Examined whether graduate students (N=40) experienced developmental transitions similar to those suggested in adult development theories by using a structured interview protocol to collect data on developmental tasks. Findings indicated that the developmental transitions reflected in a composite developmental framework were applicable to graduate…

An experiential graduate education model that effectively addresses issues of adult development and socialization for adults entering the profession of clinical psychology is described. (Author/MSE)

Discusses the particular problems female faculty members encounter in a mentor relationship. Concludes that having a female mentor is not necessarily in the best interests of female graduate students. Suggests that these students seek out good, nonexploitative male faculty mentors. (PD)

Graduate counseling students were assigned by sex to a marathon group, a shorter session group, a combination session group, and control group to determine impact on self-actualization. The personal orientation inventory indicated some significant positive movement for treatment groups. No one approach was significantly more effective than the…

This study examined the degree to which change in examination preparation for graduate statistics was related to measures of attribution, expectancy, prior performance, perceived success/failure, and satisfaction. Performance was the single best predictor of change in preparation. Three attribution measures and satisfaction contributed unique…

Discusses University of Iowa's efforts to prepare graduate students in rhetorical and communication studies for employment in academia. (PD)

Seventy-five graduate students in psychology answered questionnaires on their career interests, their actual career choices, and the sources of their interest in being psychologists. Results showed that many students interested in clinical psychology were not accepted in clinical programs. Teachers need to make students aware of training programs…

Findings of a study indicate that home economics college faculty believe it important that colleagues have a comprehensive view of the field, that graduate students be provided an interdisciplinary orientation to home economics, and that experiences periodically bringing students together for study and dialogue provide meaningful ways to do this.…

Undergraduate and graduate university students reveal the strengths and weaknesses in their economic and consumer economic educational backgrounds. The more recent exposure to and involvement in economic studies appears to instill a distinct confidence. (CT)

Reports reasoning skills of graduate nutrition students assessed on the basis of their performance on Piagetian-styled tests. Teaching strategies suggested by Piagetian theory resulted in significant gains in the use of more effective reasoning skills where as the traditional lecture-discussion format did not. Nutrition educational and training…

A microcomputer for use in industrial education programs is described. The system has wide application and does not require programing skills. Graduate students may purchase disks formatted to do word processing and statistics then proceed to do the thesis or dissertation final copy at the keyboard of the terminal. (CT)

Describes a model that can be used as a roadmap to provide supervision to counselors in a manner that facilitates professional growth and development rather than evaluation. Doctoral students like the model because it provides a guideline for developing their own styles of supervision. (Author/BEF)

The authors offer a plan enabling prospective doctoral students in education to design their own programs, which enhances student-university relationships and personalizes programs of study. (Editor)

A variety of teacher behaviors derived from a controlled teaching task is reported. A Brunswickian "lens model" was used to organize the relationships of behavior dimensions to some teacher attitude and personality measures. Teacher attitudes showed stronger relationships to behavior than personality measures. (Author/GK)

Examined the relationship between self-actualization measures and ability in facilitative communication of trainees from counseling, social work, and psychology programs to determine if differences existed between the three groups. Self-actualization indexes were significantly correlated with ability in facilitative communication. (RC)