Describes the structure and operations of the graduate student research training teams at Michigan State University. Considers advantages of this approach, including the opportunity to pursue programmatic research and the continuity provided by having first-, second-, and third-year students on a team. Discusses limitations of the concept. (JMF)

Describes the orientation and training program for graduate students chosen as teaching assistants in Speech Communication at Pennsylvania State University. The program involves an internship program and a graduate seminar offering theoretical and practicum training in teaching the basic course on the college level. (JMF)

Outlines the interdisciplinary problems of communication and how such problems might effectively be addressed in the graduate curricula. (JMF)

Describes graduate study as an intimate relationship between a supervising professor and a student, a mentor-ward involvement in which the faculty member seeks advancement for the student in order to enhance the field and the student's role in it. Negative and positive implications of this relationship are explored. (JMF)

Discusses the prospects, for graduate students, of careers as communication consultants. Argues that consulting is an appropriate nonacademic career option for some graduates, but that it requires rigorous, specialized preparation. (JMF)

Applied graduate programs in Communication are recommended as a desirable alternative for the future. Advantages of such programs are outlined and potential problems discussed. The Instructional Communication program at West Virginia University is described as an example of a successful applied graduate program. (JMF)

Discusses standards and methods for evaluating graduate programs in speech communication, with emphasis on doctoral programs. Includes a discussion of characteristics of program quality and suggestions for internal and external review. (JMF)

Reviews current issues in graduate education as applied to speech communication disciplines. Discusses current enonomic trends as well as the issue of academic rigor versus professionalism. Briefly reviews nine recent book-length publications on graduate instruction. (JMF)

Presents samples of entries from the ERIC database concerned with the design and administration of graduate programs in three clusters: (1) General Studies; (2) Of, By, and For Students; and (3) Speech Communication and Employability. (JMF)

Examines advantages, disadvantages, and preliminary assessments of the training model and the consulting/training (CONTRA) model approaches to providing oral communication instruction in Oral Communication across the Curriculum programs. Recommends the CONTRA model. (SR)

Describes the approach taken by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to communication-across-the-curriculum courses and programs. (SR)

Describes the Structured Model of Competency-Based Instruction, an instructional model designed for performance-based, hybrid basic communication courses, and based in part on the Personalized System of Instruction. (SR)

Reviews court cases regarding copyright ownership of student-produced videos. Makes recommendations concerning a contract between school and student acknowledging the student's copyright but granting the school a nonexclusive license to air the program. Presents a prototype of such a contract. (SR)

Examines Edward Miner Gallaudet's speech, "Remarks on the Combined System," to illustrate the power of the rhetorical knowledge thesis to account for paradoxes in Gallaudet's discourse on educating the deaf student. Contends that Gallaudet offered his remarks to preserve his ideas for a later age when they might receive sympathetic treatment. (SR)

Presents a review of several self-report instruments assessing leadership style, that are useful as instructional tools in the communication classroom to teach various leadership concepts and their strengths and weaknesses. (SR)