Reports on a study of the levels of personal and job satisfaction experienced by employees in the central office of a large urban school system as they responded to the leader behavior of their immediate superiors. The study tests aspects of propositions put forward in Path-Goal Theory. (Author/IRT)

This assessment examines the following: (1) levels of student satisfaction since the M.A. program in Black studies was initiated at SUNY; (2) the extent to which student needs are met; (3) student problems; (4) student attitudes toward career opportunities; (5) student perceptions of faculty and departmental strengths and weaknesses. (Author/MC)

Excerpts from a recent landmark study of American higher education focus on goals of higher education, cognitive outcomes of college and impact on practical competence, and some conclusions about consequences of higher education. It is shown that in both monetary, but especially in nonmonetary terms, higher education is well worth the cost. (AF)

The Council on Quality and Leadership in Supports for People with Disabilities conducted interviews with 447 people with disabilities to identify priority outcomes they expect from service and supports. An analysis resulted in 24 variables loading onto 7 major factors: identity, autonomy, affiliation, attainment, rights, health, and safeguards.…

Draws on international survey data to compare U.S. and Japanese faculty opinions concerning the location of university governance authority, faculty influence on governance and decision making, academic freedom, and governmental interference in higher education and academic affairs. Also discusses faculty tenure, job satisfaction, and orientation…

Relations between self-assessed health status and satisfaction with health care were examined using two waves of data obtained from participants in the Medical Outcomes Study. Using a multisample covariance modeling framework, separate models were examined for patients with significant symptoms of depression (N=417) and patients with chronic…

Discusses summative and formative evaluation methods used and problems encountered in the study of LOGICLANDIA, a courseware package for the teaching and learning of predicate logic in Italian secondary schools. The evaluation process had three phases: subjective, in-house prototypes, and field testing. Results produced revisions in courseware…

Arguing that physician/patient and librarian/user communications are similar, this article compares medical and reference interviews, focusing on physician or librarian attitudes and behaviors as it presents a series of verbal communication issues and outcomes. Offers suggestions to avoid communication problems at the reference desk, improving…

Campus activities programmers are offered strategies for coping with overbearing administrators and a hostile work environment, and deciding when to resign, including building a support network within and outside the institution, becoming involved in the local community, drafting a letter of resignation, building personal savings, and choosing…

Reviews Miami-Dade Community College's (Florida) efforts to promote service learning, highlighting the Partners in Action and Learning project. Indicates that the project involves service learning centers, faculty development opportunities, and contributes to college planning. Includes results from surveys of participant satisfaction, reviewing…

Investigates the relationships between job turnover, job satisfaction, and faculty status of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) university library directors. Finds a positive relationship between job satisfaction and faculty status; and job satisfaction and staff release time to pursue scholarly endeavors; and a negative relationship between…

Examined program components of professional outplacement relative to client satisfaction using a sample (N=68) of former executives seeking jobs. Survey results suggest outplacement content components and process components were better predictors of client satisfaction when compared with contextual components. Self-efficacy may make a key…

Sources of stress in Hong Kong teachers were investigated, with specific reference to guidance work as a potential source of stress. A survey of 415 secondary school teachers revealed guidance-related aspects of work constituted a major dimension of stress, with guidance teachers, female teachers, younger teachers and junior teachers perceiving…

Two studies examined whether the relationship between the belief in a just world (BJW) and psychological well-being would benefit by distinguishing between the just world for self, for others, and in general. When various measures of the construct were examined jointly, only the BJW for self emerged as the most powerful and consistent predictor of…

Focuses on the discriminant validity of four types of social support (informational, emotional, tangible, and companionship) and the utility of distinguishing support provision from different referents. Results affirm the importance of distinguishing who provides the social support. Analysis revealed a correlation between family members and types…