Discusses what librarians have written about futures research and examines the application of various methods of such research in librarianship. An extensive bibliography is included. (CHC)

Describes the role of media in small liberal arts colleges in terms of AV staff, current goals and organization structure, academic support services, problems, role of the AV center, facilities, and hardware. Data were gathered from 38 colleges in a national survey. (CMV)

Intelligence tests are likely to move toward measuring multiple aspects of ability. Tasks will be less abstract and closer to life experiences of the individual. The metric will change from the present formula to a separate score for each measured ability, normed in relation to cultural and linguistic background. (Author/RD)

Develops an empirical framework for examining the process and outcome of negotiation. The hypothesis of the proposed model is confirmed indicating that prenegotiation expectations and social power strategy implementation are the most significant predictors of outcome. Also examines the situation and personality traits relevant to the negotiation…

To examine variables related to the school achievement of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students, 35 indigenous students and 58 non-Aboriginals in grade 8 completed a Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory and the Intellectual Responsibility Questionnaire. (Author/SBH)

Typical assessment information as well as measures of achievement efficiency were used to predict program placement for 75 educable mentally retarded children (ages 5-14 years) in an attempt to identify a composite of scores which would differentiate between those placed in regular and special classrooms. (Author/DLS)

Individual vs class ratings of college instruction were compared. Class effects were stronger than individual effects, and the statistical manipulation involved in changing units of analysis did not account for this difference. Grades-rating relationships may be attributable to different elements in the rating process. (Author/RD)

An awareness of all the forces affecting higher education today is not enough; carefully planned strategies to deal with them are also necessary for effective administration. Organizational-environmental concerns, the seven-component model for managing organizational complexity, and forecasting technologies are among topics discussed. (Editor/TA)

There is a new tribe of seers among us. They create the future and offer us several alternatives. The author has tried futurism with children and with teachers, and it works! (Editor)

In order to study developmental and task-related factors in ability to coordinate two dimensions, a simple multiplicative relations matrix task was presented to 51 children in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2. (MS)

Results of this study of eight liberal arts colleges, traditionally women's colleges, suggest that multiple-discriminant analysis provides a rigorous and practical basis for adding an important and largely unexplored between-group dimension to studies in the prediction of within-group performance. (Editor/LBH)

Proposes a mechanism for monitoring the operation of an information system so that information needs are met or are identified and communicated to information producers in a systematic manner. (Author)

Presents a meta-analysis of cross-cultural comparisons of cognitive test scores published between 1973 and 1994. Larger performance differences were found in cross-national than in intranational (cross-ethnic) comparisons, and they were better predicted by task characteristics in intranational comparisons. Five models explaining cross-cultural…

Histories of child neglect or child physical abuse were correlated with psychological functioning in 236 male and 276 female undergraduates. Childhood neglect was more predictive of psychological problems and anxious attachment styles than was physical abuse. Results suggest neglect and physical abuse are potentially separate moderators of…

Analysis of data on 3,363 American parents from the 1985 National Family Violence Survey found that marital violence is a statistically significant predictor of physical child abuse and the greater the amount of spousal abuse, the greater the probability of physical child abuse. The relationship was stronger for abusing husbands than for abusing…