A study of 144 patients assigned to eight orthodontic residents over two years found residents requested lateral tomograms of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) 28% of the time, commonly citing TMJ clicking, pain, and medico-legal protection. Posteroanterior cephalograms were ordered 26% of the time, commonly for facial asymmetry and maxillary…

Draws on current research to note complexity of dissertation process within general context of students' graduate careers, by summarizing previous research on degree completion, analyzing tasks involved in completing dissertation, and considering implications for programs and faculty. Discusses importance of a positive faculty-student nexus of…

Explores the experiences of prepracticum trainees, focusing on changes in trainees' anxiety, self-efficacy, counter-transference management, and therapeutic skills. Results indicate that trainees became less anxious and developed greater skills over the semester. Qualitative results suggest that some trainees' reactions interfered with their…

This study investigated the interrater reliability of proficiency-level judgments of graduate student trainee raters on oral proficiency interviews (OPIs). Trainees' ratings were compared with the judgments of a certified American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) tester for 150 interviews. (Author/JL)

Over five years, nearly a dozen graduate students and twice as many undergraduates have pursued jobs in labor after leaving Yale University (Connecticut). Most participated in activities of the Graduate Employees and Students Organization on campus during a period of unrest among teaching assistants. More aggressive labor leadership has been…

Presents the views of four white graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley who do not support the recent elimination of affirmative action policies for job applicants and student admissions. Their opinions argue that white men should support equity in education and society. (SLD)

Describes a method that was used as a supervision and teaching tool to assist student counselors in developing client conceptualization skills. Describes the Inverted Pyramid Heuristic method, providing case illustrations. Discusses applications of the method to supervision and training. (KW)

Updates Holloway and Johnson's (1985) review concerning the group supervision of trainees learning individual psychotherapy. Suggestions for future research and implications for training are discussed. (Author)

Reports on a study of 14 master's degree students' online communication patterns when their classroom environment had been expanded electronically through a public listserv for classroom interaction and private e-mail on the Internet. Student attitudes and reactions are described, based on results of questionnaires. (Author/LRW)

Physiology programs must continue to prepare graduate students for research postdoctoral positions. They should also prepare them for employment at smaller institutions that have higher teaching demands and that encourage-but do not require-research. Suggests changes in the way Ph.D. candidates are taught and in the way professors mentor students…

Examines how English department faculty might demystify the job placement process for graduate students by providing candidates with a way of imagining their professional identities. Asks whether faculty expectations and fantasies escalate student anxieties and induce elitist, overbearing prose. (TB)

Seven days of entries from a student's diary offer a glimpse into the daily life of a doctoral student. Reflects on monetary difficulties, work loads, the difficulties of a woman finding an effective mentor, life as a teaching assistant, student needs, the joys of learning, teacher-student interaction, and employment worries. (RJM)

Presents a context for addressing services for the changing graduate student population. Examines forces that are driving changes in graduate education, such as student characteristics, university changes, and societal changes. Looks at completion rates, degree requirements, technological developments, economic trends, and role of the federal…

Discusses the dominant paradigm for analyzing interactions, Conversation Analysis (CA), pointing out that the paradigm does not include participant intention in its analysis. Notes that CA practitioners focus on empirical investigations of what the participants are doing and how they are doing it and that the understanding of an utterance is…

Presents data collected from 70 individuals who are considering or who have made a decision to pursue a doctoral degree. Data include basic demographic information, ratings of factors which influence students' choice of doctoral programs, and ratings of particular information from and about doctoral programs which students perceive as important.…