Describes a recently established dual degree Masters program in speech communication and social work. Covers advantages, admission requirements, and core requirements. (PD)

This book introduces curriculum as knowledge, curriculum as work, and curriculum as professional practice. The author discusses curriculum from theoretical and practical perspectives to acquaint readers with the study of curriculum and help them to become effective curriculum practitioners. The book: (1) Emphasizes the various dimensions of…

The European program Amerique Latine-Formation Academique (ALFA) has provided 12 Latin-American and 10 European universities and colleges with a framework for creating an International Master in Rural Development. Globalization, regional integration, and sustainability have created a new set of questions for rural areas, both in Europe and in…

Investigates psychology programs at the subdoctoral level, with particular regard to attitudes of clinical training coordinators toward titles, accreditation, certification, and licensing. The typical coordinator of a master's level clinical program favored accreditation of master's level programs and a national organization of these programs in…

Interns support the use of transcription as a method for feedback during supervision. Thirty of 45 master's level interns who experienced supervision with transcripts returned a transcription survey and indicated positive outcomes for this type of supervision. Positive characteristics included efficiency, concreteness, and ease in analyzing and…

Investigated extent of reliance on traditional admission criteria by counselor education programs, addressing current admissions procedures and recent and anticipated changes in procedures in counselor education programs in western United States. Surveyed 32 master's degree programs in counselor education. Found that counselor educators relied…

Presents an option whereby nonnurse baccalaureate graduates get their first nursing degree at the master's level. The first of three years focuses on junior courses, the second gives accelerated senior and graduate-level content, and the third year provides the master's level clinical specialty. (JOW)

Updated earlier research on consultation and counselor education by surveying 164 administrators of counselor education master's level programs. Found that more counselor education programs were offering individual courses in consultation to master's students, but preferred method of delivering consultation coursework was to integrate it into…

The University of Minnesota has developed a limited-cohort distance education graduate program to overcome geographic barriers and address the shortage of masters'-prepared speciality nurses in rural areas of the upper Midwest. The program offers graduate nursing education in various specialty areas to distance sites for a predetermined,…

Little has been addressed in the literature about the advantages of brief counseling training for master's-level trainees working in university counseling centers. This article discusses the benefits that time-limited treatment affords trainees and offers implications for training and research. (Author/MKA)

This study used focus groups to create building blocks for the creation of a collaborative program consisting of a university and a school district for the preparation of principals. The focus groups of practitioners considered recommendations from researchers and applied it to the context of their experiences to develop the essentials of a…

China and India together account for almost 25% of the world's postsecondary student population. Most of the enrolment growth in the coming several decades will be in developing countries, and China and India will contribute a significant proportion of that expansion, since China currently educates only about 20% and India 10% of the age cohort.…

This article describes the creation of a fully online master's program for e-learning specialist training. This program is the first of its kind in Japan. As background information, Japan's general trends in e-learning are described, including activities of the e-Learning Consortium Japan and National Institute of Multimedia in Education. Such…

Innovation Education and Practical Use of Knowledge was introduced into the Icelandic National Curriculum for compulsory schools in 1999, where it is defined by the curriculum writers as a "school subject" but is not allocated any direct time in the recommended guidelines for subjects. This paper describes a master's research project…

The option for specialization is explored to address expanding roles for rehabilitation counselors. Several important considerations are identified for Rehabilitation Counselor Education (RCE) program faculty opting for a specialization. Development of specialty tracks in psychiatric and developmental disabilities are offered as viable options for…