This study investigated the effectiveness of the Vocational Exploration Group in assisting students to become more aware of the world of work. Male, Mexican-American, junior high students (N=60) were randomly assigned to one of three groups: (1) Vocational Exploration Group, (2) VEG without interaction, or (3) Control. Analyses revealed no…

Efficient and worthwhile career education programs depend upon identifying important variables for the design and presentation of career information. This study was undertaken to identify variables that might be related to knowledge, opinion, and interest, especially in the renewable natural resource occupations. (Author)

A model for developing teacher interpersonal skill was employed to improve teacher-student relationships. Teachers (N=18) received 20 hours of training that consisted of studying human relationship skills, listening to taped examples of good relationships, and practice through role playing. Teachers did significantly increase their ability to…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the community power structure of the Homestead, Florida, City area. The study examined perceptions of schoolmen, the black, the white and the overall power structure, and the socio-economic beliefs of the members of the community power structure. Results are discussed. (Author)

This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of a community college orientation course and to determine the frequency of counselor-student contact. There were no significant differences between groups' responses to a questionnaire designed to measure the objectives, but counselor-student contact was significantly affected. (Author)

Conflicting views exist regarding priorities ascribed to the areas of academic and vocational counseling as differentiated from counseling for personal, social, and emotional adjustment in college counseling centers. Presents the findings of a comparative investigation of the prevalence of services offered by counseling centers at both two-year…

Variables contributing to minority students' decisions not to attend a particular university once admitted were investigated by a questionnaire and a subsequent telephone poll. Results suggested that dissatisfaction with financial aid weighed heavily in their decisions not to attend. (Author)

The interrelationships between two measures of alienation, major academic areas, and expressed occupational aspirations were investigated in 300 undergraduate students. Students' academic standing and residence status were also studied for their possible association with each of the variables. While the alienation measures correlated…

As the result of a time-shortened degree experiment, 31 end-of-year freshmen were accelerated to junior status. The students showed high academic performance and few social problems, but questions of personal identity remained problematic. The best single predictor of academic success in the junior year was the freshman grade point average.…

Supervisors from state vocational rehabilitation agencies described their information resources, and practices. In preparing proposals they rate facts from their own or similar agencies as most potent. They relied even more heavily upon personal experiences. Suggestions are made for better linking state supervisors to current rehabilitation…

This study of 118 low socioeconomic status (SES) black and white male high school students attempted to clarify certain definitional problems related to assessment of occupational plans of low SES youth in the context of vocational choice realism. When given the opportunity, the students were able to distinguish between their aspirations and…

This study was designed to examine the vocational interests of daughters of alcoholics. Mixed support was provided for the assumption that their vocational choices are nonperson oriented. Data did support the prediction of high scores on the realistic and intellectual scales of Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory. (SJL)

Study of drug use among 254 Mexican-American high school students. Investigated drug use in relationship to socioeconomic status, attitudes toward drugs, school related variables, and demographic factors. Results indicate the Mexican-American drug user differed from the group normal from which he/she was drawn with regard to the aspects…

Follow-up survey was undertaken to assess the changes in knowledge and existing attitudes or opinions about drugs by freshmen through seniors from the same high school previously reported in a 1971 study. In comparison to the 1971 study, there was a decrease in interest in all phases of drug useage. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to suggest that the Semantic Differential Technique is an efficient and reliable instrument for measuring attitudes in drug education. Its sensitivity to gradations in attitudes is demonstrated in an actual research study and suggestions for its potential uses in drug education programs are discussed. (Author)