It is up to the governor to assume the leadership for providing the citizens with a vision of what a quality education can be. (Author/MLF)

Nonpatient couples, couples seeking sex therapy, and couples seeking marital therapy, were asked to report on who they felt should and who actually does assume responsibility in marital role areas. Discrepancy between role ideals and behavior was examined. Marital therapy patients were found to experience the most role strain. (Author)

Responses to a questionnaire pertaining to discrepancies between an individual's ideal and actual marital role behaviors and level of sexual satisfaction indicated lower levels of role strain in nonpatient couples. A higher level of role strain correlated with increased sexual dissatisfaction. (Author)

Reviews the work of Howard S. Becker who, in the 1950s, analyzed teaching as a service occupation and drew parallels with other such occupations in terms of worker-client relationships and authority structures. (SJL)

Examines the role of communication directors involved in internal communication activities in business organizations. Indicates that directors perform a variety of roles ranging from journalistic to advisory/support work. Proposes a functional role involved in determining major policies for communications systems. (JMF)

This paper first reviews three different theoretical constructs concerning the psychological significance of sex-role-related characteristics in personality functioning: sex role identity, androgyny, and sex role transcendence. A new conceptual analysis concerning sex-typing, sex role strain analysis, is presented. Implications of this analysis…

Investigates ways of developing self-confidence, self-esteem, and related dominance in counselor education. Shows that, of three conditions tried, a pre-practicum utilizing role playing had the best results. (RL)

Supports the hypothesis that male leaders will receive higher ratings of alpha behavior than female leaders in mixed-sex groups, regardless of the females' ratings in same-sex groups. Points to linear male leadership patterns, while female patterns vary depending on the composition of the group. (RL)

Data were collected through questionnaire surveys from 29 local school districts and two intermediate school districts in Michigan to identify the special education administrative functions that are performed by general school administrators. (SBH)

The conditions and the rhetoric have changed; but in the age of the "instant librarian," the future still depends on the school media specialist's ability to focus on the user as an individual and provide an environment that promotes learning. (Author)

A study at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, on female industrial arts teachers, who make up only one-third of one percent of the field, indicated that half of the respondents had different perceptions of industrial arts teaching from those of male teachers. (MF)

Analyzes the marital role division between couples, in the Philadelphia area, concentrating on the division of household tasks, child care, and paid employment. Data support a marital power model with husband's income negatively related and wife's education positively related to shared roles. Blacks are more likely to share roles. (Author)

Illustrates an approach for providing both quantitative and qualitative data regarding teamwork and planning. Describes the utilization of such data concurrently with a "white paper" and survey feedback methodology in an actual intervention. (Author/IRT)

The role and function of mental health professionals as they interact with other faculty on a college campus is examined. (JD)

G. Stanley Hall's opinions of women were formed early in life under pressure of a doting mother and were reinforced by his choice of wives. Describes the influences that shaped Hall's educational program for young women that was the logical extension of his philosophical position. (Author/RK)