The purpose of this report is to provide a firmer foundation for considering the questions involved in regular workers' reactions to training programs for the disadvantaged. Operating from what is largely a social-psychological perspective, the writer has attempted to outline some of the issues which seem important. Since there has been so little…

This study measures the amount of agreement among rural, urban, and central city superintendents, principals, and teachers concerning the role of the principal in collective negotiations and the scope and structure of the negotiation process. Analysis of data obtained from Indiana and Michigan respondents revealed that administrators desire to…

This research, designed to analyze the process of educational policymaking in York State, focused on the role of the formal governmental structure, especially that of the State Legislature. A comparison between interest group leaders' and State legislators' perceptions of the legislature's role revealed some significant differences. Interest group…

Seminar papers focus on two sequentially-related projects concerning the implementation phase of educational innovation: (1) a set of observational case studies of schools in their first year's effort to initiate differentiated staffing plans and (2) briefer but more pointed case studies of elementary schools that reputedly had succeeded in…

A demonstration project using young men as day care workers in the Early Learning and Child care centers in Atlanta is described. The proposal for the demonstration project and a progress report are given. Four white advantaged and four black disadvantaged male high school students were recruited to work as caregivers for black and white boys and…

One hundred and ten college students, placed in 22 problem solving discussion groups, interacted for three fifty minute periods each. Three trained observers systematically recorded the interaction. Group members were classified as being task or socio-emotionally oriented and the functional leader in each group was identified by role category.…

The effects of five secondary school individualized in-service training programs on classroom reading skills instruction are compared. The initial and final perceptions of the teachers, concerning their responsibilities for providing for pupils' individual differences in reading abilities, are measured by use of attitude inventories, self-rating…

This document is comprised of papers presented at a symposium on Adult Development in Women. A paper entitled "Women in the Middle Years" reviews the major findings on adult women, and describes what an adequate theory of women in the middle years should account for. Mental health, effects of marriage, children and work, and the interrelationships…

Components of the professional role of the pharmacist were studied. Role components evaluated were people, status, and science. A questionnaire was administered to the student body of the School of Pharmacy, the University of Mississippi, for two consecutive academic years. The questionnaire is appended. (Author/MLW)

A recent meeting of college deans revealed their major concerns to be faculty relations, how to fairly represent both the administration and the faculty, response to inappropriate faculty requests, adjusting faculty workloads fairly, getting faculty support for curriculum changes, staying current in their academic disciplines, and making career…

Results from a 1985 survey show female superintendents in only 2.4 percent of United States public school districts. A summary of interviews with women superintendents gives reasons for this underrepresentation, describes external barriers and internal constraints facing women superintendents, and offers advice to other women aspiring to the…

Eleven special education resource teachers from seven North Carolina education agencies outlined their responsibilities in the student referral-to-placement process. Among shared responsibilities were making the initial contact with the referring teacher positive and productive, developing the individualized education program (IEP), and…

A study of the self-perceived leadership behavior and fulfillment of managerial responsibilities of department chairpersons in six Israeli universities found differences between first-time and experienced administrators in the kinds of tasks they were most likely to fulfill (technical vs. conceptual). (MSE)

A model of social skills in childhood and adolescence using the concepts and literature on symbolic interactionism is proposed. Its components (role-taking, role-making, definition of situation, and self) and their potential contributions to social skills analysis are discussed. An application to friendship making and possible model limitations…

This paper was commissioned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to review the linkages and synergies between EDUCAIDS, the UNAIDS Global Initiative on Education and HIV & AIDS, and other initiatives in the field of HIV and AIDS. This paper documents the similarities and differences between EDUCAIDS and…