Describes the Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars Program, a 10-week internship program for junior and senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students who are pursuing degrees in engineering or science. The program enables participants to conduct research under the supervision of NASA scientists and engineers. Profiles American…

This study investigated the use of videotaped versus live student presentations in a graduate career counseling course. The results of a survey administered to the students indicated a preference for videotaped over live presentations. The advantages and disadvantages of videotaped presentations are also discussed. (MDM)

Students in a graduate social work course on cultural diversity and societal oppression kept a journal during the course and completed questionnaires one year later. Analysis of journal entries and questionnaire responses focused on student self-image and social identity, the process of attitude change and increasing awareness, and influences on…

Presents results from questionnaires sent to past and present graduate tourism students from the Gippsland School of Business at Monash University (Australia) to determine factors that influenced student decisions to withdraw from a distance education tourism course. Tables present the rate of progression of students since course establishment,…

Predictive relationships between the scores of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and graduate grade point average (GGPA) and the scores of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) and GGPA were studied for 60 college students. The GRE had a stronger correlation to GGPA than the GMAT. (SLD)

This study examined the experiences of 22 women in advisory relationships with women dissertation committee members. Mentoring relationships became professional friendships, while nonmentoring relationships were marked by silent betrayals. Both phenomena were elucidated when advisees' recollections were compared with memories of mother-daughter…

A classroom-based study is reported that explored English-as-a-Second Language graduate students' perceptions about (1) differences between writing in their native language and writing in English, and (2) how these difference should be reflected in ESL writing teachers' practices. (19 references) (Author/LB)

Increasingly, colleges and universities are offering specialized academic programs in human sexuality. A sampling of graduate students in human sexuality at New York University, one of only a few such graduate programs, illustrates varied backgrounds and objectives. The trend is a healthy response to the personal and social challenges of the…

Questionnaire data from faculty at six engineering schools were analyzed to determine the role of writing in graduate engineering programs and its implications for the design of writing courses. Faculty attitudes and beliefs about the importance of writing skills, and their practices regarding students' proficiency, are discussed. (36 references)…

Investigated nature and content of school counselor preparation programs, with particular emphasis on adequacy of preservice training to prepare graduates to serve students with exceptionalities. National survey of 238 counselor education programs indicated that most program encouraged, but did not require, training to work with exceptional…

Of 123 matriculants to the Brown University medical program in 1987-88 and 1988-89, more than one-third had taken traditional premedical course requirements after graduating from college. Academic performance, self-reports of preparation, or involvement in extracurricular activities in this group were comparable to that of traditional premedical…

Examines contexts for writing and response in a graduate education seminar including native and nonnative English speakers. Considers how the instructor communicated expectations for writing assignments, how students performed, and how students' writing was evaluated. Argues that student writing occurs in a multidimensional context where…

Survey items representing 30 standards of the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation were used to examine violations in program evaluations. Twenty-nine novice graduate students, 57 graduate students with moderate knowledge about evaluation, and 61 expert evaluators viewed propriety and accuracy standards as suffering the most…

A discussion of the mentoring relationship between faculty and graduate students looks at the special needs of this population, the two primary goals of transformation and reciprocity, creation of an interpersonal context for successful mentoring, and the dynamics of the reciprocal relationship between mentor and protege. (MSE)

A university graduate faculty member describes experiences in a program linking graduate students with a liberal arts college as preparation for college teaching. The primary issue that emerged was the deep prejudice and suspicion separating liberal arts and graduate university faculty and the need to encourage collaboration between these groups.…