This study addresses itself to these topics: (1) the current state of the art in California Career Centers, (2) those materials and programs which students are finding most helpful, (3) the effect the Career Centers are actually having on students who use them, and (4) the effectiveness of Career Centers in providing career guidance services to…

A trait measure of empathy, a skill measure of empathy and an attitude scale on psychological effectiveness were administered to both counselor trainees and "natural helpers", i.e. persons in helping relationships who have not been formally trained as mental health professionals or paraprofessionals. The results indicated that the…

Project C-BE had four goals: identify computer-based concepts that are common among several disciplines, develop evaluation procedures for this type of effort, identify the elements of educational program transferability, and develop a fiscal model. This document lists Project C-BE researchers and gives a brief abstract of their project…

This report describes the opiate maintenance clinic established in Shreveport, Louisiana (1919-1923), whose short existence has recently been questioned by researchers. The authors of this manuscript visited with the original director of the clinic and were given permission to use the medical records of patients of the old clinic and numerous…

This study attempted to examine whether growth groups are an effective training technique in counselor education. Two experimental groups which differed in group size and the amount of time devoted to the group experience were compared to a control group. Improved congruence between real and ideal self was found in the students who participated in…

This manuscript is one of a series of reports on activities supported by the Ford Foundation. Under a recently adopted policy the foundation has expanded its concern for women's rights to include affirmative action considerations in grant-making negotiations. Among the factors now weighed when assessing grant applications are the opportunities…

The Service Outcome Measurement Form (SOM) was the result of Service Outcome Measurement Project, and was developed and tested with the cooperation of Rehabilitation Administrators and Counselors in the state agencies of 11 states. The Project was designed to develop a method of measuring the relative difficulty of cases and to measure client…

The 120 resolutions of the 1970 national convention platform of the National Organization for Women were paraphrased to form items for the nine subscales of the Attitudes Toward Feminist Issues Scale. Subjects were 61 introductory women's studies students and 44 introductory psychology students. The attitudes Toward Feminist Issues Scale was given…

This research attempted to identify differences, or lack of them, in time orientation of Caucasian, Black and Chicano young male first offenders at various periods of imprisonment; beginning, middle, and end. The instrument that was chosen to measure time orientation was a combination of two questionnaires--the Time Competence scale of the…

The present study was designed to investigate the role of expectations in self-concept and level of aspiration (LOA) behavior. Specifically, the focus was to investigate self-concept and LOA as covariates and to describe the nature of the relationship if, in fact, one existed. A sample of 80 third and fourth grade students was selected from three…

The Social Science Research Council's activities during its 50th anniversary year are summarized. In addition to presenting detailed accounts from 30 committees which comprise the Council, the report includes a staff essay on social development during early childhood. The report indicates that the Council pursued the advancement of research in the…

This paper reports the findings of a survey in North York, Canada, to determine the needs and priorities of high school students regarding career information. It is hoped that the report will be useful to schools in determining the emphasis which guidance services should be giving to career education. The survey sampled 3,690 students from 46…

An analysis of U.S. Census data regarding race, age, education, occupation, and income of the male civilian labor force in 1960 and 1970 yields four major conclusions. (1) There have been large reductions in occupational discrimination at all ages, with the change clearest for young men. (2) The reduction of occupational discrimination is clearest…

This report describes a study that investigated the relationship between the learning process and teaching at the university level. Specifically, the study sought to answer three questions: (1) What is a fruitful way of observing and describing knowledge? (2) How can study skill be observed and described? and (3) How can study skill be influenced?…

In late 1964 the Center for Applied Linguistics began a continuing file of Language Research in Progress (LRIP). This second report in the LRIP series summarizes information received on research current between June 1 and November 30, 1965. LRIP classifies documented language research activities in the U.S. and abroad and disseminates information…