Discrepancy-Score Approach, a technique developed and tested over a three year period, allows school districts to determine their perceived educational needs. (MB)

Members of the legal profession are going to be cautious in recommending statutes granting privileged communication to counselors. However, in the opinion of the author, after certain inconsistencies have been cleared up concerning how and where information is distributed, counselors should make efforts to secure the protection of legal authority.…

A systematic approach to statewide evaluation of career guidance, counseling and placement. (Editor)

Booklets that explain how to grow a peanut plant, save the bald eagle, or make jewelry from rice are available free or at minimal cost to schools. Seventeen sources of materials are listed. They cover such diverse topics as geology, wildlife, the sea and water, food, and crafts. (PP)

Provides references and addresses to obtain information to help in the purchase, care, and showing of guinea pigs (cavies). Includes line drawings of six common guinea pigs suitable for class use. (JM)

A study involving 2,000 8th and 11th grade students showed that males and females appear to be different in their news knowledge and news acquisition habits. Boys knew more about national and international events than girls, watched more television news, and read newspapers more often. (RM)

Compares and evaluates the databases covering the literature of sports and recreation. Discusses information scatter in the discipline, exhaustivity of coverage within particular databases, and search strategies, vocabulary control, and database overlap. Included are nine data tables and four appendices illustrating search results. (JL)

Argues that effective library service must provide access to a broad and unrestricted store of both traditional and popular information materials to serve the educational and informational needs of the public. Extensive lists of literary and audio resources for popular materials are provided, as well as 16 references. (RAA)

Australian secondary students were asked to list five crimes they had heard of, their source of information, and their views on appropriate punishment. A systematic relationship was found between these three elements. Justifications made for mitigating circumstances were analyzed for type of crime and by attribution theories. (Author/SJL)

Describes four types of decisions concerning admissions policies for allied health programs: (1) refining applicant evaluation criteria; (2) identifying information sources whose data can be quantified; (3) transforming these data into measurable form; and (4) conducting evaluation of admission criteria. (Author/CT)

Studies of the diffusion of new ideas within many disciplines are important to both technological and agricultural societies. Long-accepted concepts of information diffusion are being questioned and new approaches are being called for. (Author/RE)

A synthesis of critical advancement concerns is presented: leadership-based advancement; clarity of purpose; marketing to advance; selling the small college; comprehensive financial development; the advancement process; and using consultants wisely. Sources for additional information are provided. (MLW)

Discusses the problems involved in locating information sources that provide evaluative reports, summaries, and/or reviews of print and nonprint materials. Guides to selection processes and to reviewing sources are reviewed, as well as tools for accessing information through manual and computerized searching, sources for media information, and for…