Reflects on the tenure of William S. Gray (1885-1960), as the first president of the International Reading Association. (HOD)

Professionalization of rehabilitation services is discussed, based on questionnaires completed by state agency directors. The criteria of a profession are considered, and the problems of funding adequate training, whether in the universities or by the agencies themselves, are noted. (Author/CL)

The purpose of this presentation is to continue the dialogue on the professional status of and the specialization within the instructional design and technology (IDT) field. This presentation highlights the similarities and differences among the various classification systems, which are used for ranking occupational fields, and discusses the most…

It is important to maintain a history and archival record of the art education professional associations, state and national. Those who have gone before should be honored, since they struggled to build the National Art Education Association into the largest association of its kind in the world. And a history of its professional development, and in…

Some humorous, tongue-in-cheek suggestions for the would-be conferencee who desires to maintain a high Conference Prestige Index.'' Shows the rewards to be gained from great effort and sustained practice on the art'' of conferencemanship. (Author/EA)

What is rather alarming in the James Report is the assumption that the recommendations that are made will necessarily raise the status and standards of the teaching profession without looking at the particular implications of the two words status and profession. (Author)

Collective bargaining is an alternative to repressive unilateralism or attempts at naked force--provided that both parties understand the process and put it into practice with some degree of sophistication. It is when the process is abused or misunderstood by either party that inordinate friction and unresolved conflict follow. (Author/CB)

Report from the joint ARCA/NRCA Certification Committee on work for self certification of rehabilitation counselors followed by reactions by Richard Thoreson, Leonard Miller, and C. H. Patterson. (Author/CJ)

The focus of professional assemblies should shift from papers in specialized fields to major professional interests, new techniques for teaching, and a better relationship among fields. (AD)

Invisible Colleges are the hierarchical elite resulting from an expectable inequality, and numbering about the square root of the total population of people in the area of research front. (Author/MF)

The library school librarian does not enjoy the same status as the librarians in the classroom in terms of responsibilities and privileges and this dichotomy of teaching vs. practice requires further research. (AB)

In order to recognize women's contributions to the field of psychology, biographies of Margaret Floy Washburn, Mary Cover Jones, Karen Horney, Susan Grey, Edna Heidbreder, Ann Roe, and Mary Whitton Calkins are presented. (BEF)