Analyzes faculty employment vacancies listed in the ATA "Placement Bulletin" from June 1984 through May 1985. (PD)

The author suggests that the career planning and placement office in higher education be used to meet widespread community and alumni need for career planning. By extending its services the CPP could fill the role of a neutral party in the chronic conflict between the individual and the employing organization. (Author/EAK)

Creating an open ended placement file for each student could have many advantages: long term followup, simplified alumni service, and closer counseling. (Author)

Too many people, young and old, are prisoners and misfits in their careers. More adequate placement counseling, and greater understanding of the individual are needed to eliminate this waste in these changing times. (Author)

Western College Placement Association developed a Professional Exchange Program (PEP) which provides professional growth for members. Placement personnel visit recruiters' offices and recruiters visit colleges to observe organizations. College participants learn about work environments of employers. Employers gain insights beyond career planning…

Presents an analysis of the placement books of three annual Association of American Library Schools (AALS) meetings (1976, 1977, 1978), and compares the characteristics of the jobs and job seekers. (FM)

One key to a hopeful future for American Indians lies in increased awareness among employers and career counselors. This article describes several programs the authors have found successful in bringing American Indians and personnel representatives together. (Author/HMV)

In a survey of 31 area vocational center directors in Illinois, results showed that 70 percent perceived a need to assess students' reasoning skills; diverse standardized tests are used; the information would be used for placement, guidance, and instruction; and a lack of practical instruments inhibits assessment and inclusion of reasoning skills…

Replication and extension of previous research linking child age to referral for psychological services indicates younger students were referred more often, the referral pattern could not be explained by competency differences, Caucasian students were referred at higher rates, and a trend linking the proportionate referral rate of students…

Reports on the 1994 English Advanced Placement Reading, an event which brought together 750 readers to provide accurate, efficient, and comfortable scoring of over 173,000 exams. (SR)

It is inappropriate to judge high school teachers' failure rates without making appropriate modifications to reflect student-caused failures. Devising an adjusted failure rate addresses this problem. If properly placed students with 10 or more days absent and 10% or more missing homework assignments are removed from failure numbers, the…

Bullying experiences and self-reported anxiety about bullying and were compared in 72 elementary and middle school students including 16 in self contained (SC) special education classes, 20 receiving resource or consultation (RC), and 36 matched peers. Individually administered Bully Victimization Scale and School Violence Anxiety Scale scores…

This phenomenological study investigates conceptions of statistical variation that secondary mathematics teachers who are recognized leaders in AP Statistics exhibit. This study also investigates perceptions and recollections of activities and actions that teachers who exhibited robust understandings of variation suggest contributed to their…

This study contributes to the body of research on the educational outcomes of young adults who were formerly placed in foster care. Telephone interviews were conducted with 359 young adults (a 54.6% response rate). Participants must have been served for at least one year by one private foster care agency in one of its twenty-two offices. Results…

One challenge experienced by many educators working in pre-professional programs involves designing courses to support students as they learn how to apply subject area knowledge to professional practice. This article describes a successful collaborative community-based project that contextualizes the often abstract and predominately linear…