The office design work of Percy Cooper for the California Employment Development Department (EDD) has made the job search easier for thousands of job seekers and has influenced similar efforts in others States. (Author)

Address given at sectional meeting of the Speech Association of America (Chicago, ILL., December 30, 1968).

In considering the possibility of certifying specialists in speech communication, it is helpful to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of credentialling standards, to survey certification procedures in other professions, and to identify the steps that would have to be taken to begin a certification program. Two advantages of certification…

This journal is a collection of articles and models relevant to the school social worker and relating specifically to the school setting. The journal is an important innovative step towards the definition of the school social worker's role and the establishment of his professional identity. The very publication of a journal specifically concerning…

Some aspects of organizational theory often ignored by the evaluation literature are examined. The evaluator must utilize a knowledge of organizations to examine his/her position as an evaluator, and implement that role definition. There are dangers in defining the evaluator's role as that of technician; it is more beneficial for the evaluator to…

This paper traces a brief history of the development of American librarianship as a profession and examines the social climate from which it emerged. Several traditional and modern models of professionalism are discussed and applied to librarianship. Shortcomings of the profession, e.g., its scholarship and the non-prescriptive nature of its…

There is some question as to the fairness with which history has treated women psychologists who were distinguished in their own time. Only women who were prominent in the field of psychology at least 50 years ago were selected in order to give the history books the best possible chance to include them. The five women thus located were paired with…

This paper addresses three concerns in which both churches and schools have a continuing interest. The first pertains to the nature of professional status and the struggle of both the ministry and of education to gain it. Problems involved in assuming the same are delineated. The second concern deals with economic issues that create difficulties…

From a theoretical framework, hypotheses were generated which predicted that 1) teachers who had undergone organizational socialization (experienced teachers) would be more employee-oriented than education students who had no teaching experience; and 2) education students would be more professionally oriented than the experienced teachers. Two…

This pamphlet discusses the problems and complexities of supervisory workers caught in the middle management position. An attempt is made to identify the supervisors' role and to contribute to an understanding of the pressures that produce changes in the local school staff relationships. A brief history of negotiation among teachers is presented.…

This 191-item annotated bibliography cites materials that fall into three categories: (a) professionalization, (b) collective bargaining, and (c) bureaucratization. Also, there are scattered citations concerning topics that impinge on professionalization, including teacher turnover, teacher centers, and accountability. (PD)

This preliminary report on the status of women faculty members of the University of Louisville indicates that women are discriminated against in many ways. Statistical data indicates inequities in hiring practice, administrative responsibilities, course loads, committee assignments, and salaries. It is recommended that the University of Louisville…

The twofold research task of this investigation was (1) a systematic evaluation of professional orientation of Colorado newsmen; and (2) a determination of the relationship (if any) between the professional orientation of the newsmen studied and the actual performance of these newsmen's newspapers. The population for the study included all the…

A normative survey research methodology is described in which the author: (1) reviewed the historical development of the professionalization of public school guidance counselors, including selected literature, current state statutes, and court decisions; (2) constructed an opinionnaire, based on the norms uncovered in the review; (3) submitted the…

Libraries are different things to different people as well as different things to the same people. In the university environment, the library has an important function as an articulating symbol, as the tangible reference point of the value system of the "examined life." Nothing else so well symbolizes the broad cultural aims of education…