Describes the situation of Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, two years after librarians were given faculty status and comparable faculty rankings. Discussions include promotion, workload, sabbaticals, research, and collective bargaining. (JVP)

Criticizes Elihu Katz's understanding of professionalism in media journalism as used in his report to the British Broadcasting Corporation (on social research on broadcasting), on the grounds that reporting the news should not be the agent for legitimizing the event. (JMF)

Explores some of the reasons why women should seriously consider accounting as a major course of study in college. (Author/RK)

Cosmopolitanism and localism are examined as they relate to professionalism. These concepts are identified as two separate reference group orientations and are discussed in terms of how they combine to provide a basis for obtaining the autonomy necessary to professionals. (TA)

Bureaucratic orientations and autonomy have significant linear and curvilinear relations with attitude measures of ideal of service and dedication to teaching. Bureaucratic orientations and the professional attitudes of teachers need not be in conflict if schools increase the autonomy allowed teachers. (Author/IRT)

Describes Richard Egielski, the author's friend and collaborator, beginning with details of his youth and touching on his technique for illustrating children's books. (NKA)

Statements, goals, and recommendations of the Holmes Group are compared with resolutions and statements of belief of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. (MT)

The study collected data from 807 college presidents and chief academic officers regarding the importance of faculty involvement in various forms of continuing education in decisions related to tenure, promotion, and salary. Results indicate that such involvement does count in the faculty reward structure and its influence should increase. (CH)

Arguments against national teacher certification are reviewed and summarized. The author, dean of a teachers college, presents an argument in favor of national certification, citing teacher empowerment and political realities as central justifications. (JL)

The author, the first female president of the Association of Continuing Higher Education, comments on the current status of women in that organization. Her history of women's involvement begins with the members' spouses who attended the meetings. She also discusses a 1975 survey on women in continuing higher education. (CH)

Addresses the concept of mentoring as a career enhancement strategy for women. Discusses networking-mentoring, characterized by a series of contacts between people in which each plays the role of mentor and protege at different times and to different degrees; and grooming-mentoring, the special assistance provided by a more experienced…

The study explored the frequency with which authors were cited in the most recent edition of "Therapeutic Exercise," an internationally recognized text in physical therapy. Citation trends across three editions were also used as an index of long-term professional influence. Implications for the physical therapy profession are discussed.…

The author discusses two significant directions taken by nursing that appear to have governed the profession's transition from self-confidence to obsessive self-scrutiny. These are the decision to seek legitimacy for the profession within the university and the unquestioning acceptance of Flexner's description of professions. (CT)

Depicts the late Gordon F. Hostettler as seen through the eyes of a Master's candidate. Describes how Hostettler fostered the growth of the Speech Department at Temple University. Discusses his greatest legacy to the speech communication profession contained in his work "Speech as a Liberal Study." (JD)