This campus environmental design project represents a primary preventive approach to mental health, focused on the positive modification of environmental stressors. (Author)

A study is conducted to determine whether on-campus interviews really are valuable to the graduating student. In general, the results indicate a positive evaluation of the on-campus interviewing process. (Author)

Drawing on ethical principles and general ethical rules governing aspects of human research, this article identifies and analyzes ethical problems distinctive to biomedical and behavioral research with aged subjects. Policy recommendations governing research in the aged are offered along with an agenda for an extensive research project in this…

This paper reports results of a survey of elderly persons in a predominantly blue collar, New England town. Data about psychological distress and its relationship to demographic and social interaction characteristics are explored. Mental health services were not reaching elderly in need; there was minimal utilization of other helping services.…

Reports results of a study investigating reference group orientations of industrially employed professionals. Sample included 128 engineers and 51 scientists, divided into four personnel types: locals, cosmopolitans, local/cosmopolitans, and uncommitted. Through a questionnaire, respondents reflected their level of commitment to a variety of…

Survey of 2,144 junior and senior secondary school students examining who influenced decisions about education and career. Results demonstrate influence of various sources differs by age and sex of students. Suggestions made for counselors to make more effective use of their time and energy. (Author)

The Progress Assessment Chart was given to 19 group home residents (20 to 54 years old) recently placed from a regional mental retardation facility and their matched control counterparts who had remained at the institution. (Author)

In the 10th annual report to Congress, the National Science Board identifies the limitations and unpredictability of funding as being major barriers to the optimum conduct and support of basic research. (MA)

Combining data gathered in a survey of Japanese women's attitudes toward their various roles with the findings of a comparative study of childrearing and child behavior in Japan and the United States, the present paper examines how social structural and cultural variables affect Japanese women's maternal values and behavior. (Author)

Assessed academic advisers', resident assistants', and student personnel workers' perceptions of counseling referral process. Referral Process Inventory was used to assess four areas related to referral process. Results indicated different perceptions of referral between groups and need for greater consultation and information about referral…

A subset of data from a larger investigation on the achievement processes of youth was analyzed in two phases to describe disabled and nondisabled tenth-grade students on certain sociodemographic variables, high school curriculum track assignment, self-concept dimensions, and educational and occupational aspirations. (Author)

High school juniors and seniors were interviewed to ascertain the effects of participation in the vocational education curricula. A comparison of the attitudes of students participating in vocational education programs and academic programs revealed the former to hold themselves in low esteem and to attach little value to their education. (Author)

An individual evaluation is presented of a Fellowship in Residence at the University of Cincinnati in 1975-76, which was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The experience consisted of independent research and a seminar entitled "Approaches to German Prose Fiction." Recommendations for future seminars are offered. (SW)

Describes a U.S.-Egyptian workshop for chemists held in Cairo to formulate research, development, and education projects between the two countries. (SL)

A tentative structure for a survey concerned with assessing the whole range of outcomes of school mathematics education is outlined. The structure provides for surveying content categories, process categories, and attitudes, utilizing practical manipulative problems. (MN)