Discusses issues related to educational and professional success in gerontology: management of the graduate school experience, career paths in gerontology, securing the first job, and socialization as faculty members. (SK)

Reports on a qualitative study of perceived needs of counselors in training at Southeast Missouri State University and proposes a model of graduate education to meet local and global needs that is comprised of: (1) curriculum enhancement; (2) partnership between the university and a professional development school; (3) international professional…

Ethics codes from gerontology-related disciplines were evaluated regarding mentoring guidelines. General "do no harm" statements were most common; clear, explicit guidelines were less frequent. Explicit guidelines focused on the use/misuse of power in mentoring relationships. (SK)

The University of Montevallo Teacher Leader Program is an advanced graduate program in current and future leadership roles for teachers who choose to remain in the classroom rather than become principals or supervisors. The program focuses on competencies in technology usage and understanding of current school contexts. (JOW)

Research has largely emphasized that distance education methods are as good as traditional education. The convenience, flexibility, and interactivity of newer communications technologies give rise to the claim that distance education is superior for some purposes and situations, such as increasing access to graduate education for adults. (SK)

Discusses the need for instructional design students to be involved in real-world situations, and describes a program at San Diego State University that allows advanced graduate students to practice their consulting and instructional design skills with real clients. Considers the client-consultant relationship and describes a model of…

Discussion of international collaboration focuses on two case studies, one of a graduate course and one a professional continuing education course, which examined participants' perceptions and use of technology. Data suggest that technology compatibility with cultural and work style preferences and technology infrastructure are more important than…

Discusses the development and cross validation of a brief measure of the Research Training Environment Scale-Revised (RTES-R) in counseling graduate programs. Results indicate that the new RTES-R-S total scores correlate strongly with the original form and show good internal consistency. Recommends this new instrument when efficient measurement is…

Graduate business administration students (n=55) were asked which model they used for action research projects: conceptual or a physical model visually depicting action research. The physical model was favored by 69%; most agreed that it helped them understand the process of action research, was easy to use, and flexibly applied to various…

Critical areas in which career counselors need training are as follows: demographics, world of work, career and multicultural counseling competence, career counseling process, multicultural counseling theories, career development models, career assessment, barriers to career development, culturally sensitive career centers, and continuing…

Recommends positioning counselor education more centrally within the general framework of an inclusive liberal education. Takes into account contemporary debates surrounding both higher education and the delivery of human services. The advantages for counselors and society are discussed. (EMK)

Argues that a piece of fictional writing could be counted as a doctoral thesis, focusing on qualities that are critical for a fictional doctoral thesis (particularly the self-conscious method) and on writing techniques that could enable those qualities (e.g., direct explanation, authorial intervention, and character intervention). (SM)

Two graduate student groups (n=7 and n=6) used both computerized groups support systems and traditional methods to complete collaborative tasks. The progress and stages of development of one group was erratic, whereas the other evolved into a high-performance group. Technology reduced some group conflict but had little impact on group development.…

An instructor's reflections on face-to-face and computer-mediated courses clarifies assumptions about teaching and principles of adult education. She concludes that the approach to teaching is fundamentally the same in both methods, but instructional roles and strategies differ. (SK)

Criticisms of graduate management education have led to changes in the balance between business and academic standards, strategic leadership, curriculum, faculty performance incentives, graduate proficiencies, and relations with the business community. Operations management/management sciences have similarly changed in terms of curricular…