The author discusses his experiences in a black college and a graduate program at M.I.T., and how his career goals changed with his experiences. (IRT)

Examines current perceptions regarding the purposes and differences of the doctor of education (EdD) and doctor of philosophy (PhD) degrees. A survey of program coordinators (N=127) of counselor preparation programs indicate that most coordinators do not differentiate between the two degrees, although those with a decided preference favor the PhD.…

Uses Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives to fine-tune the process of designing, preparing for, evaluating, and providing feedback about the doctoral comprehensive examination. Examines the purpose and objectives of comprehensive examinations, curriculum design, preparation for the exam, test item development, evaluation criteria, and…

Summarizes a report from the joint committee of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine that recommends a new model of Ph.D. education based on changes in science, engineering, the economy, and society in general. Changes include more versatility, better career information and guidance, less…

Reviews selected studies of graduate student persistence in a program of study and highlights findings most influential in students' decisions to complete a program or drop out. Reviews student persistence, the distance education student profile, persistence in distance education, and persistence in distance education doctoral programs. (SLD)

Questioned international students in the University of the Incarnate Word's organizational leadership doctoral program about how teachers can develop needed cultural and linguistic sensitivity. Students offered several suggestions related to increasing classroom support and cultural awareness. (EV)

Reviews recent studies on new faculty and on graduate students aspiring to a faculty career, documenting deficiencies in graduate education and the need for better bridges between doctoral preparation and the actual work of faculty. (EV)

Explores whether graduate education adequately prepares doctoral students for the varied responsibilities of the professoriate they plan to enter, and what role other kinds of institutions (such as community and liberal arts colleges) and the Preparing Future Faculty program could play in the education of graduate students for the professoriate.…

Examines the independent and/or combined effects of doctoral students' gender, age, ethnicity, and marital, academic and enrollment status on their coping abilities. The Hope Index scale was administered to 140 randomly selected doctoral students. Results reveal that gender and age had a combination effect on the coping abilities of doctoral…

Suggests that educators need to consider more explicitly the connections of knowledge and stance so that they can better understand doctoral education and the reproduction of composition studies as oriented to the world ethically and normatively as well as cognitively. Outlines tensions in political theory between liberalism and communitarianism.…

The survey of 565 doctoral students at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) found that doctoral students who had experienced a close working relationship with a faculty member had a fuller education than their counterpoints who had not. There was no evidence that males were more likely to be mentored than females. (Author/DB)

Suggests that psychology has an obligation to help achieve healthy work environments. This will require the development of a new doctoral-level specialty that combines the perspective of health psychology with those of occupational health and public health. The new field might be called occupational health psychology. (EVL)

Describes the types and characteristics of doctoral programs in the practical arts and vocational-technical education and the characteristics of the students and faculty who partake in them. Identifies several aspects of the programs that should be examined through further research and speculates on future shortages of qualified faculty. (JOW)

Eight essays regarding the debate over establishment of the doctoral degree as a requirement for entry-level school psychologists are presented. Critical issues facing the National Association of School Psychologists and the American Psychological Association are considered. (TJH)

Responds to view expressed by Wittmer in previous article concerning doctoral programs in counselor education seeking accreditation review by Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs rather than by the American Psychological Association. Asserts no single response to affiliation-accreditation issue will suit all…