Presents summary of several working papers on counseling psychology's public image presented at Third National Conference for Counseling Psychology. Approaches issues surrounding public image of counseling by providing an overview of literature and by forwarding recommendations or action plans for the development and promotion of a positive…

Discusses age differences in public attitudes toward public schools from recent Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll. For example, the biggest problem facing schools identified by those 50 and older is discipline, whereas those between 18 and 29 identified finance. Both age groups strongly support public schools. (PKP)

The authors discuss why vocational educators need to focus on marketing (reauthorization, the image problem, the educational reform movement, and the changing workplace). They also discuss how vocational educators view marketing and how they need to change this view. (CH)

Describes the issues and planning processes that led up to the Third National Conference for Counseling Psychology. Identifies five general areas of the conference: professional practice, public image, training and accreditation, research, and organizational and political issues. Summarizes the background and characteristics of the conference…

Explains the George Gallup Youth Survey and its history of devotion since 1977 to the study of American teenagers. States that information provided by Gallup has been gathered in surveys of adolescents regarding all manners of things affecting their lives. Discusses the importance of Gallup YOUTHviews polls in a high school journalism class and in…

Discusses formation of the National Council for Marketing Education and how its Marketing Strategy Committee developed a plan to tackle the image problem. The committee chose five target audiences and developed a strategy to reach each target. The plan was introduced in October 1987 through a national videoconference. (CH)

Examines how social conditions can become social problems and argues that there are objective ways of determining the scale of a particular problem. The paper supports its argument through examinations of prohibition, the decline in tobacco consumption, and the war on drugs. (GLR)

This document presents Congressman Claude Pepper's report on the Medicare Home Care Benefit. Section I traces the history of home health care in the United States. Section II offers statistics and general background information about older Americans and Medicare. The beginning of the Medicare home care benefit and its present operation are…

The response of the criminal justice system to actual and perceived crime in the District of Columbia during the period 1955-1975 was investigated. Results indicated that a variety of efforts contribute to the relatively stable trend of reported crime during the last five years of the period studied, including: (1) increased numbers of police; (2)…

Colleges such as Centre College of Kentucky, faced with changing demographics and finances, are increasingly using strategic planning techniques, and the results are beginning to become apparent in better organizational coordination and focus. (MSE)

During the Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925, scientists presented scientific knowledge and religious belief as different but complementary. At the McLean "Creation Science" trial of 1981-82, the boundary between science and religion excluded creation scientists from the profession. Such ideological flexibility has contributed to…

The executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association will ask colleges to consider implementing a system of accreditation for the association members' sports programs, a major departure from past association practice. The move comes among mounting public skepticism about the integrity of big-time college sports. (MSE)

Haitian refugees who are seeking political asylum in the United States are finding themselves unwelcome. Although various reports attest to continuing persecution in Haiti under the repressive Duvalier regime, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service claims that the Haitians seek only greater economic opportunity and are not genuine…

In response to criticism of its high fees paid to some visiting professors, the University of South Carolina has established a policy by which visiting professors can earn an annual income no larger than that of the highest-paid professor at the institution. (MSE)

Student costs for college will increase again next year, along with the debate over the need for the rapid rise. Issues such as the diminishing status of higher education among public and policymakers and proposed federal student aid changes pinned to school cost containment are sparking increased conflict. (MSE)