Ratings for degree of interest in hobbies, TV programs, reading topics and sports, together with the leisure activities they encouraged in their children, were obtained from 1270 adults. A list of 10 relatively independent factors, with a fair degree of similarity across sex, were arrived at by principal component methods. (Author)

A national survey of campus officers and selected professional leaders reveals that the majority of student affairs and academic officers are supportive of a developmental transcript. ACPA leaders are enthusiastic and registrars are moderately supportive. A core of support seems to exist on most types of campuses. (Author)

Changes in the problems of entering college freshmen necessitate changes in student counseling. This study compares the problems of 400 undergraduates entering college in 1976 with problems endorsed by 400 entering freshmen in 1969. There are both similarities and differences between the two groups. (Author)

Focusing its efforts on the improvements of the teacher-learning process in higher education, the Institute for Educational Technology at the University of Surrey engages in applied research and service activities including the development and evaluation of teaching and learning innovations, and the training of university teachers. Research and…

Presents summary estimates of 1978 industry-funded research and development in universities. (SL)

This article examines whether inmate group leaders can be successful in reducing state anxiety, promoting a positive attitude toward their admissions program and future psychotherapy, and assisting in the group member's learning of the institution's rules, regulations, and policies. (Author)

Defines and describes different types of audits and areas of patient care which lend themselves to a quality of performance review. Describes an audit application at a hospital-based crisis intervention center and the corrective action taken on the basis of the findings. (Author)

This article is a follow-up to an earlier survey in which the institutional sources of scholarly contributions to the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin from 1962-71 were identified. Results for the last five years indicate both substantial similarities and differences from the earlier survey. (Author)

A sample of 168 male and 169 female college students on a secondary curriculum responded to statements as to why secondary teaching was preferable to elementary and to conditions that would cause them to consider teaching at the elementary level. Sex and attitude toward sex role showed no significant difference. (Author)

Considers the problem of social control in educational organizations and some conditions under which relatively homogeneous distributions of school relevant behaviors and attitudes develop. The issue concerns the focus of social control: does the college act as the general unit of normative control or do subunits? (Author)

This article summarizes the results of the field trial of DISCOVER, a computerized, interactive career guidance system intended to be used with students in grades seven to 12. (Author)

Research projects concerned with teaching skills and teacher education, which originated at the University of Waikato (Hamilton, New Zealand), are reviewed. (GW)

Individual pupils' experiences and group dynamics in an open classroom in New Zealand are analyzed. (GW)

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)

Decisions regarding normality of childhood behaviors are necessary when clinicians attempt to discriminate which children require psychiatric treatment. Elements affecting clinical judgments include the influence of direct observation of the child and the parents' report of the child's behavior. Results show that judgments depended almost entirely…