This author deals with college and community college counselors. The counselor/client ratio appears somewhat more favorable than before but the trend appears to be a considerable flattening out in the frequency of staff additions. Some other trends in collegiate counseling discussed here are accountability, minority group members as counselors and…

A means of combining the staff development approach and the accountability approach for pupil services staff was created by the Denver Public Schools in conjunction with the University of Colorado. A central city junior high school was used. The first step involved identification and formal statement of current functions of pupil services workers.…

Outlines some of the characteristics of humanistic objectives for education; e.g. humanist objectives are largely holistic, are concerned with affective aspects of learning that determine the expression of information in action; and are directed to the qualities that make us human. (Author/JM)

When student ratings of instruction are used by instructors as a source of feedback on their teaching, some changes are made by the instructor; better interpretation of the results would probably improve this; thus a well-designed student ratings program can benefit more than harm the academic community. (Author/JM)

Considered rehabilitation programs that are designed to provide various services to the handicapped and the effect of implementing a communications network. (RK)

Author addressed the nascent issue of damage suits brought by nonlearners against the schools. He discussed the legal issues relating to such suits and argues that if the courts recognize school liability at all they would apply the negligence rule. (Editor/RK)

In Kalamazoo, Michigan, teachers are evaluated on how well they and their students perform. Kalamazoo schools have probably one of the most comprehensive computerized systems of personnel evaluation and accountability yet devised. (Author/WM)

Author explained PBTE, a new way of preparing school teachers by colleges and universities. (Author/RK)

Considers programs of teacher competency that will cause effective teaching to be developed. (RK)

Author feels that if the system first provides the in-service training essential for familiarizing each teacher with the new program, and provides time for pilot programs, performance-based teaching may prove to be one of the big advancements of education in this century. (GB)

After explaining reasons necessitating changes in counselor role, the authors describe their implementation of a counselor training program in humanistic education in District 8 of the Bronx of New York. A short description of the ways in which the counselors then used the techniques they'd learned in interacting with teachers and students is also…

A keener sense of responsibility and a more sensitive type of journalism would result if student newspapers were required to rely on voluntary student support. (Author)

Cost benefit accounting is not being used in academic reference libraries today but administrators are beginning to require quantitative evaluation of services provided. Several systems are described and evaluated. (35 references) (DH)

Describes a study unit involving research in the community by twelve year old students on mercy killing. Teacher accountability determined the outcome of the objectives. (JB)