This project examined the experiences of mid-life, female doctoral students from a feminist perspective, focusing on their development of personal and scholarly "voice." An 18-month project, entitled "Doctoral Study as Heroic Journey," was both a cooperative inquiry and a curricular innovation that involved an experiential workshop and four…

The study of biography, particularly the different roles people assume to overcome institutional constraints and prejudice, provides important insight into connections between society and the individual and between leaders and followers. Biography can be used effectively to examine leadership issues, particularly from an African-American…

As student diversity grows, it is important to make the basic speech communication course relevant for the students enrolled. Textbooks for the basic speech communication course provide the basic information on the subject; the responsibility for teaching the basic course in speech communication is often assigned to graduate teaching assistants.…

A procedure was developed to help counseling students define their beliefs about people and their behavior and thus help them to identify their personal counseling theory. Class discussion concerning congruency between personal and professional beliefs is the result of using this procedure. Practicum students are expected to be familiar with a…

The issue of whether the nature of scholarship is being changed by electronic publishing was made clear to a graduate student when his telecommunication link to the world (his modem) failed. While the newer forms of academic communication offer impressive advantages over traditional publishing, scholars still feel compelled to retain somehow the…

Educational administration preparation programs increasingly are using cohorts, particularly as a way to teach diversity issues. Cohorts are groups of students who go through a 1- to 2-year study program together. The special characteristics of adult learning, the need for acknowledgement and use of experience, the different learning techniques,…

Few descriptions of the graduate school experience are taken from the viewpint of the graduate student. The comments and real life experiences presented in this paper are not intended to dissuade potential students but to promote a serious discussion about the role and expectation of the graduate student. The paper opens by sharing thoughts on…

This study was conducted to test Bordin's (1983) proposition that, in supervision, counselor trainees' perceptions of the supervisory working alliance (goals, tasks, and an emotional bond) are predictive of supervisory outcomes (trainee self-efficacy and trainee satisfaction with supervision) over time. Beginning practicum to intern level…

Audio-teleconferencing is a teaching method that can be economically and effectively implemented into public relations education. The University of Southwestern Louisiana, for example, is experiencing a budget crunch and will not increase the number of full-time public relations faculty in the near future, although the number of students…

A variety of desperate questions come from frustrated teaching assistants who want to teach well but have fallen into the widening gap between postmodern theory and daily practice. Too often, TA training consists of an overwhelming load of postmodern theory insufficiently counterbalanced by practical methods. Does postmodernism preclude teaching…

Competence in multicultural counseling has been defined as the knowledge of clients' culture and the ability to devise innovative strategies vis-a-vis the unique client needs. Data were collected to assess the specific most critical needs of graduate students (N=79) enrolled in a cross-cultural counseling course. During the first session over four…

Dissertations have been an important aspect of doctoral degrees for many years. However, some educators feel that dissertations are an outdated and ineffective part of the doctoral program. A study examined the role dissertations play in doctoral programs. Questionnaires sent to educational administration faculty at the University of Arkansas,…

This research study describes results of a survey developed from the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicators and administered to 45 graduate students, including both counseling and education administration students. Previous research suggested that there were specific personality traits for counselor…

Although graduate programs hope that their students will be committed to research in their careers, most students express ambivalence towards research. Identifying the variables that predict involvement in research thus seems crucial. In this study 136 doctoral students from a wide range of disciplines completed the Research Self-Efficacy Scale…

A study investigated how masters programs in communication departments which are members of the Central States Communication Association compare to other schools and masters programs. Questionnaires were answered by 28 Speech Communication departmental members of the 1988 Central States Communication Association. Findings included the following:…