This report is the result of a pilot program to seek out ways for developing an educational institution's transportation flow. Techniques and resulting statistics are discussed. Suggestions for additional uses of the information obtained are indicated. (Author)

This paper is an impressionistic appraisal of group counseling as a component of a coordinated approach to college level remediation. Counselors were assigned a group of students who were enrolled in Communication Skills, a course co-sponsored and team taught by the Departments of Compensatory Programs (Reading), English (Writing), and Speech…

This project investigated attitudes of entering freshmen college women in an attempt to learn whether traditional sex-role ideologies were still predominant, and what the career and educational aspiration levels of these young women were. The variables most concerning the authors were career salience, educational and career aspirations, opinions…

This study suggests that the position of department chairman can be viewed from two perspectives: the roles required of the position and the preparation of faculty for these roles. A taxonomy of the major roles of chairmen was provided. Investigation of chairmen's activities in their academic, administrative, and leadership roles permits a better…

Women who are employed receive lower salaries on the average than men. The differences in faculty salaries are investigated in relation to the extent these differences can be explained by relatively objective factors, such as lack of the Ph.D. and differences in performance, and to what extent they appear to be the result of discrimination. Using…

This is the eighth annual report of national normative data on characteristics of students entering college as first-time, fulltime freshmen. Data are based on responses from 189,733 freshmen entering 360 institutions to the Student Information Form (SIF), the survey instrument. The SIF is designed to elicit a wide range of biographic and…

With the profession of Rehabilitation Counseling presently focusing on such major issues as ethics, certification and accreditation, accountability becomes the keyword. This study was conducted to meet the accountability issue for one graduate training program. The program was investigated in three different areas of outcome, utilizing a sample of…

This monograph provides a revised list of research hypotheses and questions, a detailed review of psychological and operational definitions of over fifteen vocational contructs (including such ambiguous concepts as vocational stability and vocational satisfaction), and an overview of projected research procedures. In addition, a comprehensive set…

This study offers a preliminary description of the faculty members at the University of Minnesota who have worked with University Without Walls (UWW) students outside of the conventional classroom setting. The American Council on Education Faculty questionnaire was sent to 141 university faculty members; 53 percent responded. Findings indicated:…

A questionnaire, sent to the chairperson of either the psychology or the sociology department of all colleges and universities in the United States, explored the extent and nature of attitudes about hiring Ph.D. couples in the same department. A total of 2,027 colleges and universities comprised the sample group; however, only 16 percent (329)…

This paper deals with the responses by male and female University of Minnesota students to select items from the 1973-74 Student Services Cards that were distributed during winter quarter registration. The purpose of this paper was to see if there were any differing perceptions between men and women about the services offered by the offices…

This study of career goals, academic objectives and the relation of these to success in the job market involved a series of annual interviews with samples of people representing four different population groups: young men who were 14 to 24 years old in 1966; men who were 45 to 59 years old in 1966; young women who were 14 to 24 years old in 1968;…

This report presents the overview and study of educational programs and employment opportunities in health in Connecticut and in the Northeast. The overview emphasizes recommendations; Connecticut health-related educational programs; Connecticut employment of selected health occupations; projections; state agencies as employer/educator; profiles…

Due process, legal rights, invasion of privacy, right-to-decide, majorities, minorities, pressure groups, individual egos, domain building, selfishness, ignorance, and incompetency are only a few of the considerations facing educators today. School boards, administrators, teachers, support-personnel, and others who come in contact with student…

The purpose of this study is to show the reactions occurring within public school districts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relative to the objectives sought by the youth of the state. These objectives include the eradication of the alienation which presently exists between adults and young people in order that they may work jointly toward…