Surveyed 70 master of social work programs to determine how curricula included instruction on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Most programs offered training in foundation areas pertinent to AIDS (health/mental health systems, practice with racial/ethnic minorities, substance abuse prevention/treatment). Over 40% of programs provided no…

Provides an in-depth examination of the multiple, often conflicting concerns, that arose as an academic group "did" intellectual discussion. Offers a model of how intellectual discussants generally make attributions about each other. Uses results from the case study to critique context-general communicative theories (attribution,…

Results of 3 studies, involving 80 adult employees, 6,810 defense contractor employees, and 88 graduate students, support the reliability and validity of a new measure of global work autonomy, the Global Work Autonomy Scale (B. Ashforth and A. Saks, 1995). (SLD)

Examines how the way in which compositionists have figured their past affects what they have become, are becoming, and will become, as a discipline. Considers how graduate students' narratives (publications in this journal in particular) are surprisingly unchanging over time and unaffected by "reforms" in the profession. Hopes to…

Provides a developmental description of the language used by an academic discourse community. Casual conversations of six post-graduate students--all native speakers of English--were recorded in the Applied Linguistics common room at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Findings may help English-for-academic-purposes students to interact better…

Describes how professors can guide and encourage graduate students to write for publication, thereby empowering students as professional practitioners and reformers in their fields. Teachers can take steps to create an environment of professional scholarship within their classes. Demystifying writing for publication reinforces class content and…

Explores how stability and continuity in scientific disciplines are sustained through socialization processes of doctoral training. Identifies inter-generational transmission of knowledge, skills, and assumptions as key elements in socialization. Uses this research to contest recent United Kingdom educational policies based on theories of a…

Investigates lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) doctoral students' mentoring relationships with faculty in counseling psychology. Data from interviews with 14 LGB participants were analyzed. Results show two contextual-specific LGB themes that helped shape three themes regarding LGB students' experience of mentoring relationships. Presents seven…

Gender and lowest stage of cognitive development were found to significantly contribute to the variance in lower levels of white racial identity in a study of white counselor trainees (N=82). Significant relationships were not found between the higher stages of cognitive development and higher levels of white racial identity. Examines gender…

Provides an overview of an ongoing calculus reform that includes cooperative learning, oral presentations, and long-term student projects. (Author/ASK)

A study analyzing data from 147 educational-leadership professors and 457 future school leaders examined school-leadership programs' instructional goals, and compared goals' importance as both groups perceived them. Respondents viewed programs' instructional goals as multidimensional, and found more similarity than differences between the groups.…

Presents information about the development of psychology around the world and outlines challenges to be faced in the international development of the field. Information is based on a 1998 survey completed by 34 national member organizations. Notes increased numbers of psychology students world wide. (SLD)

Two doctoral-level marriage and family therapy students summarize their professional and personal experiences in their internships within a multidisciplinary healthcare setting. In addition, their supervisor reports on her experiences working with marriage and family therapy doctoral interns. (Author/MKA)

Describes a pedagogical approach to integrating Internet-mediated learning into existing courses based on experience with public administration courses at Florida Atlantic University. Also reports a case study of graduate public administration students' computer skills and Internet-mediated learning experiences, focusing on reasons why students…

A survey of second and third year students (n=1,092) at 16 optometric schools found 5.5 percent admitted to cheating in optometry school (and 13.9 percent admitted cheating in college), a finding similar to that found for medical students, whose self-reported cheating ranged from 4.7 percent to 10 percent. (Author/DB)