Describes how the University of Tennessee's "textbook" search for a new president resulted in the debacle of John W. Shumaker, forced to resign amid allegations of financial and ethical improprieties. (EV)

Developed and validated the Ideal Mentor Scale (IMS), a new measure designed to help graduate students consider the qualities they as individuals most value in a potential mentor. Found that two universal qualities were central to students' definitions of a mentor: communication skills and provision of feedback. Three individual differences…

Presents brief annotations of the 30 books (all of them trade books published in 1994) on this year's Young Adult Choices list, chosen by students in five different regions of the United States. (SR)

Presents guidelines for selecting materials for 6- to 8-year-olds in primary school settings involved in four categories of play: social and fantasy play; exploration and mastery play; music, art, and movement play; and gross motor play. Asserts that providing a variety of materials for children's independent activities pursued alone or with peers…

Discusses factors identified by educational facilities managers as critical to selecting roofing systems. Describes the recent trend toward considering energy conservation when selecting roofing materials. (EV)

Describes how colleges are exploring new Web-based strategies for successful roommate pairings. (EV)

Argues that educators' work involves helping kids decide which texts are worth reading and writing, how, where, and to what ends and purposes. Notes that this is an ethical and social responsibility. Suggests that students need a literacy education that provides critical engagements with globalized flows of information, image, text, and discourse.…

Compares textbook software with professional packages such as Peachtree for teaching accounting, in terms of cost, availability, ease of teaching and learning, and applicability. Makes suggestions for choosing accounting software. (SK)

Presents annotations of approximately 30 titles grouped in text sets. Defines a text set as five to ten books on a particular topic or theme. Discusses books on the following topics: living creatures; pirates; physical appearance; natural disasters; and the Irish potato famine. (SG)

Presents annotations of seven books that represent a few of the new volumes dealing with the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks that are available for classrooms and children's libraries. (SG)

Suggests that to be hired usually means that one happens to be the right person at the right place at the right time. Considers that none of the factors that lead to being hired is really in a job candidate's control. Suggests that when interviewing for a position "you just have to be yourself." (SG)

Describes censorship cases that have affected the author while he served on intellectual freedom committees of the International Reading Association and/or the National Council of Teachers of English. Recommends four books as valuable resources for protecting the freedom of teachers and students to have access to materials, and the freedom of all…

Examines the content of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal exam (1980). Finds the content of this exam defective in a number of areas. Notes that the exam creates confusion and makes basic errors in critical thinking, and therefore, lacks content quality in these areas. Recommends the use of several tests, rather than one. (SG)

Features annotations of 13 outstanding nonfiction books that the 2002 Orbis Pictus Award Committee designated as the award winner, honor books, and books of distinction. (SG)

Describes how a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), a centralized maintenance operations database that facilitates work order procedures and staff directives, can help individual school campuses and school districts to manage maintenance. Presents the benefits of CMMS and things to consider in CMMS selection. (EV)