Results of a recent study conducted in graduate education courses at the University of New Hampshire indicate that adult students have generally positive attitudes toward their interactive television (ITV) classes. Essential to the success of distance education programs which use ITV is the technology training of both professors and students.…

Raises a number of questions about the direction of the English department in light of its fundamental transformations. Asks whether the profession wants to replace the study of literature with the study of culture or critical methodology, i.e., semiotics and semantics. Looks at graduate education and the place of literature in it. (TB)

Creating an empowering environment for learning in nursing education requires dramatic changes in teaching methods and faculty and student perception of their roles. Ongoing dialog among faculty and between students and faculty is also necessary. (SK)

Summarizes the perceived needs and areas of concern to nonnative (NNS) speaking teachers and teachers-in-preparation. Presents a rationale for addressing the perceived needs and concerns of NNS teachers-in-preparation in U.S.-Based Teaching English as a Second or Other Language master's programs. Describes how one program has redesigned its…

This study examined whether computer mediated communication (CMC) is an effective method of delivering graduate courses in comparison to face-to-face instruction. Discusses CMC as a means of providing access to advanced degrees for working adults who live a distance from an institution and/or who need to pursue part-time studies. (Contains 25…

Describes a 19-month, graduate, alternative teacher certification program for urban middle and high school teachers that can lead to teacher certification, or with additional coursework, a master's degree. Data from interviews and focus groups with graduate students, principals, and site mentors indicate that the program is successful in…

Describes the University of Kentucky's Masters with Initial Certification program, which helps preservice secondary teachers integrate theory and practice during 1 field-based, professional year, integrating diverse components of teacher education. The program developed as a response to the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act and a result of a…

Demonstrates the formulation and computation of major benefit and cost items included in an evaluation of social rates of return to foreign study. Considers incidence of measured effects between sending, host, and third countries, focusing on south/north flow of postgraduate students, specifically Fiji students studying at Australian universities.…

Examined practices in a constructivist graduate teacher education program, documenting changes in teachers and their practice and analyzing connections between program practices and teacher change. Data from field notes, teacher and faculty interviews, classroom observations, faculty ratings of teachers, and artifacts helped develop a model for…

Describes the alliance of two universities to facilitate their entry into Internet-based distance learning. Outlines steps taken to launch graduate courses using the Web to connect professors and students. Discusses the institutional partnership, course development, intended audience, course structure, technology, and course evaluation.…

Compares the impact of two different computer-mediated communication (CMC) systems, with different prescribed guidelines for use, on the per-person volume of online interchanges in two graduate classes. Hypothesies a relationship between system characteristics, guidelines for use, and the perpetuation of verbal interaction in settings where CMC is…

Refutes the claim that top-rated programs in library science tend to maintain and enhance their reputation by hiring their own and each other's graduates and that this pattern of inbreeding was likely to be harmful to the field. Concludes convincing evidence was not provided and the true situation may be other than claimed. (PEN)

An empowerment model of counseling is applied to counselor education programs, describing how the critical components of empowerment as a construct can be infused into the counselor education curriculum. Proposes a general model of counselor education such that social transformation at individual, programmatic, and societal levels is facilitated.…

Analyzes changes that have occurred in Israeli's higher education system over the decades, accounting for the reconstruction of its external and internal boundaries. Provides a conceptual framework for comparing national higher education systems. Examines developments characterizing the restructuring of Israeli higher education from a…

Presents data from the annual "Survey of Earned Doctorates" showing slightly increased numbers of doctoral degrees awarded in 1998, increased diversity in doctorate recipients, and declines in number of non-U.S. citizens earning doctorates. Tables and graphs show recipients by sex and ethnicity, characteristics of recipients by broad field,…