A teacher who feels secure, wanted, and recognized by the administration and the community, who is provided with adequate working conditions, including small classes and effective work space, and who is supported and encouraged to travel, study, and experiment is likely to behave in a highly professional manner and be very productive. (LRA)

Examines causes and effects of teacher stress. Discusses (1) security--safety from loss of job or income, from bodily harm, and from criticism of one's values; (2) sociability--giving and receiving affection, and compatability; and (3) status--feelings of self-esteem, social worth, and prestige and standing in the profession. (CT)

Standards of competence and ethics are seen as needed in college development. Basic characteristics of professionalism for development officers are identified: industry, resourcefulness, personal resilience and perspective, assertiveness, respect for academic principles, a deep conviction about the merit of individual institutions, a knowledge of…

Counselors are attempting to establish their professional identity in a psychological society. That identity will be established by building on a distinguished heritage and taking directions chosen on the basis of service to counselees. (Author)

Instead of being encouraged to act in a professional manner, graduate students are continually reminded of their professional inferiority by the English department. (HOD)

A dialogue addressing future issues in health education which require attention today is presented. (JD)

Investigated professional activities of members of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Participants perceived themselves most involved with short-term, goal-directed counseling and program development and least involved with research and working with paraprofessionals. Subjects' interests indicate a…

Counselor education programs will be under increasing pressure in the next decade. Licensing laws, the requirements of third party vendors and a changing job market will cause restructuring or elimination of current programs. Flight, fight, accommodation, and professionalization are considered as ways of coping with this threat. (Author)

Describes the status of educational administration as a field of study, and the methods of selecting and training principals. (IRT)

Advocates pursuit of service to the public rather than autonomy of practice as the proper professional goal of librarians. This article explores the tensions between professional attributes and the bureaucratic demands of the organizational environment. (Author/RAA)

Suggestions are given for promoting the growth of teachers as professional by providing time for reflection and a support network of in-service education. (MP)

The author examines the pros and cons of certification in postsecondary industrial education. (HD)

An examination of the rewards to full-time, male faculty at American universities in two fields, economics and education, showed that publishers are more highly rewarded than their unpublished colleagues, economists receiving more than those in education. Outstanding teaching is apparently not rewarded but public service and administrative skills…

In order to expose graduate students to issues confronting and being confronted by nursing, the Great Debate was conceived at the University of Alabama School of Nursing (Birmingham). For two years, in the fall quarter, approximately 65 students in five major clinical specialty areas, by exploring current issues, have engaged in two 2-hour debate…