This is a report of an experiential approach to teaching graduate level psychology of the family. Students receive a selective bibliography of readings in family therapy covering the theoretical background, and then are required to apply those theories to their own families' psychological patterns. The course bibliography is included. (AM)

Discusses implications of "Bakke" and "Adams v Califano" on minority group admissions to colleges and graduate and professional schools. Holds that affirmative action programs are too stratified and that States should design such programs to cover the entire spectrum of elementary, secondary, and higher education. (Author/GC)

Examines doctoral education in marital and family therapy, giving attention to major trends and developments in this area. They have not fulfilled expectations formerly held regarding their potential development. All practitioners should engage in significant amounts of continuing education to stay abreast of developments in a rapidly changing…

Examines the graduate school experience in terms of three developmental stages: initiation, maintenance, and termination. Discusses social roles, developmental tasks, and coping behaviors of graduate students at each stage. Proposes an anxiety-support model that addresses relationships between student anxiety and faculty support. (Author)

To better prepare for the job market, graduate students of English should be selective in their choice of schools, broaden their teaching experience, offer service to the English department, and concentrate on professional development through publications and presented papers. (HOD)

Australia's external degree programs have managed to maintain high standards for graduate degrees through residential and weekend schools, teaming of visiting or part-time faculty with regular full-time faculty members, faculty-wide approval of grades, direct supervision, strict admission standards, and rigorous programs. (Author/WD)

Small liberal arts colleges that want to remain in the field of teacher education must: (1) respond to needs of a specific geographic area and of individual students; (2) maximize use of education and liberal arts faculty without overextending; and (3) tap students' own resources. (Author/RJG)

A national survey determined how many graduate programs in social work have adopted a formal admission decision appeal procedure, steps in the procedure, and experiences with it. Applicants who appeal often have decisions reversed, and schools offering procedures have few appeals. A typical procedure is outlined. (MSE)

This paper describes the social factors that are present in many graduate programs and contrasts this situation with a different graduate program where the social factors more often produce in students a feeling of "status enhancement," or affirmation about adult status. (CJ)

The Medical Cognitive Preference Inventory was used to determine the preferred cognitive styles of medical school professors and students. The most important results indicate a general similarity in the cognitive preferences of teachers and students. (CJ)

Summarizes recent enrollment trends and degrees granted in home economics in the United States and Puerto Rico and compares the data for home economics with similar statistics for all disciplines in higher education. Includes trends in undergraduate programs, graduate programs, male participation, specialization, and organization of units. (CT)

The participants, strategies, and tactics involved in the curriculum change process in graduate schools of business were investigated. Two groups of participants, internals and externals, and two strategies, the empirical rational and the power coercive, are identified. The methods used to implement or resist curriculum change are described.…

The role of institutional research is examined as well as the essential qualities and tasks of the research personnel. The need to draw into the field able and analytical persons of integrity with strong backgrounds and experiences in various disciplines is cited. (Author/SF)

After a long struggle for electoral equality, Blacks in Texas addressed themselves to educational equality. Through court cases, they pressured the state government for equal access to graduate and professional schools. The establishment of Texas Southern University as a separate Black facility was one response to this pressure. (RLV)

Describes graduate study as an intimate relationship between a supervising professor and a student, a mentor-ward involvement in which the faculty member seeks advancement for the student in order to enhance the field and the student's role in it. Negative and positive implications of this relationship are explored. (JMF)