The 1978 ASEE Chemical Engineering Division Lecturer was Theodore Vermeulen of the University of California at Berkeley. Other chemical engineers who received awards or special recognition at a recent ASEE annual conference are mentioned. (BB)

A survey of health professionals reveals that health educators are not highly regarded in the system of health care; this article discusses how they may obtain higher prestige. (JD)

A study attempted to determine the extent of actual disagreement among adult educators over the definition of "professionalism" and to examine assumptions underlying the ideological debate. Data on adult educators' attitudes toward professionalism were gathered. Subjects strongly supported "more professionalism" for adult…

The president of the American Federation of Teachers discusses what educational reform involving the professionalization of teaching and differentiated staffing will mean to teachers. (MT)

Critiques five novels by James Salter--THE HUNTERS, THE ARM OF FLESH, A SPORT AND A PASTIME, LIGHT YEARS, and SOLO FACES. Notes that Salter's works have been ignored by literary critics and the public though praised by other authors. (MM)

Secretarial positions are no longer dead ends. There are a number of ways to move up within the secretarial ranks or into management. (JOW)

Describes the National Art Education Association's Awards Program: its purposes, awards categories, nomination requirements, and winner selection procedures. Includes an awards nomination form for the 1988 program. (GEA)

The longitudinal relationship between quality and quantity of productive output is examined over the careers of 10 recipients of the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award using four alternative models (expertise-acquisition, youthful-enthusiasm, peak-age, and constant-probability-of-success). The results endorsed the…

The ten finalists for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's annual Professor of the Year award are listed. Their descriptions of the teacher who most influenced them during their undergraduate years, and the reasons, are presented. (MSE)

This paper argues that both the Holmes Group Report, "Tomorrow's Teachers," and responses to it overlook two major issues: (1) the ends to which the educational reform effort is directed, and (2) the definition of the term "profession" and its derivatives. (MT)

Interviews Jerome Frank, psychologist and psychiatrist, about his personal development, significant others, professional contributions, the psychotherapeutic professions, and his commitment to nuclear disarmament. (Author/ABB)

The Report of the Carnegie Task Force on Teaching as a Profession is discussed with emphasis on the proposal to create a national professional standards board, so that board certification examinations would be administered by the profession. (MT)

How society views teachers and teacher education is important because how a phenomenon is seen often influences the reality of that phenomenon. Professional status is important because of its effect on the quality and character of teaching and learning in schools. (MT)

Surveyed male and female psychiatric administrators. Results revealed that men often failed to realize that women are disadvantaged by such things as lack of mentors, sexism, and inflexible laws. Suggests several approaches to investigate the number of qualified women in administration and calls for additional research to better understand such…

This article is a response to "The Holmes Group Report: Impetus for Gaining Professional Status for Teachers" (Case, Lainner, and Miskel) It argues that Case and coauthors fail to prove that their concept of professionalism supports the major recommendations of the Holmes Group Report. (MT)