This publication, one of a series examining the issue of faculty workload and productivity, argues that the key to institutional change in higher education is the role of college faculty and offers recommendations for improving and measuring college faculty productivity. The paper begins with a conceptual model for discussing faculty productivity,…

Notes that student affairs professionals and faculty are frequently asked to present multicultural workshops on college campuses. Presents the Flexible Workshop Model, a cross-cultural workshop using a flexible time frame so that presentations, ranging from 50 minutes to 3 hours, could be made to any campus organizations for individuals to reap…

Presents a graduate education model based on important assumptions about plans for society's and students' needs and also principles regarding program goals and development. Describes the model's specific components, i.e., a three-dimensional framework involving self, students, and systems interfacing with three learning levels. (BH)

Attempts to provide a preliminary suicide postvention model for a faculty suicide in a counseling department. Looks at presuicide dynamics within the department and at postsuicide reactions of faculty, administration, and students. Explains need for a postvention policy. (Author/NB)

Describes seven organizaitonal models for advising and presents 10 practical implications to provide a framework for research on the effectiveness of each of the models. (Author)

Provides a conceptual framework for coordination of the practicum/internship program, viewing it as the management of a system. Identifies important components and explores their impact on the system. Suggests ways to fulfill the needs and demands of students, faculty, the university, the placement settings and their clients, and the counseling…

Suggests that professional training does not always adequately prepare women to enter and manage university careers. Concludes that women often encounter barriers because they may not know "how to play the game." Proposes two models that provide powerful tools women can use to evaluate their work settings, form realistic expectations, and…

In response to the need to offer undergraduates research experience, the National Science Foundation created the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. The number of psychology sites has fluctuated in the Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences between 8 and 12 over the last several years. To increase the number of sites in…

Focuses on interdisciplinary conflicts in the mental health field. Describes a series of events in a medical school's department of psychiatry. Examines the dynamics of interdisciplinary conflict in two contexts: (1) the politicization of the internal conflicts; and (2) the use of interdisciplinary conflict to obscure other basic conflicts.…

The belief that students aren't sufficiently involved in their education is one reason for the surge of interest in undergraduate research. Research programs can be important tools for recruiting students. The program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is described. (MLW)

Developed model, based on Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, for guiding students in writing reviews of family literature. Findings from survey of advisors addressing skills of their graduate students in writing literature reviews support hierarchical nature of taxonomy and demonstrate similarities across scientific disciplines.…

Presents model for employing counselors as undergraduate faculty members in academic affairs. Notes that student development professionals with advanced degrees in counseling have specific training in theory and strategies to prepare them to address affective barriers to academic achievement. Contends that counseling professionals can make…

Examined the relationship between instructional workload and budgeting of personnel positions and how this relationship changes as personnel positions become scarce. Longitudinal data suggest a direct relationship between the bureaucratic model and personnel allocations; tendencies to use the bureaucratic model increase as personnel positions…

Growing numbers of teachers are seeking new careers as shrinking enrollments decrease available jobs and internal conditions increase stress. A small workshop setting can be an effective method of career counseling that includes self-assessment, career planning, and skill development. (JAC)

These seven articles examine the enormous challenges to survival and growth faced by women educators, administrators, and professionals, and identify strategies/approaches as counteractive measures. Topics focus on administrators' roles, female peer relationships/co-mentoring, career persistence/pathing, nontraditional student needs, programing…