This article discusses a survey of administrators at an Alabama community college regarding faculty responsibilities and rewards. Respondents indicated that academic advising constituted the most important responsibility for faculty members. Professional organization conference planning and journal publications were among the least significant.…

A survey of 118 Hispanic law students found that female students were more likely than males to expect gender discrimination in their future law firms; perceived discrimination affected student perceptions of the fairness of the promotion process, which influenced career satisfaction; and students did not expect ethnic discrimination to impede…

Compares the relative utility of teacher ratings versus several kinds of reading-related tests measured in the first grade in predicting third grade levels of reading skills in a sample of predominantly ethnic minority children exposed to poverty. Analyses indicated that, in general, teacher ratings predicted later individual differences in…

Investigated the role of mothers' expectancies in shaping their child's perceived physical competence. Structural equation modeling revealed that mothers' perceptions of their child's physical competence predicted their child's own perceived physical competence 1 year later, independent of the child's previously demonstrated physical ability and…

Studied the dimensionality and construct validity of the School Development Expectation Scale for use with Year 12 students in Australia. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the postulated five-factor model in the validation sample of 8,310 students. The scale was calibrated using the Rasch rating scale, and recommendations were made to refine…

A survey of 1,000 college home economics students (718 responses) found that perceptions of courses, satisfaction with the university, attitude toward major, and occupational orientation were significant predictors of satisfaction with majors/departments. Significant differences in satisfaction, attitude, career and academic influences, and…

Outlines a conceptual framework for job change analogous to a thermostat, in which job satisfaction is the "thermometer," change in a job or between jobs is the "adjustment lever," and values, life status, readiness to change, and job opportunities are the "controls." (26 references) (SK)

A group of 17 arts teachers used written observation, informal interviews, case study notes, photographs, drawings, and journals to illuminate multicultural issues in teaching and learning. A model for teaching effectiveness emerged, which identified teacher preparation and interaction behaviors that would enhance learning in a multicultural…

Black students' academic success in college is affected by social and academic adjustment, negative stereotypes, and lack of financial resources. Necessary conditions for academic excellence are student involvement, high expectations, evaluation and feedback, and a creative learning environment. (SK)

When successful teachers were interviewed concerning strategies for helping students believe in themselves, they suggested that teachers break through minority students' skepticism and distrust, use peer recruiters, welcome everyone, generate class participation, set high expectations, use attention-getting projects, look beyond the classroom, and…

Organizational culture is difficult to change, but the norms that exist are the easiest elements to identify and change. Even if changing the norms is not desirable, it is essential to understand and articulate them. A change in cultural norms is communicated through new expectations, different language, and new behaviors. (MSE)

Explored effects of Native-American undergraduate students' (N=84) cultural commitment on preference for ethnically similar counselors. Found degree of cultural commitment significantly affected preferences for counselor ethnicity as well as expectations about counseling, in that subjects reporting strong commitments to culture expected more…

Explored agreement in occupational field between adolescents' career aspirations and expectations and influence of gender, grade in school, and locus of control on amount of agreement. Results from 500 secondary school students revealed little agreement in occupational field between career aspiration and expectation, and also indicated no grade,…

Examination of education majors' perceptions of their supervisors' expectations regarding their performance as student teachers were examined. Results show that supervisors did not use uniform evaluation criteria and that there was a low level of congruence between supervisors' and cooperating teachers' views on teaching practice. (Author/CB)

Used data from High School and Beyond to examine attitudes of high school seniors and their parents concerning a child's premarital residential independence (PRI). Results indicated that young people were more likely than their parents to expect PRI, in two-parent as well as in one-parent and stepparent families. (Author/NB)