Describes principles guiding acceptance of manuscripts for Counselor Education and Supervision which include relevance to readers, careful planning, scholarship and balance, and clear presentation. (ABL)

Discusses course for the future of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling in terms of previous and future editorial practices and offers developmental framework to establish such a course. Presents editorial board's opinions about the journal's review policy and discusses appropriate topics for publication by contrasting some critical features of…

Describes selected conceptual and technical problems that often lead to manuscript rejections, and presents strategies for avoiding these problems when preparing reports on group research. Focuses on conceptual considerations, methodological considerations, interpretation of research results, and maintenance of a healthy perspective when preparing…

Outlines the efficacy of publishing research, theoretically based articles, and in-the-field articles in refereed, professional branch journals of American Counseling Association (ACA). Addresses means and ways of writing successfully for publication. Presents ACA branch journals as alternative means for publishing and to encourage professional…

The author discusses the work of black women writers and suggests why they seem less active in recent decades. She lists 14 such writers. (CH)

Discusses relationship between institutional mission and publication productivity in school psychology; categorizes top 50 institutions identified by Webster, Hall, and Bolen (1993) by university mission; and presents publication productivity rankings by category of institution. Analysis suggests that doctoral institutions have higher productivity…

Examines the ethical considerations involved in publishing the names of teachers, schools, and districts participating in research studies. Concludes that teacher/collaborators who forego the protection of anonymity may be vulnerable to recrimination from colleagues and administrators. (FMW)

Examines the last five years of articles in this journal to show what topics were most often written about (the "Top Picks" or "TopPics"). Discusses these results and makes recommendations that deserve considerable attention in the future. Notes that integrated language arts was a perennial TopPic. (SR)

Perilou Goddard is a professor of psychology at Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where she teaches introductory and abnormal psychology as well as courses in writing in psychology and drug policy. She was chosen as NKU's outstanding professor in 1999. Dana S. Dunn is a professor of psychology and former chair of the Department of Psychology at…

The purpose of this article is to provide current publication information on journals in the special education field. Data reported are derived from 39 responses to a survey of editors of special education journals and include frequencies of article types, exceptionalities included, content emphases, stylistic formats, and review processes.…

Addresses paper versus electronic publication, discussing the implications for reading and writing, and whether it is as easy to read from a screen as from a book. Notes that the computer medium arose from a research project to design the perfect book, the Dynabook. (SR)

This digest describes the development of cultural journalism and its place in the contemporary curriculum. In the field of cultural journalism, the traditional skills and values of many different groups are chronicled, defined, for example, by ethnic origin, origin, occupation, or environment. The term "cultural journalism" was first…

Presents ethical code for the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. Includes preamble and sections on client well-being, confidentiality, competence, assessment, private practice, research and publication, supervision, and media and public statements. (NB)

Traditional conceptions of academic freedom in higher education are based on the 1940 statement of the American Association of University Professors. Sanctions were most typically administered hierarchically: administrators, perhaps pressured by forces outside the institution, punished offending faculty by denying or revoking tenure. Based on the…

This paper discusses survey results from 68 assistant professors concerning the following areas: (1) their experiences with the promotion process; (2) the state of the respondents' publication writing skills; (3) their publication records; and (4) the nature of institutional support. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents did not consider the…