Metadiscourse analysis reveals the way writers engage with different texts and communicate with each other. Examining these linguistic resources is important because they play a vital role in maximizing the learning experiences of students in the Master's program in Accounting. Yet, there is a lack of research investigating these features in a key…

The Post-9/11 GI Bill took effect on August 1, 2009, increasing the education benefits available to military service members who served after September 10, 2001. A previous National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) study used national data collected in 2007-08 to profile military undergraduate and graduate students who received benefits…

There has been increasing criticism of the relevance of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in developing skills and competencies. Action learning, devised to address problem solving in the workplace, offers a potential response to such criticism. This paper provides an insight into one university's attempt to integrate…

Describes a survey of graduates from master's in library and information studies programs concerning social responsibility and gender issues and the treatment that these subjects received in their classes. Results are discussed that indicate that librarians and library education are less progressive than commonly depicted, and a copy of the survey…

Concentrating on six institutions with doctoral programs in library and information science--Drexel University (Pennsylvania), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Syracuse University (New York), and the University of Wisconsin at Madison--graduate programs and faculty are…

This research brief summarizes data available on master's degree students and recipients, including data on characteristics of master's degree students; financial support for master's students; growth in number of master's degrees awarded; number of master's degrees earned by gender and by race/ethnicity; the most popular fields, by gender,…

Describes a study that investigated Internet use of female senior masters students in India with respect to class assignments, research work, and other educational purposes. Discusses problems faced while using the Internet for educational purposes, area of study, year of exposure, type of user, and socioeconomic status. (LRW)

Four articles discuss significant developments in the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT); doctoral training in the learning sciences at Northwestern University; a distance education course in education technology leadership offered jointly by George Washington University and Mind Extension University; and salary…

On the Assessment of Student Outcomes 24 graduates rated their self-efficacy in a masters' program in family and consumer science that was delivered through distance education. All 12 courses reached the goal of having 80% of the graduates rate it as adequate. (JOW)

Summarizes study of curricula of nine graduate programs in instructional development (ID). Comparisons are presented on nine variables--purpose; curriculum development processes; ID courses; where/how ID is learned; synthesizing projects; emphasis of faculty/organization development and performance solutions; orientation to evaluation and ID; and…

Discusses the use of commercial time sharing systems (BRS, DIALOG, and Dow Jones) by business administration students at the Wharton School, and describes a survey of alumni that examined their use of these systems after graduation. Possible reasons for the low correlation found between use of an online system in school and after graduation are…

Describes a survey of library school graduates that examined the extent to which assumed areas of specialization affected the selection of an accredited program, the extent to which such perceptions change during the educational experience and affect course selection, the relationship of perceptions to the first professional job taken, and…

A study of the career plans of male and female graduate students in library science found that no sex differences existed in the students' level of career ambition or specificity, contrary to the results of prior research that included students from other fields. (CDD)

In this fifth report on graduate student admissions, data are provided regarding applications received, applications accepted, and the resultant yield of enrollees in graduate programs. The data are arrayed by program level for all of those senior institutions of the State University of New York that offer graduate programs. The graduate student…

Analysis of publication records of 607 North American library and information science (LIS) school faculty shows that publication productivity is higher in LIS schools with a Ph.D. program than in those without; Carnegie Research Universities I schools publish more; and Ph.D. institutions have a greater output of refereed articles than master's…