This article incorporates excerpts from portfolios of female graduate students to illustrate the discussion of the feminist themes that emerged. Because the student has control of the portfolio process and of interpreting meanings, it seems that portfolio development may be a powerful and supportive model for women students. (IAH)

Studied the impact of life experience on women's cognitive and ethical development. Considered the structure and historical and social factors of such development, and the importance of higher education in attaining high positions on W.G. Perry's developmental scale. Factors found to affect women's positions on the scale were attitudes toward…

Presents the case study of the educational experiences of African-American graduate students at the University of Mississippi using information from a survey responded to by 158 graduate students. At this university, nonservice fellowships and tuition waivers are offered to African-American graduate students. Results highlight differences in…

Describes findings of a study that examined teachers' attitudes toward educational research and their perceptions of themselves as researchers. Survey results indicated that teachers' attitudes toward research improved dramatically as a result of completing action research projects which were found to be an effective means of promoting reflection…

Reports on a study of 15 doctoral students who were alcoholics' daughters. It examined family origin and elementary-secondary schooling, plus data from the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test. Findings indicated that children survived by hiding their parents' problem, masquerading as normal, and actively working to avoid being discovered. (SM)

Student borrowing for higher education has increased dramatically, and some students begin their adult lives with considerable debt. Financial burden measures should be incorporated into student loan repayment requirements and used to adjust either monthly or annual repayments or the period of repayment. Reducing debt burden would help make…

A former graduate student of linguist Ann M. Johns describes briefly her career and contributions, both published and personal, to the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Her teaching, research, publications, and the specific emphases and approaches in her work are highlighted. (MSE)

The search for college faculty members of color has led one organization to recruit doctoral candidates from the business world. Funded with $6 million in corporate sponsorship, the project subsidizes business professionals' doctoral study, helps run doctoral student associations, and brings students and business school officials to annual…

Explores the interpersonal dynamics of a graduate-student teaching-assistant supervisor, a department chair, a cooperating teacher, and a student teacher in a traditional university teacher-education program. Data from interviews, observations, conferences, and discussions indicated that the supervisor felt unsupported and disenfranchised,…

Issues in university employment of doctoral students are discussed, including the ideal of apprenticeship, the nature of research and teaching assistantships, assistantship as a form of financial support, students' perceptions of their assistantship role, graduate student employees' efforts to organize, and ambiguity of the status of assistants as…

Examined whether the use of multiple in-class college student evaluations of instruction throughout the term, coupled with instructor consultations with students, would lead to improved instruction as measured by direct observation and end-of-term student ratings. Results indicated that this created an enhanced learning environment and an…

Graduate education is preparation for research, scholarship, jobs and careers (faculty, industrial, other forms of work), and for life, and change is occurring in all these areas. Several qualitatively different approaches are being suggested to improve graduate students' education while adapting to change; all take time and increase the workload…

Investigated graduate preservice teachers' perceptions of urban students and schools, exploring how they arrived at these perceptions through personal experiences/contacts and other means. Students completed surveys about their image of urban schools and students and examined commercial Hollywood films, discussing their role in shaping…

Two experiments tested whether the orthography of readers' first or second language affected their reading time and comprehension in each. English and Hebrew bilingual graduate students and faculty read texts translated into both Hebrew and English. The English native speakers read the English texts significantly faster than the native Hebrew…

Compared pronunciation of targeted vocabulary items in spontaneous speech by 23 adult Chinese learners of English as a Second Language grouped according to mode of instruction: (1) traditional drilling activities; (2) self-study with tape recordings; (3) interactive activities; and (4) nonintervention control condition. Ratings of pronunciation by…