Responds to previous article by Twohey and Volker (1993) on gender equity in counselor supervision. Sees article as providing useful point of departure for discussing gender bias in supervision and for offering suggestions for supervisors. Discusses article in terms of underlying assumptions, moral development and reasoning, multiple perspectives,…

Examines the relationship between identification and communication using organizational identification (OI) as a theoretical framework for studying communication networks among incoming graduate students in three university departments of communication. Concludes that, irrespective of initial OI, stronger initial multiplexity predicts the growth…

Male and female graduate students (n=103) employed in various work setting were asked to imagine themselves either as having been referred to counseling by their supervisors or as having referred themselves. Responses to Expectations about Counseling Questionnaire revealed no differences for referral condition; sex differences were found on 6 of…

Shares the educational change and renewal stories of 13 secondary and college teachers who are doctoral students (reentry, rhetoric graduate program writing teachers) enrolled in summer classes at a midsize northeastern university. (SR)

Examined level of stressors and stress symptoms in lives of international graduate students, as well as sources of social support that might be most useful in coping with stressors. Findings from 272 international students revealed that support from their families had positive direct effect on stress symptoms, and support from academic programs…

Investigated contributions of personal, professional, and educational experience to aversive and attractive components of attitudes toward caring for dying patients among 420 undergraduate and graduate students at 6 university-based nursing schools. Results showed that aversiveness decreased, attractiveness increased, and overall attitude became…

Developed computer-based rehabilitation caseload management simulation and administered simulation to 18 rehabilitation students and 18 rehabilitation counselors. Performance was evaluated using six caseload management performance indicators. Performance indicators, derived from computer simulation, were found to be effective in differentiating…

Describes the use of the Electronic ClassRoom, a teleconferencing tool, for the academic advisement of graduate distance education students at Nova University (Florida). Topics addressed include distance learning students' problems and the need for advisement; scheduling; the use of Tymnet; academic advisement delivery models; and future research…

Discusses similarities between graduate students in English and undergraduate students in English courses with regard to their resistance to difficult texts. Describes the reflexive position of those who perform the dual roles of teacher and student, especially teaching assistants. (HB)

Court decisions affecting parameters of student dismissal can be divided into academic and disciplinary cases, with slightly differing requirements for each. Survey of master's programs in clinical fields revealed 3.3 percent dismissal rate, reliance on repetition of course work and personal therapy for remediation, and some inattention to legal…

Compared intergenerational relationships of counselor trainees (n=125-232) and nonclinical sample (n=312-525). Counselor trainees reported healthier relationships with their parents and spouses concerning intergenerational triangulation, intergenerational intimidation and spousal fusion and less healthy relationships with spouses and children on…

Examines the roots of some disciplinary quarrels (cognitive versus social perspectives and quantitative versus qualitative research methods) that polarize thinking in composition studies. Notes that these quarrels act as obstacles to reading and evaluating research and to training graduate students to conduct multimodal inquiry. (MG)

Examined stressors perceived by 34 Taiwanese graduate students in the United States and by 34 American graduate students and how Taiwanese students rated intensity of those stressors compared to ratings of U.S. graduate students. Found significant difference between groups, with Taiwanese students reporting significantly higher levels of stress in…

Offers a brief look at a graduate student's on-line correspondence with three sixth-grade pen pals. Offers advice about adult-student pen pal relationships. (SR)

Administered Reasons Individuals Give for Becoming Administrators, Counselors, or Teachers Questionnaire to 123 graduate students. Found that administrators, counselors, and teachers differed significantly on reasons they entered their respective professions. Administrators were more likely to mention money and prestige; counselors appeared more…