This study reports on the graduate school origins of authors who published articles in the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin during the past decade. (Author)

This study was conducted to determine the status of Ph.D. communication education in research ethics. The study sought to discover the extent to which research ethics courses are being taught, identify the research ethics issues that are discussed in these courses or in research methods coursework, specify the reading material that are assigned in…

This report describes "Education 310," a course for the general graduate student population taught through Writing Programs for the Graduate School of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). The report describes the contexts and needs that prompted the course; reviews the influences and resources that suggested…

The study surveyed colleges to determine what texts were being selected for use in graduate level courses in gifted education. The types and levels of the courses, as well as the reasons for selection of the identified texts, were also determined. A summary of text content plus respondent comments is provided for the most frequently selected…

A history teacher's perspective on the Lilly Program's philosophy and solutions with respect to the problem of inferior teaching at the secondary level pinpoints, among other things, the lack of professional respect accorded teachers. A related document is SO 502 927. (JH)

Suggests that the student personnel profession is in a period of transition. Offers these suggestions regarding graduate programs in student personnel work: (1) admissions be seriously reduced; (2) curricula be critically reviewed and reevaluated; and (3) admissions committees reevaluate their qualitative standards. (Author/HMV)

Presents the recommendations of the Panel on Alternate Approaches to Graduate Education, followed by statements of reaction written by three professors of English and a doctoral graduate student.

A need exists to examine doctoral training programs in the universities. Special Education is chosen as an example of a young field undergoing rapid change. Characteristics of doctoral training in that specialty are reviewed, and a proposed model is discussed. (Author)

A description of a competency based, individualized graduate degree program, Modular Multiple Alternative Program (ModMAP). The program focuses on the training of elementary teachers, and offers an alternative approach to graduate studies. (Author)

Argues that the discipline of English needs to become a truly interdisciplinary study, adding history, philosophy, psychology, ethics, and politics as areas of concern. (RB)

The purpose of this study was exploration of the role shift from participant to observer in educational research and evaluation. Examples and counter-examples of graduate students who were experiencing the role shift were explored. Generalizations were made in order to abstract the data, and draw the conclusion that ethnographic approaches…