This study attempts to present, evaluate and explain available data relative to the determination of differences in role-definition between principals and counselors. The author addresses his study to the question--to what extent is the viability of the guidance program in schools affected by role-definition and comprehension, and communication…

This report is an attempt to add to the existing information about cannabis use, its correlates, and its effects. The sample population consisted of self-admitted abusers of various drugs, identified shortly after entering the Air Force. The subjects (N=4688) were located through the Drug Control Office at Lackland Air Force Base. Variables…

The purpose of the study was to investigate and determine: (1) how key administrators of accredited Florida postsecondary educational institutions perceived specific compositional and structure features, functions, and authorities of a Florida State Postsecondary Education Commission (1202 commission) and (2) if there existed sufficient consensus…

In order to evaluate the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges program at the University of South Carolina, a brief opinionnaire was developed to sample student opinions concerning the program. During early March 1974, the opinionnaire was sent along with a self-addressed, campus-return envelope to the leaders of all 161…

This document reports on an investigation which surveyed process analysis and documentation concepts, practices, and standards in light of the need for communicating the processes and outcomes of educational research and development. The survey demonstrated that the areas of impartial process analysis and documentation are both important and…

Strong, Hendel and Bratton (1971) found that counselors, in relation to psychiatrists, were perceived by students as warm, friendly, and polite people to talk with, although not very bright or knowledgeable. The design of the present study is based on the assumption that the title, "counselor," is too generic. The study compares perceptions held…

Departments are characterized according to the heterogeneity of the faculty's research interests. The study examines the extent to which department performance and satisfaction are related to the heterogeneity of the faculty. ACE rating, teaching effectiveness, and faculty satisfaction with five facets of the department are employed as criteria.…

This report documents the operational efforts of State Research Coordinating Units in the United States and Puerto Rico for the first six months of the 1973 fiscal year. The purpose of the report is to provide information which will serve to alert project directors, vocational leaders, and educators to the research and developmental activities…

Two linear workload models of the University of California have been developed which can be used to forecast the university's demand for faculty. Both utilize a matrix of faculty input coefficients to transform a vector of student enrollment projections into a forecast of required faculty members. The purpose of the present investigation was…

This document is a report on the activities of the Council for Cultural Co-Operation (CCC) and Cultural Fund for 1972. The CCC is briefly defined as being designed to reinforce educational and cultural cooperation among the 21 countries of the CCC, especially in matters of research, information, and documentation. The document is composed of…

Military-sponsored research on the university campus has been a major issue during the past several years. Opposition has come from radicals, who wish to destroy the university itself, to critics, who feel such activities take needed funds and personnel from the more important task of solving our nation's social problems. These viewpoints and the…

The compilation of research in agricultural education includes abstracts of nineteen studies completed at Ohio State University during the 1972-73 year. Nine of the completed studies represent staff research and ten represent doctoral theses. They are arranged alphabetically by author and indexed by subject. A list of the forty-six Studies in…

In an alphabetical listing by States, the report summarizes the research activities of the State Research Coordinating Units (RCU's) conducted under Section 131 (6) of Part C of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 during the first six months of fiscal year 1973. The report's purpose is to provide information that will assist States to be…

Over the last decade the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) has stimulated and sponsored research related to the status, problems, and future prospects of Mexican Americans in Texas. This document lists the over 40 reports which were part of 6 TAES research projects. It also contains relevant TAES and Texas A&M research reports…

Hypotheses about person-environment congruency, consistency, and differentiation from Holland's theory of careers were tested. Subjects were 1,878 students from one college and one university who had been given the "Self-Directed Search" (SDS) before their freshman year followed by a satisfaction questionnaire at one or three years…