Reports research examining the extent to which English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) university students' knowledge of a word can be assumed to indicate knowledge of other members of the word's family. Specifically looked at the ability of 106 graduate and undergraduate students to produce appropriate derivative forms in the four major word classes.…

Explores the mentoring experiences of recently graduated African American doctorates in the field of sociology. It also examines the mentoring literature, explaining a five-fold theoretical typology that categorizes the type of mentoring experiences in which African American Ph.D.s are involved. Discusses how mentoring can enhance the…

Focuses on helping graduate students reframe their thinking about the teaching of literature to undergraduate students in the various roles undergraduates play as language learners and particularly as "nonintended readers" of texts from cultures very different from there own. Suggests students can be led to engage in a dialogue with texts, to take…

Presents data on trends in the academic job market, placement rates for PhDs inside and outside the academy, and levels of job satisfaction for those with doctorates. Includes samples of information available from the Modern Language Association and a bibliography of print and online publications that they recommend for planning a career in…

Addressing the graduate foreign language curriculum, focuses on the integration of language study and literature to help students become self-reflective scholars and teachers. (Author/VWL)

Describes a graduate student course that includes a service learning component conducted in six experiments with groups of old (72-96 year old) and young (20-30 year old) adults. Discusses the service learning component, the course, the research involved, and the course assessment. (CMK)

College of education and school district relationships often resemble a battlefield. Partnerships between schools and other public organizations, including universities, can contribute to the overall success of school improvement activities. This paper identifies relationships and significant programs resulting from a cooperative venture involving…

Statistics on the nature of academic physiology departments are provided. Included are salaries by number of years, rank, and region, numbers of faculty members, and numbers of pre- and postdoctoral trainees in process and completing degrees in the year 1989. (CW)

Questioned 91 graduate students in education to see whether teachers considered salient characteristics such as student age and problem behavior when selecting interventions for managing students' behavior. Results suggest that both regular and special education teachers take student characteristics into consideration when making such intervention…

Orientation at the graduate level can serve many functions such as reducing anxiety, familiarizing students with new academic challenges, and orienting students' spouses. It can also improve student retention, satisfaction, and success. Guidelines for developing programs responsive to graduate students' diverse needs are offered. (Author/MSE)

Describes a fellowship program at the University of Arizona to provide financial support for Navajo students striving for a master's degree in business administration. Profiles a Navajo student returning to graduate work after five years of employment, and discusses the tribe's and the student's entrepreneurial aspirations. (SV)

Examines the nature and extent of foreign-language competence desired for graduate English majors and the degree to which such expectations can be met by the regular two years of language study. Suggests that the foreign-language requirement needs a new orientation and new sign-posting through more appropriate testing instruments. (KEH)

Reports on a thesis and dissertation supervisory system that includes weekly meetings, task specification, feedback, and incentives. States that regular participants completed significantly more tasks when academic credit depended upon task completion, and that compared with a college-wide control group, a higher percentage of participants…

Conducted national survey of administrators, graduate faculty members, and graduate students (total N=320) to examine names used to describe field: student personnel, student affairs, student services, and student development. Results revealed significant and differential preferences: student development was term preferred overall, with student…

This article outlines the problems in the student pipeline and the faculty pipeline related to engineering. Difficulties of women engineering faculty members are discussed. (YP)