Presents developments in grievance arbitration in government employment by examining all public sector arbitration cases from 1971 through 1979. Predicts that issues of employee discipline and discharge will comprise the largest number of cases proceeding to arbitration. (Author/MLF)

Rebuts the claims of Trusheim and Crouse, made in an earlier issue, that Scholastic Aptitude Test scores are no more effective predictors of college success than is high school class rank. Discusses inaccuracies in the data used by Trusheim and Crouse and points out errors in their analyses. (PGD)

Examined prognostic value of client characteristics for problem drinkers treated with an initial goal of controlled drinking. Clients achieving moderation had less severe symptoms and less family history of problem drinking than abstainers or uncontrolled cases. Females were more successful in attaining moderation. Males were overrepresented among…

The analysis indicated that 10 distinct patterns could account for the variance within the WISC-R subtests. Knowledge of the pattern of strengths and weaknesses did not provide additional prognostic power over that available using the WISC-R full scale IQ alone. (Author/CL)

Reviewed is the 544-page report, Science and Technology: A Five-Year Outlook. Written by the National Academy of Sciences and designed to provide Congress with information to use in developing policy, this report describes the recent history of science and technology and predicts active and promising research areas of the future. (CS)

Examining the role of education in the future, the author discusses two ways industrial arts might enter into the picture: (1) be aware of the educational needs of the future and (2) shed itself of the trappings of the past and invent its own role. (LRA)

A method of evaluation that permits some penetration into the teaching/learning process that connects the student, teacher, and program is described. The conclusions reached by this method can be applied to improving teaching strategies, inservice training, curriculum development, and evaluation. (MP)

This attempt to provide a low-cost technique of assigning nonarbitrary weights to client characteristics uses a multiple regression model to predict high-risk clients. Presents statistical results and a sample case. (Author)

Educational change requires recognition that education is a trilateral process that involves parents, teachers, and students. Also required is a redefinition of administration that will free the education practitioners. (Author/MLF)

Changing social attitudes and life-styles will have an impact on the future of health education. (JD)

The continuing importance of leadership, professional recognition, and sound preparation in the field of health education are emphasized. (JD)

Ninety-two undergraduates were administered three questionnaires on parental conflict and dominance in late adolescent maladjustment. Results indicated that more neurotic daughters come from high conflict families with dominant fathers, while more neurotic sons come from high conflict families with dominant mothers. (Author/CL)

The cause and effect model of research and application was first discredited in physics by the uncertainty principle. The same dramatic shift in outlook that the uncertainty principle necessitated among physical scientists is long overdue among those committed to the enhancement of the unique world of the person. (Author)

Calls for a reordering of values in the study of human communication in human organizations. Offers a preliminary discourse on a primitive theory of human communication as distinguished from an eclectic theory of organizational communication. Differences between the two types of theoretical approaches are suggested. (JMF)

The study examined language/thought, abstract/concrete, and divergent thinking abilities of 77 hearing impaired students (8 to 12 years old), with emphasis on the relationship between linguistic and nonlinguistic abilities and creativity. (Author/SBH)