Schools are functioning in an era of rapid change and increasing mobility. In an effort to mobilize the organizational structure to meet the standards being dictated by society, the school district reorganized the administrative structure to emphasize decentralized decision-making for direct educational functions. The hypothesis was made that…

In the spring of 1976, 1,183 community services students were surveyed to obtain data to furnish a demographic description of the students, to serve as a basis for formulating future community services courses, and to serve as a basis for comparing yearly successes or failures of courses. Of those surveyed, 723 responded. Results of the survey…

A followup study of graduates and non-graduates of occupational-technical programs in Virginia Community College System institutions was conducted in order to develop a profile of such students, to ascertain their post-college activities, and to study their attitudes toward their community college experience and current employment. All former…

This study compared the career choices of high school seniors to the actual occupations they entered four years after graduation, to determine the extent to which high school seniors can predict career choices. The Indiana Vocational Technical College (IVTC) Questionnaire, Post High-School Educational and Career Plans of Senior Students was used…

The Fargo area schools work experience program, "Mission Possible," was designed to help students explore career-related activities in three phases: (1) Students Seeking Insight (SSI), the observation-visitation-interview approach in which a student is matched with an employer in the career area of interest; (2) Participate in a Career…

Findings from the Project on Institutional Renewal through the Improvement of Teaching (PIRIT) support those from other studies showing that faculty development programs can benefit both their participants and the overall campus climate. Data were gathered from a survey of faculty at 14 of the PIRIT institutions. (Author/LBH)

A study investigating a high teacher turnover rate concluded that one-fourth could be attributed to nonvoluntary reasons (illness, retirement), one-third to personnel problems between teachers and superiors and/or school policies, and one-fourth to problems with teachers' contracts, salaries, and/or fringe benefits. (AC)

Describes an investigation of the differences between the levels of the independent variables of gender, college level, previous computer experience, and familiarity with computer keyboarding on college students' attitudes toward the usefulness of a library computer system. Based on the results, some recommendations are made for practice and…

Examines racial differences in neighborhood dissatisfaction in metropolitan areas, central cities, and suburbs. Home ownership in the suburbs reduces the level of neighborhood dissatisfaction for Blacks and Whites. Blacks have higher levels of neighborhood dissatisfaction, probably because they reside in areas in worse condition and receiving…

Members of Special Libraries Association (SLA) were surveyed to determine whether they participated in continuing education activities, and, if so, the types of programs they preferred. It was found that they are active participants in continuing education programs, especially those dealing with online database searching and those sponsored by…

This series of ten articles exploring users' reactions to optical data disk technologies, focuses on comparisons with online retrieval systems. The opinions of users and vendors on cost effectiveness, searchability, equipment requirements and performance, effectiveness, and efficiency are presented and discussed. (CLB)

Graduates of the University of Nebraska's medical school preceptorship program, in which students choose their preceptors from rural sites and are exposed to the social and economic aspects of rural practice, were surveyed after entering private practice about the program's effects on them. (MSE)

Describes the establishment of an online retrieval system in a Turkish documentation center and the problems encountered, including lack of training for personnel; incompatible telecommunications channels; the need to execute searches using English; and unrealistic user expectations. (CLB)

Investigated the impact of the assessment center evaluation, attitudes toward the assessment process, gender, locus of control, and career strategy on career exploration behavior and job involvement in 107 educators. Indicated that assessment center evaluation, locus of control, career strategy, and attitudes toward the assessment process…

Reports on a study of social-psychological effects of the declining academic labor market on 515 adjunct faculty members teaching in two-year community colleges in Illinois and Wisconsin. Concludes that the poorer one's perception of opportunity in the full-time market, the less satisfied one will be with the adjunct role and the less time one…