Describes a competency-based master's degree counselor education program using Stufflebeam's CIPP model. This represents four kinds of evaluation: context, input, process, and product. This results in a vital system in which evaluation and feedback are ongoing, enabling evaluators and decision makers to maintain a program responsive to those it…

Contends that the dissertation is becoming a genre; illustrates through three recent examples that dissertations that are accepted by graduate schools although they are clearly fictions can serve a valuable purpose. (DD)

Describes an American Psychological Association survey of 14 undergraduate schools of psychology attempting to determine perceptions of the priorities used in selecting graduate students, particularly those relating to undergraduate training. Results showed psychology background to be important, with a new emphasis on field training experiences.…

This description of the University of Hawaii Rehabilitation Counselor Education (RCE) program focuses on the foundations of the program, constants which are not subject to change; and, on current trends, modifications being undertaken to enhance the quality of the program and its graduates, and to adapt to its unique geographic and cultural area.…

An historical look at graduate programs in Musicology in the U.S. which has resulted in the growth of Music Libraries. (AP)

Airport consultants (54 responses from 251 surveyed) in the United States and Canada evaluated a proposed master's of public administration in aviation. They considered the curriculum adequate. State/local government operations and oral/written communication were important content areas. Aviation-specific software may grow in importance. (SK)

Adult students (n=48) were enrolled in either an audiographics course requiring electronic mail use or one in which it was optional. Analysis of messages and interviews identified personal, institutional, and technical barriers to computer-mediated communication (CMC); benefits; moderator's role; accommodations for learning styles; and the value…

Survey responses from 686 of 1,500 Hong Kong nurses with bachelor's degrees indicated the following: 84.6% preferred local to overseas graduate programs; 85.8% preferred part-time study; and only 21% preferred distance/extramural courses. Socioeconomic and employment factors were the primary influences on their preferences. (SK)

Journals and a survey of 93 nursing students involved in community engagement through service learning projects indicated that 90.9% agreed service learning helped their understanding of the community role; 72.8% felt service learning enhanced course learning; only 54.6% said service learning influenced career plans or goals. (Contains 15…

Explains that unlike other European nations, Germany has no national policy regime of quality assurance in higher education. Further explains that the only nation-wide instruments of comparison of higher education are rankings that are carried out by private institutions. The implications of this lack of a national policy regime are discussed with…

Because competency in information literacy was considered important for future evidence-based practice, instructional modules on information literacy were integrated into five core nursing master's courses complemented by a web-based tutorial. Students' information literacy competencies were assessed at entry and 1-year intervals. (Contains 31…

Describes a collaborative language-focused curriculum design project in a 3-week training workshop for international teaching assistants. The design attempts to deal with the shortcomings of short and intensive programs. Outlines the theoretical underpinnings and structure and process of the curriculum design effort. (SLD)

Electronic communications of human resource professionals and the content of 23 university human resource management courses were categorized using the Human Resource Certification Institute's body of knowledge. Differences between proportion of topics discussed and topics covered in curricula suggest some topics are over- or undertaught.…

Peer advising is one model for delivering advising services. This article describes peer advising in the Human Service Program at the University of Tennessee. Students who serve as peer advisors provide a needed service, contribute to the human service program through their leadership, and benefit from developing competence consistent within the…

Describes a study that examined sense of community in two graduate distance education programs that differed only in the amount of face-to-face contact. Discusses results of multivariate analysis of variance and post hoc discriminant analysis and includes implications for asynchronous learning networks (ALNs) in higher education, especially the…