This symposium brought together specialists in the fields of education, linguistics, and psychology to discuss the relationships between language and reading. Separate papers discuss reading and language development, the reading process, the role of prediction in reading, the contribution of pragmatics to reading, and the development of reading…

The graduation and attrition patterns of black students at North Carolina State University are reported in an effort to provide data pertinent to minority students. Black students were identified after 1969 by means of an ethnic card completed during the registration process. The report is based on all black students (N=80) who entered NCSU as new…

This report contains the proceedings of a seminar conducted by the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Manpower of the National Science Board. The major topic of the seminar was the scientific and technical manpower projections of supply and demand, since such projections can serve as a major tool in effecting policy decisions. Six major papers were…

An exploratory study isolated factors useful for predicting faculty attitude toward collective bargaining: monetary issues, working conditions, participation in institutional decision-making, promotion and tenure policies, and individual faculty compensation. Implications are discussed for faculty, administrators, faculty organizers, and…

Results indicated that manifest needs measures correlated significantly with grade point average (GPA) for males only; personal problem measures correlated with GPA for males and females; a manifest anxiety measure correlated significantly for males only; and scholastic aptitudes correlated significantly with GPA for males and females. (BJG)

Examines trends, now evident, that may change the face, and the place, of educational excellence. (Author/MLF)

Describes a study using Donald Super's Work Values Inventory, which found significant differences in work values between the sexes (males being more economically oriented) and among students grouped by discipline, but found scores only a moderate predictor of grade point average. The major predictor appeared to be motivation. (Author/AC)

Data suggest that student evaluation of college and university physical education courses is strongly correlated with the nature of the course and with grade expectations. (GW)

This study represents a preliminary effort toward the ultimate goal of identifying some of the major determinants of final career plans of residents in internal medicine. Initial career goal statements indicating future subspecialization are found to be important but the incidence of goal reversal is high. (LBH)

Sixty-eight children aged 5, 8, and 12, and 61 of their parents, were questioned about their children's safety knowledge. Parents were most accurate in predicting their children's understanding of strangers and trust in police. Children's knowledge levels and parents' predictive accuracy differed as functions of the children's age and sex.…

Examines the increased interest in ethical issues in social science and presents a broad framework for prediction and analysis of ethical problems. Based upon the interdependencies among sponsors, researchers, subjects, the media, and the general public, the model is illustrated with four actual research projects and is found to be predictive in…

Emic (culture-specific) and Western-type (imposed-etic) strategies were applied to the assessment of intelligence in 67 rural Filipino children. Imposed-etic tests measured a concept of intelligence that only partially overlaps emic conceptions, and were better predictors of school performance, which was not predicted by indigenous (emic)…

Describes predicted trends in telecommunications, including integrated service digital networks and fast packet switching networks. The possible effects on the worldwide exchange of scientific information, the need for international standards, and preliminary planning activities are discussed. (CLB)

Examined anticipatory fit and residence hall social climate as predictors of health, adjustment, alcohol use, and grades. Person-environment fit was computed as the difference between participants' scores on the Ideal and Real forms of the University Residence Environment Scale a measure of the social climate of the residence hall floor.…

Offers a sequential model of futures research techniques that is applied to a hypothetical situation to indicate its applicability as a means by which public relations professionals can approach the task of saying today what may happen tomorrow. (SRT)