This book is a guide for educators or administrators responsible for implementing a teacher aide program. Eleven chapters are devoted to answering questions grouped under major areas of concern. These chapters include the teacher aide concept, goals and benefits of teacher aide programs, the question of volunteer or paid aides, legal status and…

A brief description is presented of a Counseling Adjunct Program which has been a successful application of one of several possibilities available to counseling agencies that wish to employ nonprofessionals in direct service positions. (Author)

A paraprofessional inservice training model is presented which is based on the Employment Service Training Unit (ESTU) concept. The model encourages the use of professional staff in the local work setting as a viable source for training paraprofessional staff members. The advantages and disadvantages of current training programs are described.…

A look at the technique of programed tutoring, which uses a nonprofessional adult tutor, as a method for teaching handicapped children. (AK)

Research with the A-B therapist type'' variable has included many analogue studies in which A and B undergraduates have been assumed to be personologically similar to A and B professionals. The present study cross-validated the personality correlates of A-B status across five new samples. (Author)

Results indicated that the professionals chose to offer didactic help, and nonprofessional chose to threaten clients with punishment or to stress immediate rewards. The two worker groups' preferences in appeals were related to their respective socioeconomic status and associated value systems. Reprints from author, 337 E. 81st Street, New York…

Brief tongue in cheek comment on article by Charles B. Traux and James L. Lister, in same issue. (CJ)

Reviews findings of an empirical study relating to the differential perceptions laymen and professionals have of each other. Such differences are accounted for by reference to professional norms associated with clinical and/or community organizational practice. (Author)

The primary hypothesis for this study was that an upper-level college student could perform competent reference work in an undergraduate library staffed by one full-time reference librarian after a relatively brief orientation. (Author/NH)

The 2004-05 Education Digest includes data on basic student charges, fall enrollments, residence of students, degrees conferred, and faculty and staff. Data is compiled from annual surveys of Pennsylvania colleges and universities. In 2004-05, Pennsylvania had 148 colleges and universities consisting of 33 public and 115 private institutions. In…

Data about compensation received by employees in Illinois' 48 Illinois public community colleges are gathered by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Data in the "Fiscal Year 2007 Salary Report" reflect the census date of October 1, 2006. Data are presented by peer groups with statewide totals. The seven peer groups are based on…

Procedures are listed that could help educational institutions in case of a strike. (Author/MLF)

The results of a study of the relationship of job satisfaction to sex is discussed. Past findings are disputed that claim that women have greater job satisfaction than men. The test instrument, the Job Descriptive Index, measured the responses of both male and female professional and non-professional workers. (JB)