Discusses uses of an electronic meeting system (EMS) to aid in designing graduate core curricula. Presents results from a study of a seven-member task force that used EMS for seven months to facilitate selection of core courses for master's degree programs. A diagram illustrates the task force's graduate core review process and an appendix…

Reviews nine masters and doctoral degree programs in early childhood education and related fields. Names of contact persons, a description of program format, and a school statement are given for each program. (LB)

Obtained information about demographic characteristics; attitudes toward professional preparation, the field in general, and selected aspects of the undergraduate experience; and learning styles from 273 master's-degree students in student affairs. Modal learning style in terms of Kolb's (1984) model was that of accommodator, which includes…

Raises a series of questions about the nature of graduate education across the many areas covered under the general heading "journalism and mass communication." Focuses on curriculum and on the difficulty graduate programs in journalism and mass communication have competing for scarce resources within the academy. (SR)

Explored validity and reliability of Adult Career Concerns Inventory (ACCI) using data from 104 graduate nursing students. Findings support construct validity and reliability of ACCI. Concluded that, although the ACCI seemed to be psychometrically sound, the use of other measures in conjunction with it would be recommended practice in assessing…

Surveyed 32 master's degree programs in rehabilitation counseling to determine inclusion of curriculum content on learning disabilities before 1981 and alterations in curriculum after 1981 when eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services through state and federal vocational rehabilitation systems were extended to persons with learning…

Examined motivation for participation in off-campus credit programs. Findings from 417 Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education master's degree recipients who participated in off-campus degree programs revealed that graduates were more influenced to enroll because of professional advancement and cognitive interest reasons than for other reasons.…

This paper describes the two-year master's degree program for speech-language pathologists with a specialization in bilingualism (Spanish/English) developed at the University of the District of Columbia. First, the article describes the program's curriculum, clinical practicum, recruitment, and retention activities. It then discusses the student…

For decades, business schools have advocated product development processes that utilize trans-organizational, cross-function teams. Is it time for business schools to apply this model to our own product: MBA graduates? In this paper, we describe the trans-organizational, team-based approach that has transformed product development in many…

The purpose of this study was to consider factors that graduate students in master's degree programs in student affairs identify as influential to their decisions to enter the student affairs profession. A total of 300 master's students from 24 randomly selected graduate programs participated in the study. Relatively few differences were found…

The purpose of this study was to determine if counseling students acquire counseling skills and transfer those skills to their work with actual clients. Students' skills were measured by the Skilled Counseling Scale at pretest (before training), Posttest 1 (immediately after training), and Posttest 2 (at the end of a master's-degree program).…

This study investigated the efficacy of a 12-week, Web-based peer supervision group in increasing school counselor trainees' collective self-esteem (i.e., positive feelings in identifying as a school counselor) and written case conceptualization ability. Results suggested that school counselor trainees who participated in a Web-based peer…

This article uses a multiple literacies theory framework to explore the processes of "becoming" technologically literate through a year-long ethnographic study of two Master of Education pre-service second language teachers, a Latina woman and an African American woman, who learned how to use computer technology to teach Spanish at a large…

This guidebook offers advice to women students on surviving and thriving in graduate school. It takes the reader from the graduate school selection process to completing the program successfully. Written in a informal style, the 11 chapters include: (1) "Should You Go to Graduate School?" (pros and cons of attending graduate school, deciding what…

Constructs underlying student ratings of instruction in an introductory master's level educational research course were investigated in order to gain a better understanding of instructor behaviors that facilitate student success. During academic years 1990-91 and 1991-92, an institutionally developed scale was administered to students enrolled in…