The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing's new program standards call for improved assessments of administrative performance. A wide range of traditional and nontraditional assessment approaches are being developed, including interviews, multiple-choice examinations, written or constructed responses, performance objectives and…

Presents a "theory-in-action" approach to developing, facilitating, and assessing the experiences and learning of graduate students the author taught during her first year as a professor. Highlights efforts to model reflective pedagogical practices and assessments and discusses some performance assessments (such as portfolios and…

Reviews studies examining effects of professional education on ethical development. Argues that most studies limit assessment to measuring moral judgment. Validates assessment methods for sensitivity, reasoning, role concept, and ethical implementation that could be adapted to provide individuals with a more complete picture of abilities needed…

Relates self-efficacy to retention for online psychology students. Discusses distance learning; distance learner characteristics and learning styles, including adult distance learners; faculty role; the implications of social cognitive theory; the concept of self-efficacy and its relationship to motivation and teaching practices; and online…

Explores the use of forecasting in social work education to plan for change, and describes two qualitative and two quantitative forecasting models. Recounts the responses of one university task force to using the models for program administration and development, and examines areas of social work education in which the models may be useful.…

Describes a prototype for a World Wide Web site that supports as many student and instructor needs as possible and was developed for a graduate course on instructional design. Topics include roles of the instructor and of the webmaster, student perspectives, technical design issues, user interface, and graphics. (LRW)

The numbers of African Americans and other minorities earning graduate and professional degrees at American colleges and universities (1991-95) increased at rates much higher than those of the general graduate student population. The trend is attributed to recruitment in the 1980s and 1990s. However, some predict the trend will end if the backlash…

Dr. Eber Hampton, president of Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (Canada), briefly discusses his views on the development of a First Nations graduate education program and relates the culture conflict he experienced in furthering his own education and conducting graduate-level research. Suggests that the researcher's personal experiences…

This article describes a graduate program that uses an interdisciplinary approach to prepare early intervention practitioners to work with young children with autism, severe physical impairments, and other low incidence disabilities. The program features joint course work across the Schools of Medicine and Education and seminars on collaboration…

Describes a syllabus developed by the Institute of Information Scientists Ltd. for post-graduate training in information work. Discusses the three main groups of the syllabus: language, writing, and editing; the flow of information, including communication theory; and information techniques, including information sources, storage, retrieval,…

Tables contain dollar amounts of fiscal 1990 actual spending and fiscal 1991 presidential request, House-approved, Senate-approved, and actual appropriations for scientific research, health research and training, student financial aid, graduate support, institutional assistance, bilingual education, library resources, aid to disadvantaged and…

Illustrates the prominent role that historically Black institutions, such as Prairie View A & M University, play in Black progress in higher education. Programs like the Banneker Honors College of Prairie View can expand Black participation as researchers and practitioners in a highly technical society while also increasing the Black…

A survey of 123 foreign and 81 United State schools of social work investigated the variety and availability of computer hardware and software, extent to which computer-related courses are integrated into the curriculum, and types of computers, uses, and users. Results are reported and curriculum and policy modifications are recommended.…

Two surveys, in 1977 and 1987, provide data for analyzing and explaining change in these institutions. Data from a sample are compared to those for higher education in general, giving particular attention to two dimensions: access and graduate education. Local demography and economic conditions as contributors to stability are considered.…

Reported are the results of a survey conducted to identify which analytical methods are most commonly used in nonacademic analytical laboratories. Laboratory supervisors' ratings of various aspects of chemical education are included. (CW)