Responses from 44 research universities indicated that 98% use comprehensive exams with adult and continuing education doctoral students; 81% at the end of coursework. A wide variety of formats are used: in-class, take-home, combined, and alternative. The comprehensive exam is becoming more of a bridge to the dissertation than a synthesis of…

Mentoring in academe is an important component of the graduate school experience for students and particularly important for student of color, such as African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American students. Provides an overview and definition of mentoring and seven effective mentoring strategies to assist in developing faculty/student mentoring…

Reviews literature on preparation programs in educational administration programs that led to changes in the educational administration program at Southwest Texas State University in 1995. Uses focus group methodology to obtain student views of program experiences. (Contains 31 references.) (PKP)

Comparative study of leadership practices in Mexico and the United States as measured by Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) administered to 28 graduate students in educational administration at a Mexican university and similar set of students at a U.S. university. Finds that U.S. students scored significantly higher on LPI…

Study assesses multicultural experiences and competency levels of graduate students in college student personnel preparation programs, student affairs staff serving as internship supervisors, and diversity educators. Respondents in all three groups rated themselves highest for multicultural awareness and lowest on multicultural knowledge.…

Drew on extensive archives from 10 graduate employee unions' Web sites to examine their publicly presented identities (marginalized workers and future professionals), ideologies (traditional and professional unionism with little focus on social justice), and strategies (disruptive protest and professional politics locally). (EV)

Describes an experiment that investigated how relevance feedback could be used to build and adjust profiles to improve filtering system performance. Explains the use of the SIFTER (Smart Information Filtering Technology for Electronic Resources) filtering system by graduate students and discusses results that established the importance of context…

During the process of socialization into an academic discipline, the graduate student encounters two kinds of tacit knowledge: that which grows from long experience in the discipline and that generated by the students as they make sense of their graduate study experiences. Both are important and serve as guides for action. (MSE)

Explores theoretical and administrative tensions arising when the freshman writing program is not directed by the same faculty who teach in the graduate program. Discusses the effects of these tensions on the writing program and those who teach in it. Explores ways to resolve such conflicts. (RS)

Examines resolution of referential conflicts in second-language (L2) interaction in two different pairings of L2 learners. Pairs where the higher proficiency member was in the dominant role engaged in little interactive behavior, whereas pairs where the less proficient member was dominant engaged in substantial negotiation and interaction and were…

Investigated specific problem caused by traditional method of teaching students to administer Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. Analysis of 180 protocols by 26 graduate students revealed average of 8.8 mistakes per protocol. When errors were corrected, 81 percent of Full Scale intelligence quotients were changed. Students' performance…

Argues that using teachers' own course materials helps create interest and involvement during content area inservice workshops. Notes that using course materials and texts provides relevancy and practical applications that teachers want from inservice workshops. (RS)

Recounts a conversation with author Ken Kesey. Describes a year-long graduate writing course in which Kesey and his students collaborated on a novel. Explains how the novel was written and how characters and plot were developed. Suggests that, if available to the class, computers would have simplified the writing. (SG)

The evolution of the recruiting techniques used by the University of Arizona's pharmacology and toxicology graduate program are described, considerations in the development of recruitment efforts are discussed, and issues for the profession to examine in developing a long-term strategy for recruiting students are outlined. (MSE)

Presents rationale and procedure for a computer-administered examination in professional ethics. Discusses advantages and implications of computer-administered testing in professional ethics, noting benefits for instructors and students of professional ethics in counseling and counseling psychology. (Author/NB)