A survey of PhD, MS, and postbaccalaureate Pharm D students in schools of pharmacy was conducted, and the American and foreign students were compared. A much higher percentage of foreign students selected academia as a career aspiration than did Americans. (Author/MLW)

Cultural and language barriers facing foreign teaching assistants are discussed. Universities may test the spoken English ability of foreign graduate students and train currently employed foreign teaching assistants through lectures, tapes, and demonstration of teaching skills; information on American campus life; and English practice. Follow-up…

Illustrates the potential of a single-case research design as a method for demonstrating supervisor accountability. Utilizing a multiple baseline design the effectiveness of a brief supervisory intervention was evaluated. The process and decisions involved in using a single-case design to evaluate supervisor effectiveness are discussed. (Author/BL)

Examined impact of sex role orientation and level of self-disclosure flexibility of counselors on their ability to demonstrate counseling skills and their overall counseling response effectiveness. Results indicated sex role orientation and level of self-disclosure flexibility accounted for 30 percent of the variance in counseling skills quality.…

Describes a program of the Graduate College at Iowa State University that features an "English examiner" who screens incoming students for writing ability. (FL)

Hispanic women face problems in developing leadership or mentor relationships due to conflicts within their culture, conflicts with the majority culture, and educational/financial barriers. Without a faculty member to mentor the Hispanic female student, graduate study may be difficult or impossible to achieve. (DF)

Describes a method of measuring counselor response style in marriage counseling. Counseling students (N=11) made two audiotapes of counseling sessions before and after a course in counseling relationships. Results showed an increase in responses to couple concerns and a decrease in response to individual concerns after the course. (JAC)

The author decribes the conceptualization, justification, development, program content, and outcomes of "Operation Inside-Out," a four-day live-in experience for 50 undergraduate and graduate special education students in a large residential facility for approximately 800 mentally retarded persons, aged six to 85 years old. (MC)

More than 120 nations have Fulbright agreements with the United States. The program, now 36 years old, is intended to increase understanding between nations and foster peaceful communication and discussion among people of the world. (MD)

Addresses cultural and racial issues as they relate to social work practice and describes how an agency's awareness of these issues was increased as a result of a training project for minority students. A case history illustrates the agency's new perspective on service delivery. (Author/JAC)

Administered the Carkhuff Communication Index (CCI) and the Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons (ATDP) scale to master's degree students (N=20) in rehabilitation counseling. Results indicated that nondisabled counselor trainees were rated significantly higher on the CCI but scored significantly lower on the ATDP scale than disabled counselor…

The faculty of the Department of Anatomy in the University of Nebraska College of Medicine developed a prototype teacher training program for graduate students in anatomy. It includes formal course work and practical classroom experience. Responses have been enthusiastic, and the objectives and structure of the program can be applied to other…

Some of the concepts and procedures of curricular design and student evaluation utilized by the clinical faculty within the PharmD program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City are described. Specific competencies, curriculum objectives, clinical review conferences, and verbal challenge examinations are appended. (LBH)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of counselor trainees' reports of their philosophy of human nature and their interpersonal behavior in a variety of settings on their observed verbal behavior in a role-played initial counseling interview. (Author)

It is suggested that graduate schools continue to disregard the characteristics and needs of their students, and that reform in the direction of flexibility is needed. Proposals are made regarding self-determination of graduate program, student course initiation, student involvement in planning course structure, evaluation of the educational…