A course in English as a second language for international graduate student instructors at the University of California at Berkeley is described. In its first offerings, the course served students from three Asian countries and a variety of disciplines. It consisted of work in language, culture, and instructional techniques integrated into all…

Suggestions for the selection, training, guidance, supervision, and evaluation of graduate student instructors (GSIs) are provided by the University of California, Berkeley. "Good practices" for departments are identified, including assigning individuals or a committee with the task of selection, training, and supervision of GSIs;…

The Experimental Program for Opportunities in Advanced Study and Research in Education was a 3-year training program (1979-82) funded by the National Institute of Education to increase participation in educational research of women and minorities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. During the third project year, these objectives guided the…

Information is presented on graduate student enrollments, applications for graduate study, availability of assistantships and fellowships, graduate degrees awarded, and stipends for teaching assistants, based on the 1981-1982 Survey of Graduate Enrollment of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)-Graduate Record Examinations Board. Of the survey…

Current residence and migration patterns in states affiliated with the Southern Association of Institutional Research (SAIR) were studied, based on 1979-1980 data from the Higher Education General Information Survey (Residence and Migration of College Students, Fall 1979). The data cover first-time students by level, and full-time and part-time…

Information for newly appointed heads of graduate departments of psychology is presented as background material for the 1978 chairmen's workshop. Topics include the following: the budgetary situation, faculty productivity, faculty workload, teacher recruitment, faculty morale, graduate student morale, teaching load of teaching assistants, the…

The 1983-1984 summary data of basic student charges for nearly 3,300 public and private two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States are presented. The national survey of U.S. colleges and universities obtained information on typical or modal tuition and fees charges required of full-time undergraduate and graduate…

Preliminary data and analyses on student financial aid during 1983-1984 are presented, based on a policy seminar at which a national survey of aid recipients was examined. Evidence suggests that students, especially those from low-income backgrounds, increasingly rely on loans as a form of college financing. Financial aid participation rates among…

Results of a 1981-1982 survey of foreign students in the United States are presented. The survey, which accompanied the Annual Census of Foreign Students in the United States, studied country of origin, field of study, academic level, and sex of foreign students. Of the 2,454 institutions that reported foreign students, 1,845 or 75.2 percent…

Following the theory that a community of practice must be comprised of three elements: domain, community, and practice (Wenger, 2001), this case study examines the extent to which a university was successful in establishing a community of learners in their orientation program for online graduate students. Specifically, it explores the objectives…

Public education is one portion of a complex system of society that extends far beyond the walls of the schoolhouse. The administration of educational institutions is impacted and influenced by businesses, communities, governmental agencies, laws, special interest and not-for-profit groups, and the general citizenry. The demand of these groups to…

The socialization of sociology graduate students is examined to determine why graduate students often lack professional confidence, promise, and maturity. A review of professional development literature indicates possible problems. The student who lacks professional and occupational objectives, commitment, and works at less than full potential is…

Current procedures for student evaluation of graduate programs are examined, based on three studies, and a valid measure for collecting graduate student evaluations is proposed. Study one surveyed 23 southern universities to determine the number and type of evaluations conducted. Only seven (30 percent) of the institutions conduct graduate student…

Sex differences in the career plans of 601 men and women completing graduate training in the male-dominated professions of business, law, and medicine and the female-dominated professions of education, nursing, and social work were studied. Content analysis was performed to determine the continuity, specificity, ambition, and accommodation of…

A program implemented in the University System of Georgia to assist women and minorities advance in educational research is described. The program is one of individually guided research and each participant is free to select individual objectives, topics, research procedures, rate of progress, and outcomes. Program participants are predominantly…