A 25-item questionnaire was administered to 100 graduate students attending the 1971 spring session at the University of Nebraska. The survey participants represent six major departments which grant graduate degrees in education. Respondents were asked to indicate degree of agreement or disagreement with each of the 25 statements on a five-point…

For this normative survey of graduate students, questionnaires were sent to 51,429 students at 158 sample institutions that have graduate programs in academic and technical areas that lead primarily to master's and doctoral degrees. Sixty-six percent or 33,511 returned usable forms. For this survey 3 types of weights were developed: (1) a…

This document presents a report on and description of the Minority Business Consulting Program, a graduate course at the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Business. The basis of the course is students' gaining the faith of black small businessmen in hopes that the students, with their knowledge of business practices, might help the…

A study was conducted to determine the appropriateness of the Concept Mastery Test for graduate students enrolled in an introductory research methodology course. Ss represented a cross-section of students entering a master's program at a large southeastern university. The Concept Mastery Test (CMT), the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (ND), and the…

The role of the clinical supervisor as a resource to college English teachers is examined in this study through an investigation of the influence of an experimental and a modified experimental training program on two groups of teaching assistants. The experimental program for five TA's in Group A was a teaching seminar and supervision for a…

Measures of anxiety toward statistics and belief in certain stereotypes about statistics were administered to graduate students in nursing and education at the beginning and end of a statistics course. Factor analysis showed three dimensions of negative perceptions. Anxiety decreased during the course. Implications for curriculum evaluation are…

Describes in detail the Library and Research Consultations (LaRC) program for graduate students offered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Copies of the program's brochure and questionnaire are provided, and preliminary evaluative data are tabulated. (JD)

The study assessed whether or not therapist trainees who received group counseling with experienced leaders would become more flexible, less authoritarian, and less dogmatic than trainees who had only didactic training. Participation in group counseling was shown to have some of these effects. Evaluation methods are also compared. (MV)

The study was designed to investigate perception of conflict and outcome across women's roles. A variation of the Thematic Apperception Test was used. Results suggest educated adult women perceive the worker role as the least problematic. (Author)

A three-phase training program prepares graduate students to work as teaching assistants for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at Marquette University. The program includes an orientation workshop that is described in detail, individual guidance sessions, and bimonthly group discussions. (JMD)

The effects of training counselors for the core therapeutic conditions of empathy, warmth, and genuineness were studied in terms of increased levels of actualizing as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory. Results support the discriminant validity of the inventory. (JKS)

First discusses the history of the Chautauqua as an adult education Institution and its influence on this nation's adult continuing education programs. Then presents the genesis and outcomes of a field trip to the Chautauqua Institution in New York taken by a group of university graduate students and their faculty. (EM)

The types of notes provided for postgraduate demonstrators to help them teach effectively in the laboratory are described. Notes have been written at the University of London for four laboratories, in some cases permitting permanent academic staff to be replaced almost entirely by the demonstrators. (LBH)

Northwestern's Seminar on College Teaching, sponsored by the Graduate School, is open to any graduate student in any degree program and each participating department outlines its own seminar content and procedures. An experimental version of the seminar with discussion and practicum features is described. (LBH)

Surveys enrollment statistics of United States colleges with journalism programs. Lists data in five tables. (RL)