Although appropriate rater behaviors are critical to the success of any performance appraisal system, raters frequently receive little or no training regarding how to carry out their role successfully. This article outlines the major elements that should be included in an effective rater training program. Suggested training approaches and the need…

Describes development of a Public Relations Advisory Council composed of practitioners for the purpose of evaluating the public relations program at the University of Florida. (HTH)

Preservice teachers need to be prepared for mainstreaming of handicapped students into the regular classroom. The attitudes of preservice teachers toward education of the handicapped in regular classes were assessed to discover if college courses dealing with special education influence attitudes. (DF)

Explores the possibility of integrating leisure as a subject matter into a variety of disciplines so as to improve the social climate of the classroom and to improve the application of the avocational aspects of the content being studied and the potential application of leisure as an innovational tool. (CT)

Describes the teacher assurance program of Eastern Washington University, which benefits the department of education in the areas of credibility, student marketability, accountability, and program feedback. (FL)

Lists 23 two-year colleges that offer an associate degree or a certificate or both in technical communication. (FL)

Describes five consulting activities developed over several years association with a business firm in order to show that intensive work for one company can be an interesting option for consultants who want to address a firm's many communication problems and who want to see long-term results. (FL)

"Two-plus-two transfer programs" involve teaching lower-division engineering programs at non-engineering institutions, allowing senior institutions to concentrate on upper division courses. The program at Mesa College (Colorado) is described. Suggestions for other institutions are offered. (JN)

Reviews the early development of the ecological psychology program at Michigan State University and describes the changes it has undergone, the traumas it has endured, and considers its present state of mental, physical, and fiscal health. (Author/AM)

This paper presents the methodology developed by the State University System of Florida (SUS) to propose new programs and evaluate their viability prior to approval. Universities must initially request that programs for development be placed on the 5-year strategic plan. Once on the SUS strategic plan, universities may submit proposals following a…

The purpose of this article is to provide a series of planning steps whereby performance can become a more explicit part of the curriculum development process. (Author)

Reports three experiments supporting the inference that the powerless are more sensitive to content that explains than to content promising reward. (TO)

Describes an aviation workshop for teachers at the University of South Florida called Aviation Perspectives and its Environment." (MB)