Analyzes the role of mentorship in the career development of home economics professionals. Established professionals who willingly serve as sponsors will enable home economists to demonstrate leadership skills and set direction for the profession. (JOW)

Gives an overview of creativity by defining it, characterizing the creative person, and identifying ways in which to encourage its development, such as providing creative role models, maintaining a safe and secure environment, avoiding criticism, communicating, and remaining flexible. (DC)

Developing mentor relationships is a vital activity and one that should be encouraged as a conscious professional practice. (Author)

The social power theory of parental identification was supported. Perceived outcome-control power was the weakest power variable and perceived referent power was generally the strongest variable. Lack of consistent patterning of parental identification by sex of adolescent and parent is evidenced. (Author)

Both young women seniors and graduate students at the University of Florida considered it important to develop a personal relationship with a role model, especially one who had successfully combined professional and family roles. Mentors were also identified as important. (Author)

Novels about American higher education are examined to discover the images of college and university presidents projected through fiction. Fictive presidents are found to be vain, ambitious, hyperaggressive, failures at coping with crises, and--in contrast to fictive faculty--either uninterested or unsuccessful in extracurricular sexual…

Race, academic achievement, locus of control, and general self-esteem influenced the responsiveness of 167 sixth grade students to four modeling conditions. The complexity of the relationships demands further research. (Author/RL)

The author argues that recurring themes in the literature of Afro American women do not reflect heroism, hope, and liberation for Black people and suggests that writers take inspiration from the experiences of Black men and women who were politically active during the civil rights period. (EB)

Discusses current role models for residence hall staffing and promotes the avuncular model rather than the in loco parentis. However, because of the students' levels of maturity, a nurturing staff model is chosen to allow students to develop individual responsibility for their behavior. (BEF)

A male preschool teacher describes his experiences and discusses the role of male teachers in early childhood education. (SB)

This paper speculates on conceptual problems that must be at least partially resolved before empirical or pedagogical studies on the impact of role-playing on children's moral education can be undertaken. (MM)

Profiles Anna Kasov, veteran high school chemistry teacher disturbed by society's messages that chemistry is not women's work. Kasov tries to create an emotionally safe classroom atmosphere for both sexes. She suggests that teachers model intellectual risk-taking, encourage students to play with ideas, require students to treat classmates'…

Malcolm X Academy, a public K-8 elementary school in Detroit, Michigan, was created to save the city's young black males from the perils of academic failure, drugs, and violence. Even though girls now comprise 15% of the student body, the school's primary mission remains helping young black males. Students' reading and math test scores are far…

This memoir describes Jackie Robinson's historic career as the first black player in major league baseball, emphasizing his courage and determination in the face of racism, and recounting the background to his entry into baseball. (SLD)