Discusses the apparently successful efforts of an English department and composition program to comply with the Conference on College Composition and Communication's Statement of Principles and Standards with regard to working conditions of teaching assistants. (RS)

Describes an investigation which compared level of family-of-origin dysfunction of counseling and noncounseling master's degree students utilizing ANOVA and MANOVA analyses. Counseling students' families had significantly higher levels of dysfunction, but counselors did not score lower in level of graduate adjustment. Includes 29 references.…

Describes how family sculpting, grounded in Experiential Family Counseling, can be used as a training technique in marriage and family counselor training programs. Provides detailed guidelines for conducting family sculpting. A case study is included. (Author/NB)

National Research Council files were analyzed to develop demographic profiles of U.S. health education doctoral graduates. Significant data reported include graduation rate; age, marital, and citizenship status; predoctoral degrees and time to degree; postdoctoral plans; work activity and region of employment; and degree-granting institutions. (SM)

Investigated most frequent types of examiner errors made by graduate students (n=26) in administering Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and examined on which items these mistakes were most likely to occur. Findings identified deficiencies in traditional methods of teaching students how to administer the WISC-R. Students…

Identified and transcribed 27 supervisor interventions from third and fourth counseling sessions of 16 counseling dyads to examine underlying dimensions of interventions. Results revealed six dimensions that characterized supervisor interventions: Directing-Instructing versus Deepening; Cognitive Clarification versus Emotional Encouragement;…

Sees important aspect of graduate education as learning how to evaluate quality and validity of research. Notes that study of families presents particular challenges. Examines three methods to teach students to critique family research. Sees all three as holding promise in teaching students how to evaluate family research and notes that all three…

Offers advice to those considering graduate school about what to expect from their education and about career prospects. (Author/VWL)

Reports the findings of a national study examining methods used for final evaluation in master's level counseling programs. Suggests that as faculty review their policies and procedures with regard to student evaluation, these data may provide valuable information concerning methods selection, content, and delivery of feedback to students.…

Describes the purpose and format of a diversity video forum and identifies its advantages as a means of promoting diversity sensitivity training. Suggests that the video forum provides a rich learning environment that helps counselor trainees learn to respect and appreciate diversity. Two appendixes provide a sample list of videos and critiques…

Reacts to earlier articles concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) issues in graduate psychology programs. Issues covered include: counseling and clinical training, research environments, and mentoring relationships. Argues that it is time to bring LGB issues into the mainstream and that these articles offer the vision and the blueprint to do so.…

Examines the effects of a two-step practice-poster session on first-year doctoral students' self-efficacy beliefs about making professional presentations, and evaluates the usefulness of an active-learning teaching assignment. Results suggest that the relatively brief training exercise significantly increased participants' self-efficacy to give…

The current status of multicultural-counseling training at university counseling-center predoctoral internship sites was evaluated. Fifty training directors completed a mailed survey, and the results contribute to an understanding of graduate training programs. Training considerations and recommendations are discussed. (Author)

Results of five experiments involving 212 U.S. undergraduates and 177 Chinese undergraduates and 34 U.S. graduate students and 32 Chinese graduate students show that dialectical thinking is a form of folk wisdom in Chinese culture. Chinese participants preferred dialectical proverbs containing seeming contradictions more than did U.S. students.…

Discusses a Master's program exit interview that used questions from narrative therapy to celebrate the transition of Masters students into the world of marital and family therapy professionals. This process helps to underling students' agency and competence, and elevates them to the level of consultant during the interview. (Author/MKA)