Utilizing interviews with 44 full-time HESA faculty members, this study explores how they describe planning for individual courses. Findings suggest a model of course planning in which faculty members enter the process with particular beliefs and then make decisions as they consider existing syllabi, course objectives, course content, and student…

While the praxis of public administration in India is documented in the literature, its pedagogy, and the formal dissemination of its knowledge, is relatively unexamined. This study determines the status of public administration pedagogy in India through a review of the academic programs in public administration at accredited state, central, and…

The purpose of this critical content analysis study was to examine higher education/student affairs (HE/SA) preparation toward a racial framing that centers and honors Black mattering. We explored linkages between Black literacies and epistemic credibility as indicators of Black mattering by analyzing 24 syllabi of foundational courses in HE/SA…

What we hear at universities and in public conversations is that there is a crisis in graduate student education and employment. We are interested here in the (re)circulation of the discourses of crisis and responsibility. What do graduate students hear about their education, their career prospects, and their responsibilities? How does work in…

ETC 408/508: Technical Editing is a cross-listed undergraduate and graduate course at Missouri Western State University, an open admissions public university with approximately 6,000 students. 508 is an elective course for students in the Master of Applied Arts in Written Communication degree and highly recommended for those in the Technical…

The management of complex water problems is nowadays being practised through new ways and approaches. Therefore, water engineers, planners and managers should be appropriately educated through modern undergraduate curricula and by well-designed postgraduate specialisation programmes. Within this framework, a study of the specific characteristics…

Higher education institutions in Sweden are increasingly exposed to international market conditions and rising competition from a more mobile student body. This increases the need for universities to adapt to their social and economic environment and to their clients, including the political trends and financial opportunities in Sweden and EU, if…

Presents an account of an attempt to develop "experiencing" and involvement in a graduate reading course during a 4-week summer session. (Author/PG)

Describes the author's rationale, method, and evaluations for teaching a graduate course in ethics and psychology. Discusses the use of a pre-assessment instrument to evaluate student achievement, examines student responses to the course, and considers future teaching directions. (Author/GEA)

Discusses a chemical engineering course that emphasizes the methods and applications of adsorptive bubble separations. (MLH)

Describes an elective six-week advanced practice experience for PharmD students and a required module for graduate students designed to prepare students for teaching roles. Course and rotation evaluations have been positive. Also includes perspectives of two students who tell how they applied the principles learned in roles of graduate teaching…

Describes the development of a graduate-level research methods course to develop necessary skills such as project management and communication among graduate students. Uses a team-based, active/collaborative teaching approach. (Author/YDS)

Examines the need for courses in new journalism and describes an experimental graduate seminar which traces the influence of literature and traditional journalism on the new journalism. (RB)

A graduate course in CAI/CMI is described in enough detail to aid interested persons in designing a similar course. Included is an outline of the material covered in each class meeting. Some areas that need to be expanded and/or improved are noted along with a summary of the major goals to be achieved. (Author)

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…