Admissions professionals need to be aware of the legal framework in which they are expected to function. Recent litigation has focused on acts of omission on the part of college administrators. (Author)

Measured the impact of a six-month organization development (OD) effort with a top management group in a large state government organization. The data demonstrated that OD in the public sector can result in mild to moderate improvement in role clarity, collaboration, and communication effectiveness among participants. (Author)

Presents a program for lifelong learning which (1) advocates communication education for the elderly; (2) specifies communication concepts related to the older learner, including self-concept, role adaptation, and problem solving; (3) explains appropriate instructional methods; and (4) offers pedagogical advantages of this type of program for…

A study was done to determine how school nurse practitioners apply skills learned in training programs to their daily activities and to provide a greater understanding of their relationship to consulting physicians. Results indicate that the nurses' perceptions provide useful data on time allocation but do not give a good estimate of patient care…

In a clinical experience program, each nursing student was to select one school-age client with a chronic impairment and develop a nursing care plan. Both the teaching staff and nursing students found the program to be beneficial. (JN)

Findings for couples (N=119) show wife's work, money, and spare time low between-spouse correlations are due in part to random measurement error. Suggests that increasing reliability of measures by creating multi-item indices can also increase correlations. Car purchase, vacation, and child discipline were not accounted for by random measurement…

Two studies demonstrate that teachers' views of administrative behavior have profound implications for the reactions of teachers to school policy matters in general and to evaluations of their teaching in particular. (Editor)

Respondents had generally positive attitudes toward retirement, possibly due to preplanning, financial security, and flexibility. Education for retirement must begin early in a woman's career to combat loneliness and possible financial problems. (JAC)

Client perception of effective health counselor behavior characteristics are identified. Implications for current health counseling processes, and for the training of future health counselors are noted. (JMF)

Sixty-four university art students identified themselves as "art student,""marginal," or "professional artist" and provided information on age, sex, art and academic experiences, and parental factors. Consistent with the professionalization model of occupational socialization, all these factors, except parents and years of formal art training,…

This study of 73 children sought to determine if children's perceptual comprehension of numerals is higher when they are shown symmetrical rather than asymmetrical arrangements of pegs, and if comprehension scores related to age, sex, and/or social class. The main hypothesis was rejected but some age and class differences were found. (SJL)

Findings reported here suggest that although cultural background is significantly related to children's reported behavioral dispositions, perceived parental acceptance-rejection accounts for a larger portion of the variance in children's self-reported behavioral dispositions than does culture. (Author)

Discusses the theoretical foundation for Ferguson's correlation between speed in detecting syntactic errors in written English and acquisition of the listening comprehension skill. A detailed analysis of Ferguson's procedure is given along with references to other pertinent literature. The original conclusions are questioned. (AMH)

Microteaching is an effective teacher education technique because of its: (1) precision; (2) simplicity; (3) low pressures; (4) low threats; (5) potential for experimentation; (6) adaptability; (7) replicability; and (8) ability to be controlled. (CMJ)