Reviews the development of the profession, and identifies important issues in the process and structure of graduate clinical education. These factors are related to an analysis of the graduate curricula, the clinical practicum, and the selection and evaluation of students for masters programs in marriage and family therapy. (Author)

Describes a graduate course that integrates written, oral, and organizational communication and is designed to meet the needs of both masters and doctoral students. (FL)

A condensed brief filed by the American Council on Education and the National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities on behalf of the University of Texas is presented. The arguments concern the applicability of Section 504 in the university's responsibility to provide an interpreter for a deaf graduate student. (MSE)

A 14-item Q-Sort instrument on stressors in teaching was administered to a group of 164 educators (classroom teachers, university professors, graduate students) attending stress workshops. This article describes the instrument and reports on the rankings of stress variables identified by each group. (SJL)

Results of an error analysis of compositions by students of Spanish are reported. Advanced students are shown to still make errors in morphology, syntax, choice of prepositions, and lexical choice. Error patterns suggest utilization of variable rules in the analysis of transitional competence. (JB)

Using grade point average and graduation-nongraduation as two separate criteria and eight predictor variables selected from doctoral applicants' folders at an Arizona university, a canonical correlation of .624 for a sample of 65 graduate students shrank to -.095 for a cross validation sample of 21 students. (CTM)

Results suggest that taped lectures presenting facts about effects of school experience upon counselor preparation and certification might be effective in bringing about change. Keeping listeners from declaring their position on the question prior to hearing the information might improve results. (Author)

Academic inbreeding--selecting former students of an institution to its faculty--was found to be prevalent in graduate schools of social work, but not related to an institution's ranking on measures of prestige, scholarly or professional productivity, and teaching quality. It was concluded that inbreeding is not predictive of institutional or…

Examines how a university clinic can provide a portion of a school psychology student's practicum experiences. Advantages include providing a broader base of experience than the public schools and intensive doctoral-level supervision. Discusses the need for practicum experiences that expose students to a variety of situations. (Author)

Explored how vocational choices inconsistent with sex-role expectations affect counselor's perceptions of male clients. After observing a male client choosing either a nursing or accounting career, graduate students assessed the clients' masculine or feminine attributes. Results indicated significant differences in counselor perceptions of clients…

This study is concerned with emotional stress experiences by women doctoral students as an interactive function of type of department and personal need for support. (Author)

Six points with which graduate education should be concerned are argued: Maintain the quality and quantity of graduate education and attendant reserach; articulate graduate programs with industry and government; welcome second career; encourage specialization; revitalize the M.A.; and maintain a high level of Ph.D. production. (JMF)

Discusses a study undertaken to assess the effect of graduate student teaching assistants on undergraduate students' attitudes toward psychology in an introductory psychology laboratory course. Findings indicated that good TAs convey more positive feelings about the labs than do poorer TAs. (DB)

Reports findings of a content analysis of all letters of recommendation received by a sociology department for a given junior-level faculty position. Differences of contents provided for male and female applicants are identified. Finds that in this sample women were not strongly portrayed as committed intellectuals and colleagues. (RH)