which 22 adult part time graduate students participated. The course was built…

This study had two purposes: to examine the expertise of doctoral students in their use of the scholarly literature and to investigate the use of citation analysis as a tool for collection development. Analysis of 1,842 coded citations gleaned from 30 education dissertations awarded in 2000 from 3 institutions in the United States revealed that…

This study explored a context-embedded concept of politeness in a discussion-type, multicultural university classroom. The graduate-level class, Language Planning, had 33 students from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Looking below the surface of specific classroom incidents, situated on the politeness-impoliteness continuum, the research…

This report on the process of graduate and professional student socialization provides information that can be of use to graduate program faculty and administrators, professional associations, state legislatures, and professional licensing bodies charged with assuring clients that well qualified professional practitioners are being prepared in the…

Internship is a vital educational experience to help prepare students for their future careers. However, given the dramatic changes in the workplace, more extensive research is needed that examines students' internship experiences. The cognitive apprenticeship model of instruction focuses primarily on the development of expert skills during…