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)

Attempts to explain the basis for criticisms of comparative education and to demonstrate some valuable progress toward meeting them. Describes the efforts of the I.E.A. project to compare educational achievement in different countries. (Author/RK)

Veteran/students employed under the VA Work-Study Program at Harrisburg Area Community College serve as peer counselors and perform other veterans affairs related work to benefit veterans. In addition to the monetary reward of employment, VA Work-Study students increase their grade point average significantly. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the drug interests of junior high school students utilizing a questionnaire. Results suggest that students were most interested in the topic of illicit drugs and indicated less interest in the topics of commercial, over the counter, herbal, and prescription drugs. (Author)

Research investigates three- to five-year olders understanding of disability in other children. The results indicate that four- to five-year olds significantly favored the ablebodied children over the disabled child. (Author)