This essay suggests a new method of educating graduate students in communication. Students follow a prescribed program of courses and experience leading to the particular career they have chosen. Mastery of each stage must be demonstrated before a student goes to the next. Among the methods used are participation in task forces dealing with a…

This paper addresses four aspects of institutional response to contemporary graduate education, within the context of changed demands for post-baccalaureate formal education and training. The role and function of the Graduate Dean or Director, together with any unique responsibilities of graduate faculty and the Graduate Council and Committee must…

A report following up the Task Force on Graduate Education's 1974 recommendations and subsequent state action has three purposes: (1) to define graduate education and to identify those programs considered to be at the first-professional level; (2) to review current national and state trends; and (3) to report on recent cooperative efforts within…

Alternate admission systems are reviewed in respect to the minority applicant in an attempt to assess the nature of the bias frequently referred to in connection with standardized testing. The connection between the use of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) as a standardized test and the admission system was explored, concluding that the role…

In this fifth report on graduate student admissions, data are provided regarding applications received, applications accepted, and the resultant yield of enrollees in graduate programs. The data are arrayed by program level for all of those senior institutions of the State University of New York that offer graduate programs. The graduate student…

A survey of alumni of the University of Rhode Island, in the graduating classes of 1955, 1960, and 1970, had a 25 percent response rate. Data were collected on the current work status of the alumni, number of different jobs held and different kinds of work done since graduation, training after the bachelor's degree, relationship of undergraduate…

This "Frame of Reference Study" consists of the fifth section of the final report of the Multi-Disciplinary Graduate Program in Educational Research of the University of Pittsburgh. The term, "frames of reference," is used to mean the context of assumptions, procedures, rules, cognitive models, and conceptions of the nature of…

Of 40,000 Ph.D.s a year forecast for the 1980s, only one-third may get jobs related to their specialty, and only one-tenth jobs in academe. It is suggested that enormous counterpressures, mainly from the faculty, are keeping market forces from operating, and institutions keep producing doctoral graduates. (Author/LBH)

The benefits of a course on American racism for Black graduate social work students are discussed. It is suggested that their personal experiences of oppression and social alienation provide an impetus to use the present to counteract attitudinal/institutional White racism, and that feelings about the past can offer insight to affect social…

An oversupply of Canadian Ph.D. graduates, particularly in higher education, has occurred. Historical trends in the employment of Canada's Ph.D. holders and future prospects are discussed. Enrollment ratios in different disciplines, support programs for doctoral students, and the immigration of university teachers are covered. (SW)

Describes a graduate course in the Teaching of Communication at Virginia Commonwealth University which altered students' writing behavior and attitudes toward writing. (DD)

The legal and social rationale utilized for the exclusion of women from the profession is examined in this historical review. Contemporary discrimination is also noted. (LBH)

In this article, the contradictions of the Ph.D. are reviewed. It is suggested that there be numerous levels of degrees. Social change is outlined that would reward not only undergrads, but graduate students, and those now holding the Ph.D. (Author)

Analysis of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores, grade point averages, graduate credits earned, and academic majors of 376 international graduate students indicate that TOEFL scores are not effective predictors of academic success. Significant correlation was seen between TOEFL scores and graduate credits earned. (Author/CB)

Moving to graduate-level teacher preparation and intensive clinical training will not magically institutionalize the knowledge base in teacher education. Teacher educators need to embrace the Carnegie report's intellectual and professional approach to what teachers ought to know, and its endorsement of the legitimacy and significance of teacher…