A national survey of counseling psychology training programs indicates the increasing significance of American Psychological Association approval status and the changing nature of the job market for recent graduates. Most programs are active and expanding. (Author)

Results from 1977 and 1982 national surveys of all state-licensed, state-contracted, or state-operated facilities demonstrate a residential population of static total size but changing characteristics. Most notable were a decreasing number of children in out-of-home residential care and an increasing proportion of persons who are…

Reports on a national survey on area vocational-technical schools, describing by state the students served, governance systems, sources of financial support, and needs and problems. (SK)

Outlines national statistical data on educational leadership. Includes data profiling school board members (comparing 1978 and 1984 data) and superintendents (comparing 1970 and 1984 data). (MD)

Questionnaire data from 276 directors of special education and a review of state plans revealed variations in personnel on evaluation teams, variability in the number of evaluation team members among states, and an apparent reluctance on the part of states to require participation of parents or particular professionals on the multidisciplinary…

Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia responded to a survey about early school screening, giving information about timing, sources of data, and content areas of screening programs. Responses indicate great variation at the state and local district levels, and confusion of screening with evaluation. Results are discussed in relation to…

The 162 largest gifts and bequests of $1,000,000 or more, the institutions receiving them, the donors, and the periods of the bequests (if applicable) are listed. (MSE)

A study, based on a sample of 400 assistant principals in 15 major cities, revealed that most wanted significantly more responsibility and have a high level of job satisfaction. Almost half hope to become principals, and another 29 percent want to become central office administrators. (MLF)

Issues discussed include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's impending retirement, high unemployment, the Quebec separatist movement, the dual language question in Manitoba and Western Canada, labor strife in British Columbia, the effects of the national economic recession on children, and Canadian hopes for the future. (JBM)

Lists titles of doctoral dissertations related to the teaching of German and completed in U.S. universities during 1982. Included are dissertations completed in German, comparative literature, linguistics, and foreign language education departments. The list is derived from the annual survey done by the Modern Language Journal. (SED)

A national survey of correctional education programs analyzed the methods of program delivery by types of institutions of higher education contracting to provide course offerings. It was concluded that the same level of program delivery exists regardless of institutional type or geographic location. (SK)

Reports results of a 1982/83 nationwide survey of administrators and teachers to determine the level of microcomputer use in elementary and secondary schools. Indicates that microcomputer availability and planned expenditures are increasing and that two-thirds of the nation's schools have at least one microcomputer in their facilities. (JN)

A List of current journals which publish articles in reading, with their requirements for manuscripts. (Author)

This paper focuses on the social bases of support for sex education among the general population. The data were drawn from a survey by the National Opinion Research Center, and the respondents selected represented a national probability sample. (Editor)

Results of a survey of college business officials and their perceptions of security problems, their reactions (including personnel and mechanical measures taken to deal with them), and their expenditures. (Author/MLF)