A descriptive account of influences on careers of black youth in the metro-east area, based on a relatively upwardly mobile group, shows the influence of family over teachers, counselors, and other nonrelatives on youth in their educational and occupational careers, and the educational and occupational deprivation of local black families in the…

This report by the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women studied such subjects as employment practices and policies; Illinois labor laws; the family and the employed woman; nondiscriminatory education; and expanded programs to help women as wives, mothers and workers. Its recommendations briefly include: (1) Illinois ratification of the Equal…

A private corporation conducted a study for the United States Air Force in 1973, investigating the long term effects of drug use on general mental ability. The air force personnel selected for participation in the study were 3741 known drug users and 6772 controls. Subjects received requests to sign a form allowing their high schools to release…

This study was designed to determine whether personality need factors are related to college student satisfaction. Two-hundred twenty-six students in a small, church related college completed instruments designed to measure personality need factors and college student satisfaction. Canonical correlation analysis was used to analyze the student…

In the study of the effectiveness of traditional methods of evaluation (high school GPA and SAT scores) and subjective methods of evaluation (self, peer, parent, counselor, and teacher perceptions) in predicting the academic performance of 47 disadvantaged college freshmen, traditional methods proved inadequate. Among the subjective methods, peer…

This study reexamined the effects of client sex and counselor sex on self-disclosure in a controlled analogue situation using a measure of self-disclosure that would reflect the affective dimension. A secondary aim was to determine if subject evaluation of the interviews would parallel self-disclosure results. An equal number (40) of male and…

A 20 percent random sample of first-time enrolled freshman students at Fort Hays Kansas State College were requested to respond to a three-part questionnaire. Fifty-six items were evaluated regarding the efficiency and influence of the institutions services available to incoming students. Replies were received from 66 percent of the sample. The…

This report is the fifth in a series reporting data from a ten-year longitudinal study of a random sample of the 1966 entering freshman class at State University of New York-Buffalo. Students were asked to describe their reactions to the University experience, attitudes and opinions about the University, involvement in University life, and…

The purpose of the present study was to determine if a procedure could be devised to eliminate the need for a therapist in reinforcing for expressions of affect, feedback, or empathy. Twenty-six male and 22 female undergraduate volunteers were randomly assigned to 12 "human relations" groups, comprising three replications of four conditions: 1.…

This study compares modes of cognitive functioning revealed in student selection of a college major. Students were interviewed in-depth concerning reasons for their choice of majors. Protocol data suggested two distinct modes of thinking were evident on an analytic-intuitive dimension. For operational purposes analytic thinking was defined by…

Information relating to the installation of a PLATO- IV computer terminal is presented. This terminal is connected to the University of Illinois' PLATO system, making it possible for personnel associated with the Computer Aids to Teaching Project to keep in touch with the development of the large-scale PLATO system. Problems associated with the…

This document provides information on financial aid programs and needs of Alabama institutions of higher education. Emphasis is placed on the correlation method--the case for the existence of financial barriers are in Alabama; sources and amounts of financial aid available to meet financial need in Alabama; recipients of financial aid at Alabama…

A series of investigations which simultaneously manipulated parameters of reinforcement and age and sex of children were conducted in order to further describe the learning process in children. In addition, an attempt was made to relate perceived parental discipline to performance in the discrimination learning tasks employed in this research. The…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the leadership behavior of Residence Life staff members, the management styles of the organization and their relationship to each other. Staff members and students within the Residence Life Program at Ohio University comprised the sample used. Staff perceptions on the Profile on Organizational…

The patterns of time and transportation means adopted by the students and staff of the University of Alberta who commute from their residence to campus each week day are reviewed in an effort to assist in the University Long Range Development Plan. Emphasis is placed in the patterns in university commuting and the physical and behavioral aspects…