There are numerous factors associated with successful reentry, but one that has not yet been addressed is financial behavior after release. This study used a primary data set collected in the fall of 2017. The theory of planned behavior was applied to investigate post-release financial behavioral intentions of men and women approaching return to…

The Quiet Time program provides a 15-min period at the beginning and end of the school day where students may practice Transcendental Meditation (TM) or another quiet activity such as reading silently to oneself. This study examined the impact of participating in Quiet Time on ninth-grade students (n?=?141) by comparing their outcomes to those of…

Allowing nonschool organizations to provide sex education in a released-time format would disestablish state-funded sex education and give families a choice in the sex education that would be provided for their children. Released-time programs, as originally conceived and currently practiced, allow students to be released for a period of time…

This study involved administering two rating forms (student self-rating on commitment and student rating of teacher rapport) to approximately 1,400 secondary students taught by 12 different teachers at two different high school Latter-day Saint (LDS) released time seminaries along the Wasatch Front in Utah. Seminaries and Institutes of Religion…

Author reviews Student Use of Unscheduled Time,'' by Walter J. Foley, Gordon C. Harr, and Larry Smiley (Iowa Educational Information Center), and Comparing Block Scheduling and Traditional Scheduling on Student Achievement and Attitudes,'' by Adrian P. Van Mondrans, James L. Schott, and Denny G. French (paper presented at the convention of the…

The purpose of this report is to compare part-time day release and block release schemes available to apprentices and trainees in the engineering industry. (Block release provides for one or more periods of continuous attendance at college for study and workshop instruction; one session does not exceed 18 weeks.) The main focus is on educational…

Postgraduate education in gerontology is now widespread within European universities, but, even so, such developments remain very uneven. This paper outlines the variety of provision by describing Master's programmes in a sample of countries: England, Scotland, Finland, and Spain. These programmes illustrate some of the common problems: lack of…

The present study is a nationwide survey of study-release programs in the United States. Study-release attempts to bring the inmate back into the community by providing him with educational skills that are important and highly valued in achievement-oriented modern societies. (Author)

Three patterns of induction for probationary teachers are described and some of their effects compared. Two experimental groups had some release-time from teaching duties, with only one group subject to supervision during the release-time; a control group had no release time. Generally, giving practitioners 20 per cent release time is supported.…

Sex differences in faculty members' use of and evaluation of sabbaticals and leaves taken at a large research university were examined. Attention was directed to sex differences in two faculty programs: a competitive leave program, established in 1954, which awards faculty a leave for one quarter at full pay; and a noncompetitive sabbatical…

A survey was made of training programs for younger office employees in Great Britian and other European countries; employees were categorized as secretaries, typists, machine operators, cashiers, clerks, and professional trainees. In Britain, just over 8% of the under-21 age group were receiving formal training; about 7% were getting day release;…