An Adult Vocational Maturity Inventory was administered to graduate students, unemployed men and vocational trainees. Results indicated that graduate students had the highest level of vocational maturity and unemployed men the lowest, thus supporting the hypothesis that vocational maturity can be quantitatively measured. (Author/CG)

Based on this study it is evident that high priority must be given to the evaluation and improvement of existing programs. It is hoped that this investigation will add to the already existing attempts to prepare for the future of student personnel administration. (Author)

Analysis of the prestige rankings of 269 students showed that the sample confirmed previous studies except that service and academic positions were upgraded while research jobs were down graded, interindividual variability was greater than hypothesized, and subgroups tended to upgrade occupations related to their area of specialization. (Author)

Graduate students (n equals 46) who had indicated that their major interest was teaching were compared with 47 graduate students who had indicated that their major interest was counseling. The groups differed on six of the subtests, three of which were interest measures. A further comparison between the counselor candidates who had a practicum and…

Responses to a Library User's Questionnaire were analyzed by use of a chi-square statistic to determine whether the faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates were homogeneous with respect to their primary and secondary reasons for visiting the library, and also with respect to the library materials used. (Author)

Graduate Record Examination and Miller Analogies Test scores were equated using linear transformation and regression methods. Standard deviations of regression equivalence scores were consistently smaller than those actually obtained in the sample, whereas standard deviations of linear equivalence scores were the same as those in the sample.…

Because it offers a means for examining the change in perception of key concepts as a result of learning, the similarity judgment task can be used to evaluate instruction effectiveness. Results of this study indicated graduate students had successfully employed the similarity judgment task and had established effectiveness of similarity judgment…

Lists and describes six available instructional films which are appropriate for use in graduate library school classes in the literature and bibliography of the humanities. (FM)

The rationale for and a description of formative evaluation is presented for a nondoctoral training program in school psychology. It is suggested that the evaluation model used is appropriate for both training and service programs and can be used as an educational strategy for those involved in it. (Author)

Describes a summer program, Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE), that provides crucial experience to women who hope to go on to earn Ph.D.s in mathematics. (EV)