Provides an overview of graduate education and its role in meeting the career needs of doctoral students. Examines student expectations and suggests changes in graduate education. Emphasizes how a range of information, opinions, points of view, and experiences will help students understand how their education fits into the context of careers. (RJM)

Examines the role of the graduate dean and faculty in the admission of graduate students with disabilities. Reviews legal responsibilities and obligations and provides a framework from which to review policies, procedures, and standards. Emphasizes admissions and recruitment, confidentiality, advertising, advocacy, documentation, mentoring, and…

College students with disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) represent diverse cultural minorities with multiple service needs involving disabilities, identities, and adjustment strategies. This article discusses LGBT college students with disabilities as multiple cultural minorities with a focus on educational…

The older population wants higher education institutions to meet its learning, cultural, and social needs. A number of program models have emerged in response including over 130 learning-in-retirement programs affiliated with individual institutions. Institutions stand to benefit greatly from such programs. (MSE)

As higher education seeks to meet the needs of a growing population of adult students, tensions are emerging from the gap that exists between the needs of these students and professors' academic preparation. This article discusses how classroom structure, assignments, and policies in classes for adult learners can be configured to manage these…

The concern of this paper is how people in organizations understand the dynamics of an organization's practices. The way that organizational culture influences advising systems is considered. The focus is on how people understand the function of academic advising and the influence of three concepts of culture (cognitive, symbolic, and…

The ecosystem model is a design process utilizing an ecological approach. The manual presents processes developed and used during on-site campus applications of the model. It illustrates how work on a micro-level ecosystem project can be divided into stages, with instructions for accompanying discussions and process procedures for each. The manual…

A study of education students' perceptions of actual and ideal educational environment showed similarity between student and faculty perceptions of ideal environment, dissimilarity between student actual and ideal perceptions, but little relationship between student perceptions and achievement, sex, educational background, or personality needs.…

An environmental assessment of ethnic minority students was performed using the College Student Questionnaire and the Environmental Satisfaction Questionnaire. Significant differences between ethnic groups, between sexes within ethnic groups, and differences by class, college, and sex were found. (Author)

Paper was presented at the American Personnel and Guidance Association Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30--April 3, 1969.

Examines several components of effective preparation for the planning and implementation of long-term, integrated student services programs. Preassessment issues cluster around: (1) the assessment of student needs; (2) the identification of available staff and institutional resources; and (3) some initial diagnosis of campus political climates.…

From their founding, American colleges have emphasized the character of college life as an important element in learning. This article reviews some elements of the historical roots of student discipline, surveys recent judicial decisions related to disciplinary rules and procedures, and suggests the ways in which different institutions could shape…

Seven days of entries from a student's diary offer a glimpse into the daily life of a doctoral student. Reflects on monetary difficulties, work loads, the difficulties of a woman finding an effective mentor, life as a teaching assistant, student needs, the joys of learning, teacher-student interaction, and employment worries. (RJM)

Presents a context for addressing services for the changing graduate student population. Examines forces that are driving changes in graduate education, such as student characteristics, university changes, and societal changes. Looks at completion rates, degree requirements, technological developments, economic trends, and role of the federal…

This study examined the perceptions of 109 faculty, 46 university students with learning disabilities (LD), and 194 non-LD students regarding sensitivity to LD students' special needs, accommodations, and the perceived impact of such a disability. Results revealed a general sensitivity to students' special needs, and several areas warranting…