Frequency of rule violations was tabulated for two mildly mentally retarded and two learning disabled males (ages 9-11). All four received social skills training, and two additionally received contingency management intervention. Post-intervention data on rule violations and teacher approval ratings for observed social skills yielded mixed…

A University of Maryland panel on drug abuse hopes its report on drug policies, enforcement, and education will become a prototype for other colleges and universities. It uses four approaches to combat substance abuse: education and counseling, discipline, drug testing, and law enforcement. (MSE)

While business administration educators are increasingly using computers for instruction, incorporating administrative computing into course content and classroom activity, requiring computer literacy of students, adding courses in high-technology management, and creating departments of management information systems, no general theory of…

Elementary school children displaying high rates of classroom disruption--"acting-out"--were given the Bender Gestalt pre- and posttreatments. Treatments consisted of contingency management, while a control group received an eclectic procedure. All experimental students and half of the control group showed significant drops in rates of…

Two hundred and four elementary and secondary public school teachers and student teachers were presented with an inventory of potentially stressful school situations in five categories. Analysis of data revealed that elementary school teachers reported significantly higher levels of stress than secondary school teachers. (Author/LMO)

The managerial behavior of academic department chairpersons and nonacademic unit managers across 140 colleges and universities were compared. Faculty and administrators completed questionnaires that profiled their formal leader's behavior, their work group characteristics, and their personal satisfaction. (Author/MLW)

Describes the development of a written policy of school conduct and discipline for a school district with students in grades K-6. Focuses on the district's efforts to incorporate student input in policy formation by conducting meetings between student representatives and the school superintendent. (KH)

A table outlining faculty members' summer-school earnings presents data by discipline group and type of institution, by discipline group and rank, and by type of institution and rank. (MLW)

Examines three cases in which nurses were relatively unsuccessful in improving the qualities of maternal caregiving. Emphasis is given to understanding psychological and social factors within the family that interfered with the nurses' efforts to promote positive parental caregiving. (Author/AS)

Suggestions for improving teacher education are offered in a review of the current status of professional education in contemporary society. The need for more cooperative efforts in planning and implementation between educational theorists and practitioners is discussed. (DF)

A school discipline survey form was mailed to 324 principals in 18 randomly selected states representing the nine U.S. Census districts. Results indicated widespread use of corporal punishment with students at every grade level. The use of corporal punishment across demographic, administrative/procedural, and administrative opinion variables in…

Educational trends and practices in geography instruction at the secondary and college levels in Australia are examined and features that can make geography a core element in Australia's reformed educational system are discussed. (RM)

A study of the comparability of standards used for awarding first degrees with distinction in Israeli universities found considerable diversity among universities, faculties, and major subject departments of the social sciences. (Author/MSE)

Joan Wallach Scott, the second woman invited to join the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study, sees her appointment as significant to the field of women's studies. Scott is looking forward to seeing how the questions about gender can be raised in relation to other people's work at the institute. (MLW)

Highlights research which analyzes administrative response to unsatisfactory faculty performance at 158 western public community colleges. Results showed a narrow range of strategies used by administrators to respond to hypothetical personnel situations, with dismissal and counseling most used. (AYC)