This paper examines the characteristics and status of China's primary school teachers and their ability, as members of the intelligentsia, to exert political influence in the formation of educational policy. It is concluded that, in periods when educational policy is of high concern, these teachers have little influence. (SJL)

Educational media professionals were asked to rank-order individuals, positions, institutions, and journals in the general field of instructional technology for this survey of 350 members of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Responses to the six questions designed to determine centers of influence and prestige…

The contrasts between the medical model and the teaching model in public education are so great that medical malpractice principles are not a reliable guide to an emerging law of educational malpractice. (Author/IRT)

As part-time faculty are employed in increasing numbers by institutions, questions of their legal status arise. In the areas of individual rights and freedoms of teachers, status in terms of tenure, promotion, contract renewal, and compensation (salary and benefits), all long-standing inequities in the treatment of part-time faculty, must be…

Experienced and preservice teachers agreed about the importance of the school psychologist and the appropriateness of referral problems. Analysis of ratings revealed that experienced teachers had a more negative opinion of the school psychologist's functioning when compared to their novice counterparts. (Author)

The decision will have little impact on public universities in those states that have public employee bargaining statutes expressly including university faculty members. However, it may provide ammunition for anticollective bargaining forces in states where the legislatures are considering whether to extend collective bargaining to university…

Academic inbreeding--selecting former students of an institution to its faculty--was found to be prevalent in graduate schools of social work, but not related to an institution's ranking on measures of prestige, scholarly or professional productivity, and teaching quality. It was concluded that inbreeding is not predictive of institutional or…

A 1966 American Association of University Professors policy statement, which is a general exposition of the responsibilities of professors, is provided. The statement sets forth general standards as a reminder of the variety of obligations assumed by all members of the profession. (Author/MLW)

Presents a model for generating knowledge that will allow the student personnel workers to understand and to intervene in environments they consider important. Examples of created knowledge are presented. (Author)

The university research administrator, whose position and role cut across all levels of administration, is responsible for the administration of millions of federal/nonfederal dollars. A profile of university research administrators taken from the Society of Research Administrators membership is provided and professionalization is discussed. (MLW)

Discusses organizational strength, teacher strikes, collective bargaining and negotiations, and political action as forms of teacher militancy that are linked with increasing professionalism. Concludes that teachers have been able to improve their professional status in recent years largely because of growing activism. (Author/GC)

Residents in psychiatry undergo the process of professional socialization during which they assimilate the values and normative behavior of their professional group. The areas of this process that create problems for Black residents are outlined and alternatives to the present experience encountered in most programs are suggested. (Author/JMD)

This study of a particular group of university professors examined the occupational roles of those who are most successful in their careers and recognized as "good professors" in university circles. Focus was on major role activities, outlook on university reform and higher education expansion, disciplinary and institutional…

Faculty assessment is defined in terms of research, service, and teaching. Several types of reward systems are also discussed including faculty appointments, tenure, salaries, recognition, and the personal approach. It is emphasized that each institution must develop its own processes for encouraging excellence. (LBH)

The background of the current lack of concern with faculty attitudes when planning instructional improvement programs is reviewed. Data from a survey of faculty attitudes on one campus indicate a need to rethink the basic model of instructional development as currently used. (Author/LBH)