This study investigated the effectiveness of teachers trained in basic interpersonal skills to change the misdirected behavior of students. It was hypothesized that the unsolicited interaction between teacher and student would so fulfill the students' need for attention that classroom misbehaviors would decrease. (Author)

This study of group process evaluated the relative effectiveness of facilitator-directed (FD) and self-directed (SD) personal growth group treatments in inducing change in the level of group member interaction. Examination of treatment effectiveness was accomplished through an interaction process analysis approach, the Hill Interaction…

The purpose of this investigation is to compare the descriptions of group process obtained from the Hill Interaction Matrix (Form G) and the Bonney Scale in rating an extended counseling group of psychiatric residents (N = 10). (Author)

One hundred sixty-four subjects (elementary school teachers and graduate students) were told different stories about a fictitious student which varied in reliability and amount of information. Results indicated that the subjects considered the reliability of the information and revised their decisions accordingly. (Author/MV)

Focus is on two areas: (1) the factors available to the selection committee when students apply for admission into graduate programs, and (2) those factors emerging after admission, resulting from students' meeting program-imposed requirements for graduation. Program variables are shown to be more important than admission variables. (Author/LBH)

Investigates current changes in counseling and guidance graduate students' perceptions concerning their education and training in a small, stable homogeneous department of counselor education. Subjects are 94 graduates (56 from the class of '71 and 38 from the class of '75). (Author/HMV)

Analyzes information from a sample of college seniors to find answers to questions about students' socioeconomic backgrounds and their enrollment in graduate and professional schools. (AM)

Results of a survey of 65 graduate students suggest that students' values and attitudes play a major role in their evaluation of faculty and should be recognized by teachers when interpreting the data from such ratings. (Author/LBH)

Considers some issues and questions for future research and action which could benefit persons presently in graduate schools and those who will come later for advanced degrees. Focuses on the labor market's ability to absorb all trained human resources, whether people use their skills or education in their occupations, and the implications of…

Foreign graduate students present many problems of a moral and ethical nature to U.S. universities, but if they are qualified on the basis of educational background and English language ability, they need to be accepted into American institutions. (Author/LBH)

Washington University's (Missouri) Department of Romance Languages and Literature requires its graduate teaching assistants to take a one-semester pedagogy course to ensure their competence and effectiveness as teaching assistants. The course features seminars in which goals, expectations, and learning theories are discussed and practice teaching…

Students in a 12-week facilitative skills development course completed a measure of moral development before and after training and were rated for empathic understanding of client statements on an analog videotape and a counseling audiotape. Empathy ratings on the videotape and audiotape correlated significantly with moral development scores,…

Reports results of surveys received from universities concerning aspects of departmental operation which include type of institution, numbers of faculty with academic appointments, salaries, budgets and graduate program stipends, sources of support and areas of study/research. Some data are represented by tables and graphs. (RT)

Describes a bipartite learning exercise designed to increase counselor trainees' sensitivity to cultural differences. Emphasizes extending traditional, cognitive-focused multicultural training to include actual interactions with culturally diverse persons. Trainees indicated at two-month follow-up that the experiential training was useful.…

As student financial aid for master's programs in social work has decreased, the necessity for paid employment-related field replacements has increased. One alternative--the field placement contracting process--is examined as an avenue for restructuring the work experience to better suit the educational needs of the student employee. (Author/MH)