This study examined acknowledgment pages from 441 dissertations in a prominent school of social work to identify transformations in personal, professional, and sociopolitical aspects of professional doctoral education. Explored reflections on the transition from student to scholar, the structure and nature of mentoring roles, and the influence of…

The Carnegie Foundation commissioned a collection of essays as part of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID). Essays and essayists represent six disciplines that are part of the CID: chemistry, education, English, history, mathematics, and neuroscience. Intended to engender conversation about the conceptual foundation of doctoral…

The impact of quality of department of doctoral training is indicated to have less impact upon research productivity than has generally been assumed. (Author/KM)

The study has two purposes: (1) to provide a description of selected socio-economic variables characterizing the present doctoral population and (2) to provide a subjective evaluation of the library education programs by those people who are presumably the most knowledgeable people in the profession. (Author/NH)

All schools granting the PhD in clinical psychology were surveyed. Findings indicate shifts away from training in projectives with a corresponding increase in emphasis on objective approaches. Newer programs are deemphasizing training in diagnostics in general. Reprints from Kenneth Shemberg, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State…

Presents 18 tables of ratings and rankings, by Speech Communication Association members, of doctoral programs in speech communication: their overall quality as well as specific content areas and methodologies. (PD)

The University of Texas (Dallas) has initiated a new Ph.D. program specifically to train chemists for doctoral level work in industry (Doctor of Chemistry). Participants will complete three research practica (at an industrial site and in two laboratory settings) instead of the traditional dissertation, emphasizing breadth and flexibility in…

The study assessed the utility of the courses and the training experiences at doctoral degree granting programs supported by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (now the Office of Special Education) as perceived by 45 practicing special education administrators who are graduates of those programs. (SB)

A 16-member Delphi panel rated mission, course content, desired behaviors, and research components for industrial technology education doctoral programs. They identified those components that are essential/necessary and those that are useful/beneficial, providing a benchmark for existing programs. (SK)

Describes a summer program, Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE), that provides crucial experience to women who hope to go on to earn Ph.D.s in mathematics. (EV)

Interviews with 18 students participating in an agriculture doctoral program at a distance found they were satisfied with convenience, instructional design, faculty, and cohort groups. Dissatisfaction was related to isolation, inaccessible resources, registration/technical problems, lack of agricultural communications curriculum, and time needed…

Describes a Research Support Group formed at Purdue University for doctoral students whose progress on their dissertations had stalled. Presents some preliminary outcome data; a discussion of the program's effectiveness, foregrounding the voices of the participants; and some projections for the future. (EV)

A survey of 50 universities (83 percent response) found only 28 offering doctoral programs with a major, minor, or concentration in international business. Total enrollment is small but increasing; foreign national students represent a majority. More active promotion and recruitment is needed as global competition increases. (SK)