This study attempted to formulate a method of assessing teachers' affective states that can predict the course of teacher contract negotiations. Researchers attempted to analyze and quantify teachers' feelings of professional role deprivation (PRD) and attitudinal militancy and to assess the relationship between the two. Professional role…

Presented are the proceedings of a 1976 Engineering Foundation Conference sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers and the Engineering Foundation. The format of the conference consists of an informal program of speakers and discussion group meetings dealing with the effective use, development, and advancement of female talent in handling…

The current situation of doctoral research staff in academe is described and the probable trends affecting them are examined. This group is comprised of university-employed Ph.D. scientists and engineers who are considered neither postdoctoral appointees (temporary trainees) nor members of the faculty and who are principally involved in research…

In this attempt to view the approach to adult education in the United States, the dangers and benefits of mingling vocational and non-vocational, credit and noncredit, technical, commercial, and liberal adult education within one institution are presented. Examined also are the status of adult educators within the university, the love of organized…

Counselor education emerged from the period 1965-1968 with a more professional status. As with any developing professions, however, some areas have advanced faster than others. For example, areas such as the evaluation of counselor education programs, problems of professional ethics, and the counseling of children with special problems received…

This book is part of a series for teachers which consists of several short books, each devoted to an essential topic in the field of educational psychology. This volume aims to be a brief, contemporary discussion of the process of becoming a teacher. It is intended not only to be instructive but also to promote in the reader heightened…

Although the roots of university extension activities at the University of British Columbia (UBC) go back further, the extension department was put on a firm basis in 1936, when the Board of Governors appointed Robert England as the first Director of Extension. University extension at UBC has been succeeded by a Center for Continuing Education,…

To assess the impact of police unionism on the operation and administration of police departments, in-depth field surveys of active police unions were conducted in the summer and fall of 1971 in 22 cities where police unions were active. In the summary report the development of police unions is discussed, and the sources and dimensions of union…

Almost 400 annotated citations, mainly to journal articles published from 1969 through 1973, are provided on the status of librarians in higher education. Aspects covered include faculty rank, professional recognition, working conditions and fringe benefits, and the roles of the professional librarian and the paraprofessional staff. (SL)

The purpose of this feasibility study was to discover the types ofselection and promotion models, strategies, and processes that must be employed if current State Employment Security Service Agency selection practices are to be made more directly relevant to the various populations currently being served. Specifically, the study sought to…

This report contains the proceedings of the conference, which focused on current thinking in personnel practices and some related problems. Four authors discuss the subject from different perspectives. Fred Enns outlines the state of affairs in personnel administration, identifies the primary functions of supervision, and provides data to indicate…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) summarizing the Seventh Arab Teachers' Conference. The document discusses training, status, supply and demand, international cooperation, and current trends. Primary school teachers of both sexes are trained in regional centers with courses of five years after completing the…

In this document, the author examines the failure of teacher preparation institutes to produce effective graduates and presents suggestions designed to improve both the standard of education taught in these institutions and the quality of preservice and postgraduate students. Subsections are devoted to the futility of the theory vs. practice…

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of sex status of college-level physical educators employed in either combined or separate departments on their response patterns to various questions regarding the merger process. The analyses revealed significant differences in response patterns: (1) In both combined and separate…

A changing society calls for "new" admissions officers with new skills, new preparation, and increased professionalism. Can colleges respond effectively to this challenge? Can admissions officers reach out for the ideal of professionalism during pronounced decline in traditional college-age populations? The authors present ideas for attaining…