This publication is the first of quarterly bulletins to be published by the Association of Departments and Administrators in Speech Communication (ADASC). Featured articles in this issue concern: non-academic careers for communications majors; the current employment situation facing those with both undergraduate and graduate degrees in speech; and…

A look at the problems, concerns, and life of the graduate student in the sciences is presented in this book. Part I, "Academic Gamesmanship: The Art and Science of the Graduate Student," is intended to help the prospective graduate student decide if he should attend graduate school, determine his chances of success, and choose a graduate school.…

This monograph forms the second part of a project which intends to: (1) provide an historical background of the internship concept in education and other professions, (2) examine the internship as implemented in the 11 original institutions founded under the 1968 Amendments of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and (3) conduct an in-depth…

Listed are some considerations, including advantages and disadvantages, of doctoral internships in special education programs within state education agencies. Among advantages noted are that the student gains knowledge of the daily functioning of a state department while maintaining relations with his university, and that an awareness of other…

Reports that expenditures per physicist for basic research dropped 40 percent between 1966 and 1974 at United States academic institutions that bestow the doctoral degree. (CP)

The University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy awards only the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree to all of its graduates. The PharmD degree program, including course requirements and credit hour information, is described, and the procedures and budgetary adjustments used to implement the program are discussed. (JMD)

The role of the dissertation in the education of Ph.D. candidates is addressed. Objections to the dissertation requirement, including excessive time demands and the sterile effects on later research, are examined, and recommendations for changes in rationale and end-product requirements are made. A 17-item bibliography is provided. (JMD)

Clinical pharmacy is becoming more popular in the professional schools as pharmacists are adapting their roles to hospitals and clinics. Implications of the new programs for pharmacy certification procedures are discussed. (LBH)

Chronicles the development of an English doctoral program which emphasized both literary study and the teaching of reading and writing. (DD)

The scope of the doctor of arts degree is reviewed and compared with Ph.D. and Ed.D programs. The doctor of arts degree in physical education at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro is mentioned briefly. (LBH)

This paper reviews the placement of new Ph.D. political scientists in the academic labor market for the period 1960 to 1972. Included are tables indicating the placements of specific universities and colleges. (Author/RM)

Empirical procedures for analyzing readily-available, regularly collected data are illustrated. The models described indicate that major research universities and other doctoral-granting institutions are different in terms of their expenditure and revenue patterns, and that student-related variables are of secondary importance in determining those…

Describes a new D.A. program for teachers with at least three years of experience. (AA)

A forthcoming report of the international Organization for Economic Development urges educators to provide better supervision of doctoral candidates and encourage them to take their research more seriously. (MSE)

Doctoral students (N=58) from counseling and clinical psychology programs were assessed for level of awareness of countertransference feelings and theoretical framework during the counseling hour. Results suggest that greater awareness of feelings relates to less withdrawal of involvement (a countertransference behavior) and that a combination of…