A qualitative study of 20 midlife faculty at one Canadian university suggests that while this can be a time of stagnation, it can also be the time of a "second call" to commit to working in higher education. Identifies themes of this second call, including care, community, creativity, and consciousness. (DB)

Reports findings of a survey examining the professional, personal, and social impacts of the Fulbright program on 277 Turkish scholars living in Turkey. Respondents to the mail survey agreed their Fulbright experience in the United States had had positive effects on their professional, social, and especially their personal lives. (DB)

Proposes an approach for supervising mental health counseling interns that integrates the developmental model of Littrell, Lee-Borden, and Lorenz, and Bernard's discrimination model. This approach integrates supervisor role, intern skills, and stages of the supervision process. It provides a practical tool for conceptualizing and implementing the…

Examines the British fairy tale "The Buried Moon" from a Jungian perspective, discussing how it can provide inspiration, and a reminder of the renewal of dark times for caregivers, healing professionals, and the clients they serve. Offers a brief case study to illustrate this. (SR)

Personal development training is being provided to employees by many companies. Motivational speakers and programs to stop smoking, reduce stress, build confidence, and give more effective presentations are offered. However, there is a danger that the all-consuming organization may try to take over all aspects of an employee's life. (JOW)

Compares students' preferences concerning systems of juvenile justice using gender and class standing as independent variables. Preferences of upper and lower division students differed significantly, with most upper division students opposing trial of juveniles in adult courts. Discusses implications of students' general patterns of moral…

Examines the literature on identity development of homosexual youth, and parental and familial influences on the coming out process. Research indicates that homosexual adolescents who have a close relationship with their parents and families tend to come out at a younger age and experience more positive identities than those who have a poor…

Attempts to show how genes and environments cooperate in the construction of organisms, focusing on how genes require environmental and behavioral inputs to function appropriately during the normal course of human development. The discussion is related to a model of probabilistic epigenesis. (SLD)

The Self-System-Synergy model provides the philosophical framework for the concept of career resiliency, which has become the basis for many organizational initiatives. The three elements are self-reliance (the power of personal beliefs), interdependence (the connectedness of multiple systems), and self-renewal through continuous learning. (JOW)

Reviews dissertation and thesis research that explores adult women's perspectives on their own learning. Key themes include personal development, ways of knowing, and marginality. One concern is the lack of any coherent line of research on women's learning. Discusses implications for practice and further research. (EMK)

Transformative adult development involves a qualitative change in world view with resulting tension and struggles of the production of new consciousness. Change occurs through a dialectic process of reconstructing meaning in new ways. (SK)

Describes journal writing as a teaching tool used to facilitate the development of students' cognitive skills and foster intellectual growth. Includes sample syllabus instructions. (JOW)

Offers a small compendium of examples of the diversity and richness of adolescent life as portrayed through personal Web pages. (RS)

Explains the role of symbols in attaining total psychic growth by applying concepts of C. Jung, R. Assagiolo, and L. Kubie. Describes a new strategy, the symbolic identity technique, which involves environmental exploration in a relaxed, receptive manner in order to discover something in the outer environment that reflects one's inner nature.…

Compares sample of male adolescents (n=36) in relation to their personal development, family characteristics, and types of offense they committed, including those (n=16) with a history of sexual abuse who had offended against children. The most important difference between the two groups was the more frequent absence of the parents of adolescents…