Examines preferences for counselor self-disclosure based on the ethnicity of both the respondent and the counselor for African American and Caucasian students. Results suggested that respondent ethnicity affected preferences for certain types of information about the counselor and that there were interaction effects on preference for disclosure in…

Examined effects of counselor disability on counselor attraction to college students (N=60) using mock counseling interview with counselor-confederate enacting one of three disability conditions: wheelchair-user, blind person, or nondisabled person. Results failed to show either clearly stigmatizing or enhancing effects of counselor disability on…

Eighty-four female nonstutterers examined videotapes of two mild and two severe male stutterers acknowledging and not acknowledging their stuttering. Nonstutterers preferred to interact with acknowledging stutterers and gave them more favorable ratings on intelligence, personality, and appearance. (Author/JDD)

Examines five issues related to females as mentors in higher education: self-disclosure and personal boundaries, nurturing, female authority, conflict and competition, and hierarchy. Considers these issues central to understanding the difficulties women have in the mentoring process. (SK)

A discussion of the testing of new drugs in campus medical facilities reviews the process of federal approval of investigational new drugs, analyzes the implications of the federally mandated institutional review board, and the issues of informed consent and the ethics of human-subject research on campus. (MSE)

Integrates findings of nine studies on workplace experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people into five themes: pervasiveness of discrimination, informal and formal types of discrimination, fear of discrimination, worker openness about sexual orientation, and degree of openness versus concealment. (SK)

Thirty parents were surveyed on problems experienced following disclosure of extrafamilial sexual abuse when the perpetrator was known or related to the family. Findings related to depression, posttraumatic stress, marital satisfaction, relationship to child victims, and loss of significant relationships are discussed. Parental distress and…

Because admissions directors at private colleges do not like to talk about affirmative action policies and practices and are not required to, they are often challenged and criticized. Some admissions officials feel data would be misread or distorted if released. (MSE)

Describes investigation exploring parent-child love attitude similarity among young adult children and parents by assessing demographics, love attitudes, parent-child relationship quality, children's self-disclosure, and parental relationship satisfaction. Results indicate considerable love attitude similarity between marital partners but not…

Although security officials argue a campus is not more dangerous than other places in the community, many say increased and sometimes exaggerated press coverage of campus crimes has caused them to take more time to calm parents. The federal Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act requires disclosure of crime statistics. (MSE)

Two retired university public relations professionals (Ray Colvig and Bob Beyers) are profiled, and their reflections on changes in higher education and campus public relations are offered. Both argue that uncompromising commitment to integrity, support of administration and colleagues, making oneself available, and making academics a priority are…

Of 69 female undergraduates participating in an eating attitudes investigation, 49 reported some form of unwanted sexual experience. Of these, 34 had attempted some form of disclosure, of whom 7 had received an adverse response to disclosure. Adverse response to disclosure was associated with greater levels of psychopathology, particularly oral…

Issues in the disclosure of special education student records and invasion of privacy are discussed. The article reviews what information teachers must disclose and may disclose, what information must be safeguarded, who has access to confidential information, what record of access must be maintained, and what information is not subject to…

Efforts to achieve uniformity in state adoption laws are confronted by a lack of consensus on six major issues: (1) parental consent and interests; (2) children's interests; (3) the nature of the actual adoption transaction; (4) adoptive relationships as substitutes for biological relationships; (5) confidentiality and anonymity; and (6) the…

Investigated role of gender, relational status, and family in perceptions of appropriateness of disclosure of human immunodeficiency virus testing information. Findings from 104 dating couples and 98 married couples indicated that participants discriminated clearly among 3 groups of family members. Individuals reported more desire to disclose to…