Exploration of the ways in which early childhood education administrators and teachers perceived organizational practices indicated that there were significant differences between administrators' and teachers' perceptions, with the administrators consistently more favorably rating the organizational climate. (Author/CB)

While reality does not always support the expectation, every college of pharmacy has expectations of scholarship that are, theoretically, understood by the faculty and administration. Scholarly research and discovery is central to pharmacy and deserves increased attention. (MSE)

A weak stock market has resulted in lowered returns on college endowment investments. Many institutions had funds tied up in American stocks and bonds, which performed poorly. Although most institutions say their endowed programs or scholarships are not adversely affected, some programs are being reduced or eliminated as a result. (MSE)

Summarizes results of a study designed to identify organizational climate factors in Israel's 29 Bedouin Arab elementary schools and to explore their relation to certain teacher and school-level variables, including sex, educational level, tenure, teachers' origin, school type, and school size. The most important organizational climate factor was…

Describes the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (M-BTI), which evaluates people's preferences with regard to their involvement with the outside world, the way they receive information, the manner in which they make judgments, and their approach to interacting with the outside world. Discusses application of the M-BTI in community colleges for team…

Survey responses from 106 of 194 university career counselors identified factors predicting higher levels of affirmative behavior with gay/lesbian/bisexual clients and with all clients: nonheterosexist organizational climate and counselor's sexual orientation. Degree to which counselors defined cultural minorities broadly also influenced the…

This article proposes that the quality review procedures currently favored in Australian higher education, at institutional and national levels, are inappropriate for Australian education's goals, processes, and outcomes. Procedures better suited to higher education's culture are recommended. Guidelines for accomplishing this in an atmosphere of…

This article discusses characteristics of creative people (problem sensitivity, idea fluency, originality, and flexibility); the importance of managers appreciating the work styles of creative people; and seven characteristics of an organizational climate that encourages creativity. (DB)

Provides information necessary for an interdisciplinary analysis of the greenhouse effect, enhanced greenhouse effect, global warming, global climate change, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, and scientific study of global warming for students grades 4-12. Several activity ideas accompany the information. (LZ)

The use of a learning community approach to college curriculum design is explored, and examples are drawn from the following Temple University (Pennsylvania) and the following Washington colleges: Evergreen State College, North Seattle and Seattle Central Community College, Tacoma Community College, and Lower Columbia College. Contacts for further…

Reviews theoretical work on emotional communication and burnout, concentrating on the Empathic Communication Model of Burnout. Tests hypotheses with a sample of workers who provide services to the homeless. Suggests that the moderating variables of job involvement, organizational role, and attitude about service recipients influence the impact of…

Includes the following training materials: "Of Culture and a Sense of Place" (Jim Greenman); "Getting to Know Us: Building Classroom Culture through Our Diversity and History" (Diane E. Levin); "Building a Sense of Community: A Broader View" (Paula Jorde Bloom); "What Is My Culture?" (Susan Lyon); and…

A survey received responses from 829 female and 766 male professionals (70%). Women reported higher levels of both personally experienced and observed bias. Both men and women who experienced and observed more bias were less satisfied, more likely to quit, and saw the organization as less committed to fairness and due process. (SK)

Describes a comprehensive model of communication that incorporates four sets of relationships within a two-dimensional matrix: systems perspective (input, integration, output, feedback); rhetoric (purpose and method in objective and subjective perspectives); transactional process (simultaneous and multiple interactions among elements); and…

Surveyed 90 administrative and nonadministrative social workers employed in nursing homes who identified their level of influence in 5 spheres of organizational decision making. There were few differences between the two groups. However, among directors, number of full-time equivalent social workers, type of institution ownership, and length of…