Teacher Educators who want to help students become leaders must let them practice the skills in their courses before going out to teach. One successful method is simulating the context in which leaders make policy decisions in groups. The article describes a course that uses simulations to teach leadership roles. (SM)

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) is trying to raise standards for schools of education. Boston University's dean of education finds NCATE's standards insufficient. The Holmes Group wants to abolish four-year programs; others say they are necessary to integrate liberal arts with pedagogical course work.…

Six behavior analysis graduate students instructed parents with a history of child abuse and neglect in the use of time-out, before and after receiving training in time-out themselves and before and after training in behavioral consultation. Proficiency at administering time-out was insufficient for instructing others in its application; explicit…

This article proposes that, at the end of the twentieth century, graduate study will undergo reform resulting in a new kind of institution, a research university with a new focus on preparation of students for careers that are complex and evolving. It argues that reform of graduate education will accelerate change in other areas of higher…

Predictive relationships between the scores of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and graduate grade point average (GGPA) and the scores of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) and GGPA were studied for 60 college students. The GRE had a stronger correlation to GGPA than the GMAT. (SLD)

Describes the development of a graduate business communication course that emphasized technology and intercultural communication without ignoring fundamental skills. Explains course objectives and design. Describes the conduct of the course itself. (SR)

Discusses a study designed to examine extended turn-at-talk across three levels of college Spanish speakers. The study's goal was to yield information about performance ability in a foreign language on a variety of communicative tasks: elaboration, background, circumstances, restatement (descriptive tasks), and purpose, evaluation, cause, and…

This paper describes the application of the Student Edition of MathCAD as a computational aid in an introductory graduate level pharmacokinetics course. The program allows the student to perform mathematical calculations and analysis on a computer screen. The advantages and disadvantages of this application are discussed. (GLR)

This paper summarizes a lecture given to pharmacy students that emphasizes the pathophysiologic mechanisms causing congestive heart failure and the effects of drugs on these mechanisms. The approach shows the importance of drug therapy in this disorder and how this knowledge can improve patient care. An appendix provides a case study. (GLR)

Increasingly, colleges and universities are offering specialized academic programs in human sexuality. A sampling of graduate students in human sexuality at New York University, one of only a few such graduate programs, illustrates varied backgrounds and objectives. The trend is a healthy response to the personal and social challenges of the…

Outlines a model of positive management and its implications for training educational managers, highlighting five factors (demoralization, pessimism, insecurity, tiredness, and lack of knowledge) resulting from the current climate of change. Proposes positive management as a strategy for successfully overcoming the negative implications of these…

A recent Educational Testing Service study, "Performance at the Top: From Elementary through Graduate School," used a variety of test data to track high-ability (top 25 percent) students. College officials see the findings as troubling, speculating that high-achievers lose interest in introductory courses and need smaller classes. (MSE)

A San Diego State University (California) graduate course in the School of Public Administration integrates literature study with professional education. Its objectives are to give students vicarious experience with the frustration and alienation felt by potential clients and the dilemmas faced by conscientious administrators and to rekindle…

The University of North Dakota's (UND) Indians into Psychology Doctoral Education program seeks to identify and recruit promising American Indian students into the field of psychology and to provide culturally appropriate training to all UND students. The staff, including three American Indian psychologists, provide a culturally sensitive program…

This paper on mentoring the individual dental student and effective advising is based on survey findings from dental students and other graduate science students at the University of Maryland and the University of California (San Francisco). Discussions cover what students expect from the faculty advisor, what faculty expect from the students, and…