This study found that supposed negative influences on Future Farmers of America membership did not prove to be so. There were no direct relationships between membership charges and teacher shortages, use of teachers without full certification, membership costs, or length of teacher contracts. (SK)

Authors Joshua Baran and Susan Rothbaum discuss why young people join cults; involvement with spiritual groups as part of the developmental search for identity; the comforting familiarity and security offered by authoritarian spiritual groups; and the ways institutions and counselors can deal with students drawn to or leaving such groups. (AYC)

Reports findings of a study of law-violating youth groups and group members in the United States. Number of groups, membership, geographical distribution, and relationships between variables such as number of gangs and city size are reported. (RH)

Collective bargaining in public higher education is examined in terms of enabling legislation, bargaining unit differences, and problems of personnel composition. Areas of difference are then analyzed on a geographical basis of single-campus, horizontal-multiple-campus, and vertical-multiple-campus organization. (MLF)

Examines the relationship between newspaper groups and their member papers. Shows how the introduction of a group-owned wire service encourages member newspapers to print certain news stories, how profit goals established by groups change the publisher's role, and how management techniques affect newsroom personnel. (RL)

Describes an activity called the Science Signature Game which purports students to know something about the other members of their class before they start working together. Discusses the effectiveness of this game and includes a sample of the game cards. (KHR)

Combines two studies, from institutional and student perspectives, to determine the role played by special interest group membership in college admissions. Findings indicate how and why special interest group selection works, and show that it is widely used. Findings also indicate that although applicants are aware of the process, their perception…

Presents the constitution and rules of the North Central Association of College and Schools. Lists members of the Board of Directors, representatives of the commission on schools and the commission on institutions of higher education, appeals committee members, and honorary members by year elected. (PAA)

Business communication students (n=92) used a new instrument to rate their performance and that of other group members. Factor analyses and Cronbach's alpha confirmed the reliability and validity of the Group Member Rating Form as a self-evaluation instrument. (SK)

Discusses identity formation and self-concept of people with learning disabilities and reports results of a survey of personal Web home pages written by people with Down Syndrome. Investigates the extent to which they use the pages to accept or deny membership of the Down Syndrome group identity. (Author/LRW)

A discussion of the use of advisory committees in college and university administration outlines their many potential roles at both program and institutional levels, identifying reasons they are established and often underused. Issues of advisory committee effectiveness are then explored by examining several types of underinvolved and overinvolved…

Teacher education professors help perspective teachers recognize the benefits of membership in NCTE and its affiliates. Though young people continue to join the faculties, many grieve the graying of the organization because they need to be preparing for their leadership successors.

The transition from school to work has been intensely examined by different disciplines. However, this transition has rarely been examined in relation to the experiences acquired by young people in their free time, from a longitudinal perspective. This article analyses the impact of one type of experience, membership in organisations, in the young…

Objective: Previous research has demonstrated that during task conditions requiring an increase in inhibitory function or working memory, children and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) exhibit greater and more varied prefrontal cortical(PFC) activation compared to age-matched control participants. This pattern may reflect…

Purpose: Where the auditory saltation illusion has been used as a measure of auditory temporal processing (ATP) in dyslexia, conflicting results have been apparent (cf. R. Hari & P. Kiesila, 1996; M. Kronbichler, F. Hutzler, & H. Wimmer, 2002). This study sought to re-examine these findings by investigating whether dyslexia is characterized by…