Synthesizes findings and recommendations related to training and accreditation from conferences and from Task Force on the Scope and Criteria of Accreditation and Joint Council on Professional Education in Psychology. Examines potential impact of the various proposals on counseling psychology students, trainers, and programs. Focuses on four…

The first six courses of this online program successfully increased participants' knowledge and perceived preparedness to provide pharmaceutical care. This success provided the stimulus for the development of the entire online Doctor of Pharmacy program. Participants felt that the online program facilitated more active and enhanced learning and…

Lists doctoral training programs in clinical, counseling, and school psychology that have been accredited by the Committee of Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. (GC)

In recent years there has been a strong interest on the part of universities, particularly in Latin America and Southeast Asia, to increase the percentage of their engineering faculty with doctoral degrees. Since there are relatively few doctoral programs in engineering in these countries, many universities would like to upgrade their current…

Presents conceptual framework for understanding mentoring based upon the evolving capacity for interdependence that undergirds human development. Applies Kegan's developmental framework to mentoring relationships between academic women and explores their potential for enabling a mutual capacity for interdependence. (NB)

Summarizes a report from the joint committee of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine that recommends a new model of Ph.D. education based on changes in science, engineering, the economy, and society in general. Changes include more versatility, better career information and guidance, less…

Presents rationale and a model for doctoral program designed to address growing social concern about at-risk individuals. Defines at-risk population as consisting of children or adults with high prediction rates for later poverty, underemployment or unemployment, institutionalization, and/or early illness and death. Describes prototype doctoral…

Compares the doctorate in counselor education and that in counseling psychology. Describes similarities in models, history, professional memberships, and residence of programs; and discusses differences in accreditation, professional organizations, and training. Presents a case for cooperative coexistence. (PVV)

Presents an annual survey of doctoral degrees granted in foreign languages, literatures, cultures, linguistics and foreign language education in the United States. The report lists degrees in the fields of African Languages and Literatures, Asian Languages and Literatures, Celtic Languages and Literatures, Classics, Comparative Literature,…

Presents model for organizing and evaluating cross-cultural content throughout each phase of clinical and research training during doctoral study in scientist-practitioner programs. Includes overview of separate course, area of concentration, interdisciplinary, and integration models for promotion of cultural understanding in psychology. Makes…

A forthcoming report of the international Organization for Economic Development urges educators to provide better supervision of doctoral candidates and encourage them to take their research more seriously. (MSE)

Describes the University of Massachusetts' efforts in obtaining various types of counselor education accreditation. Discusses incorporating the life-style and career development standard into the curriculum. Recommends that the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs make terms less ambiguous, consult position…

The following trends in psychology, and their implications for the future of the profession, are discussed: (1) changes in the specialization of new doctoral recipients; (2) the decline in quality of doctoral training; (3) women and minority participation; (4) changing employment patterns; and (5) composition of the American Psychological…

The 1987 Carnegie classification of colleges and universities is presented. The classification groups institutions into categories on the basis of the level of degree offered-- ranging from pre-baccalaureate to the doctorate--and the comprehensiveness of their missions. (MLW)

This report describes the University of Southern California's (USC) gerontology career preparation project, which was funded for the following training activities in mental health and aging: (1) traineeships for graduate students in USC's doctoral track in clinical psychology and aging and in the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology master's track…