All too often baccalaureate graduates move directly into graduate study and then into teaching positions, with little or no nursing practice and the opportunity to gain basic clinical competence. (Author)

The current study addresses the efficacy of the tutorial mode of teaching as perceived by alumni who had recently completed a 30-unit Master of Public Administration degree. Their attitudes were quite positive toward the tutorial mode. (Author)

The Association of American Medical Colleges recommends that academic medical centers assume responsibility for graduate medical education. Results of a survey are presented to determine the plans of the medical centers, the status of these plans, and the centers with completed plans. (PG)

An undergraduate program, focusing on problem-solving and based on volunteer faculty, is developed to create a common undergraduate base for professional and action-oriented graduate education. (Author/JH)

Describes a five-step plan for reducing the number of Ph.D. graduates in English over the next ten years. (RB)

Discusses an experiment with student centered teaching in a course in library management. (PF)

The paper outlines the advantages of fixed term appointments for graduate school deans, discusses the character of decanal leadership, and explores the place of power and authority within leadership. Decanal leadership is described as the process by which deans induce faculty, students, university administrators, and alumni to further the…

A discussion of the institutional mechanisms and individual processes through which graduate students are socialized to the norms of professional practice in educational administration are presented in this paper, which builds a conceptual framework that draws from research on adult socialization, the socialization and career patterns of school…

Highlighted in this paper are several hidden costs entailed by mandating that all teachers be prepared through 5 or 6 years of teacher education, with the professional part of that preparation occurring at the graduate level. Four areas where mandating extended preparation may lead to hidden costs are identified: (1) encouraging a focus on…

A fieldwork procedure that enables students to design and conduct meaningful evaluation research in one semester is described. The procedure has been used in a 13-week program evaluation course in a master's program in community psychology and industrial/organizational psychology. About 2 months before the course begins, administrative units…

Collected from 55 universities in the United States and Canada, and published by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, this volume contains 339 abstracts of research dissertations and theses accepted for graduate degrees in journalism and mass communications from July 1, 1986 through June 30, 1987. Only research…

Perspectives concerning the recruitment of graduate students are offered, with attention to the size and resources of the department and the school, faculty involvement in recruitment efforts, pools of eligible prospects, and obligations to students. Factors affecting upper and lower limits to graduate enrollment are identified, including the…

This paper discusses the conceptual reform of university-based graduate level administrator preparation programs. The functionalist, interpretative, and critical approaches to social science have important implications for the study of motivation, decision-making, communication and leadership. Interpretative and critical approaches must be woven…