Intelligent relationships with people are among the goals for tomorrow's computers. Knowledge-based systems used and being developed to achieve these goals are discussed. Automatic learning, producing inferences, parallelism, program languages, friendly machines, computer vision, and biomodels are among the topics considered. (JN)

Presents a group counseling model designed to help women in male-dominated college majors prepare for problems which may arise as the result of their nontraditional career choices. The five sessions dealt with school to work transition, assertiveness, support networks, multiple role management, and adjusting to minority status. (JAC)

Presents a state of the art view of computer assisted counseling in seven articles dealing with career counseling, decision making, counseling techniques, information storage, and models of computer applications in counseling. Related developments in Great Britain are also discussed. (JAC)

A marketing model is described as a framework for applying major marketing management principles to public school business management and is illustrated with the case of a hypothetical district's use of the plan. (MJL)

This article reviews postsecondary education programs for mildly mentally handicapped adults. Considerations are given to the rationale for such programs, a report of existing programs, and a proposed comprehensive model for educational development beyond the twelfth grade. (Author)

This centralized system permits matching patients' care needs with students' learning needs and enables assignment of students to appropriate agencies. (Editor)

This paper helps identify the major varieties of organizational development models and methods and analyzes the characteristics of some. It proposes that most models are only descriptive and fail to offer the predictive and control aspects that are central to success. A predictive "synthesis" is offered. (Author)

A conceptual model is presented relating numerous variables contributing to sexism in American education. Discrimination is viewed as intervening between two sets of interrelated independent variables and the dependent variable of sex inequalities in educational attainment. Sex-role orientation changes are the key to significant change in the…

In the state of Washington, a consortium including representatives from professional associations, the local school district and school of social work constructed a systems-oriented model for certifying school social workers. Evaluations were based on competencies defined according to the specific job context in which each candidate was working.…

Over the last quarter of the 20th century, the counselor role moved substantially from one that focused primarily on remediation to one that focused on prevention. This chapter discusses the possible move toward a third role shift focusing on a developmental framework. The shift to this developmental focus rests on the premise that counselors need…

This paper reports on research conducted to determine if United States' community college model can be applied to higher education systems in developing countries. The author examined Vietnam's higher education system and conducted a case study of Can Tho University (CTU) in the Mekong Delta. First, common characteristics found among community…

Once a decision has been made to implement student progress monitoring (SPM) in a school, there are a number of factors to consider. The author discusses the importance of a plan to address issues oriented to goals, staff and-logistics/administration. A list of additional resources is provided.

In this new edition, the author explains quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, and incorporates the viewpoints of various research paradigms (postpositivist, constructivist, transformative, and pragmatic) into descriptions of these methods. Special emphasis is provided for conducting research in culturally complex communities. Each chapter…

A project was conducted to develop and deliver training on case management procedures for adult educators. The project trained adult instructors on techniques, processes, and procedures of effective client case management through a series of workshops and discussion group sessions. The case management approach is based on the assertion that…