Many believe that within higher education institutions truth is sought, excellence is cultivated, and merit is rewarded. The author, however, cites that this puritan ethic is an encroachment of academic freedom, and that the social ethic must also play a large part in academic assessment. (HS)

Black students are encountering difficulty in gaining admission to graduate schools, and once in, the attrition rate is great for financial and scholastic reasons. (HS)

This study compares the subject matter acquisition of a lecture discussion group and a game playing group in a course in personality theory. The game playing performance was at least as good as that lecture discussion group, as well as having a consistently high motivational level. (Author/CG)

Advanced graduate students in counseling, through circuit riding" services to two rural high schools, raised substantially the number of graduating seniors continuing their education. (Author)

Traces evolution of college biology teaching and describes the advantages of biology as a bridge between the two cultures." Describes approaches to training college biology teachers that may meet modern teaching needs and encourage effective use of instructional innovations. (AL)

This twelfth edition of the Association of American Library Schools' Directory lists 1,800 library school faculty members, library educators, and doctoral students for 1981/82 from 102 member schools. Two sections provide listings by school of faculty members and subject areas and of personnel with title and school. (EJS)

Reports the results of research which tested the applicability of the McKenney-Keen Model of Cognitive Style to the information gathering behavior of information professionals. Factor analysis techniques used to analyze the results are described. Four tables, two figures, and a 13-item reference list accompany the text. (Author/JL)

The underestimation (righting) of frame-of-reference tilt correlates with the perception of the vertical rod as tilted in the opposite direction (the rod-and-frame effect). The rod-and-frame effect can be thought of as the solution to the problem of the rod's tilt given the perceived tilt of the frame. (Author/PN)

Study to determine job-related factors that are associated with Black graduate students' individual decisions to select one work setting over another. Data were obtained from Black graduate students in the late 1960s from a predominantly White university campus and a predominantly Black university campus. (Author/JLF)

Describes the use of a self-administered desensitization program as a teaching device and fear reduction procedure with graduate students in counseling psychology. (Author)