This annotated bibliography was compiled to facilitate work in the development of a data base on women's education and career development. Primary emphasis was on research conducted during the last decade. Most of the publications abstracted are based on empirical research. However, included are some historical accounts, policy papers, and…

Reported are the proceedings of the Annual College-Industry Conference. A total of 28 papers is presented around the general theme: "Problems in Engineering Education Today." The headings of six sessions are: Continuing Education, Engineering and Management Joint Programs, The Growing Spectrum of Technical Education, Academic Industrial Interface,…

Discusses a survey sent to 119 RN (registered nursing) students enrolled in a BSN (bachelor of science in nursing) program which revealed much unresolved ambivalence about the meaning of "professional" nursing and the need for the BSN; suggests that a major problem in nursing today is the professional/technical controversy that must be settled for…

Examines the following issues: Options of and barriers to professionalizing the adult basic education (ABE) position, gaining status and respectability in the university and college environment, making ABE a viable part of the adult education program, and future role of the professor in ABE. (Author/SH)

Reveals a researched and developed news story regarding radiation at the United States Embassy in Moscow by two student journalists that scooped the professional news media. (MB)

Predicts a change in the status of professionals in various fields, including doctors, architects, teachers, engineers, sanitarians, and agricultural agents. Explains how the professional-client relationship is threatened by bureaucratization, democratization, and the explosion of technical knowledge. (Author/AV)

Proposes that the advancement of professionalism in vocational education must start at the local level with local vocational directors playing a key leadership role in an effort to unify and improve each state's professional organization. (BM)

The author investigates and defines the role that nurses have played in the origin and growth of American school nursing and, based upon this investigation, proposes a future role for nurses serving school health programs. (MB)

Surveys literature related to the study and teaching of anthropology and its component subfields. Concludes that anthropology began to emerge as a distinct discipline in the last half of the nineteenth century. The debate on the nature of anthropology continued well into the early decades of this century, while the formal teaching of anthropology…

Analyzes major stress-producing components of professional clinical child care and describes some aspects of the widespread "burn-out" phenomenon. Discusses the role of emerging child care associations in addressing the problem through various stress-moderating techniques, colleague support and training programs. (BF)

The Australian colleges of advanced education have been developed since the mid-1960's mainly on the initiative of the federal government to create a separate sector of higher education parallel to the universities. They illustrate "academic drift," a process whereby non-university institutions aspire to become more like universities,…

An innovative program, the Office for Women in Medicine, (OWM), at Yale University School of Medicine, aids professional women in overcoming some of the barriers that they face in the traditionally male-dominated medical profession. (Author/LBH)

Statistical findings show that (1) women faculty publish somewhat less than men; (2) there is no evidence that child rearing is related to the number of publications of academic women; and (3) there is no evidence that child rearing decreases the probability of a woman academic being classified as "outstanding" by her peers. (Author/LBH)

The professional model of teaching currently being advocated cannot resolve the dilemma of the teacher's role in American society because it does not address issues of gender inherent in both the model and the role. Ways to develop an alternative model are suggested. (Author/MT)