The role of professional associations in facilitating minority access to graduate and professional education is addressed. Information on minority applications, financial aid, recruitment, and support activities was requested from 29 associations; 16 responded. The general posture of the associations appears to be limited to expressions of support…

This paper describes and organizes empirical information about stepfamilies. The emphasis is on (1) the nature of stepparent roles, (2) how individuals adjust to the demands imposed by the roles, and (3) how the special steprelationships affect the overall functioning of the family. Special problems of stepfamilies are examined and advice offered…

This study investigates females in three fields of academic study thought to be male-dominated, female-dominated, or dominated by neither sex. The women were compared in relation to personality characteristics selected from the subscales of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) which have been stereotypically associated with masculinity…

This research study examines the types of social behaviors portrayed by families in various television series and explores children's impressions of the TV family members. Content analysis of nine family-oriented TV series was employed to describe the ranges of behaviors of fathers, mothers and children on television. Eleven shows from each series…

Inherent in all sport, dance, and movement activity are implied patterns of interaction between and among all participants and the relevant characteristics of their environment. Through these patterns children learn various structures of acceptable social behavior as defined by the roles-oriented value system of our culture. Eight different…

This paper presents a critique of current conceptualizations of interpersonal competence, reveals their underlying cultural prescriptions, and proposes a transcultural model of interpersonal communication competence designed to guide the teaching of interpersonal communication as well as research in that area. (FL)

A 1972 survey of female and male naval offficers indicated that most men had little difficulty seeing women as effective managers, but doubted that women should serve in active service, or as line or commanding officers. The women saw their status as inferior to males, with junior officers more disssatisfied over inequality and more in favor of…

THIS STUDY, BASED ON THE HYPOTHESIS THAT PREPARATION FOR MARRIAGE IS INADEQUATE IN OUR SOCIETY, INCLUDES A SURVEY OF LITERATURE RELATING TO THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF MODERN WOMEN AND THE PROPER ROLE OF HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION, TOGETHER WITH RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF HUNTER COLLEGE HOME ECONOMICS MAJORS AND OTHER WOMEN REGARDING PROBLEMS IN FAMILY…

Are new values and norms learned and internalized in professional school? This question and other related ones will be considered in the study of which this paper is a preliminary report. To specify norms and to consider the structure of relations in a set of norms, nursing students' prescriptions of what various kinds of personnel in a hospital…

Intended as a definitive study of correspondence study in the United States, this book covers its historical development, current practices, quality, fundamental characteristics, and present and possible roles in American education. Types of sponsors (the armed forces, the U.S. Armed Forces Institute, Federal government, private home study…

AS A RESULT OF COOPERATIVE PLANNING BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE AND A LARGE INSURANCE COMPANY, 57 TOP MANAGERS WERE GIVEN A TWO UNIT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. GROUP B BEGAN TRANING FIVE MONTHS AFTER GROUP A. THE WORKSHOP SESSIONS INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS, CASE STUDIES, BUZZ GROUPS, AND ROLE PLAYING. IN PHASE ONE,…

Perceptions of the 4-H club agent's role were studied from the viewpoint of club agents, county coworkers, supervisors, and officers of county leader's organizations. Data were obtained through personal or group interviews with 189 respondents. Forty job activities were classified into the four categories of (1) planning and evaluating club…

This study sought to identify factors which facilitate or deter leadership expression in rural extension specialists. Questionnaires were sent to specialists in ten states who devoted 50% or more of their time to extension work in production, management, and resource use, and to those working in marketing. Evaluations were secured from…

Submission to the electorate of proposed bond issues is a method widely used in the United States at the local school district level to raise large sums of capital. While containing varied suggestions and recommendations of methods and processes for districts to use in attaining their proposals, the literature for the most part encourages lay…

A survey was undertaken of 53 school leaders and 16 administrators of Special Education as to the functions of a school psychologist to determine what type of psychological services should be given priority. The scale contained 46 clearly and legitimately defined functions which school psychologists might perform within a school district. Evidence…