Presents some tentative cross-cultural and cross-national evidence relating one environmental variable (i.e., climate) to both behavioral and psychocultural processes. (DM)

Data on the health of employees, if the communication gap is closed between managers and occupational health experts, can be used to improve management's effectiveness. (AG)

Without building costly new plants, the College High School plan can be implemented. This plan provides the kind of climate usually associated with colleges, where students accept major responsibility for selecting courses, choosing teachers, and managing free time. (Editor)

Author discusses the possibilities for converting deserts and other undeveloped areas to productivity, emphasizing the need for a marriage of emerging science and technology with the knowledge of the professional geographer. (Author/SP)

Part 3 of a three-part series: planning and implementing change. (RY)

This study examined the ways in which teacher work values affect group development within relatively closed and open school organizational systems. The overall findings suggest that these different types of formal organization generate dissimilar social structures in their work groups which are related to the disparate work values of group…

Expansion of public employment is probably a wise strategy, but it is not above question. Certainly the evidence of its effectiveness is mixed, and it has hardly been subjected to careful analysis. (Author)

Reprinted from "Chemistry and Industry , Number II, January 1969.

Although some laypresons, teacher educators, and administrators favor current teacher centers in both concept and practice, others hesitate to endorse any movement that gives teachers added opportunities for self-determination and administrative involvement. A bicameral teacher center, with separate chambers for administrators and classroom…

Two key issues of making trade-offs and finding program balance in the process of college planning with limited resources are discussed. It is proposed that the faculty are central in the politics of making changes, and that communication and trust are essential to faculty participation. (MSE)

Surveyed college placement personnel (N=45) and recruiters (N=84) to gain insight into the understanding each has of the other's role. Despite their common goal, results indicate a lack of understanding regarding the constraints, duties, and attitudes of both perspectives. Improved communication is needed to achieve mutual assistance. (JAC)

Longitudinal survey research permits examination of the influence profiles of free-standing faculty senates and coexisting senates and faculty unions on U.S. college campuses. The forces prompting flow of power away from faculty deliberative bodies are discussed and the future of senates in hard times is examined. (MSE)

Warns that community mental health services are threatened by reductions in federal support and increased numbers of clients. Reviews literature on the effect of adverse economic events on mental health. Identifies issues and answers for managing this dilemma including planning, financial diversification, and inter-agency cooperation. (Author/JAC)