As part of the ongoing effort to provide and maintain quality educational programs and services for students, the San Diego Community College District conducted a comprehensive student satisfaction survey during fall 2001. This article provides a brief summary of this survey research including instrumentation, data collection, data analysis,…

This report by the Illinois Community College Board provides results of a telephone survey of nearly 10,150 community college students who earned 30 or more credits or an associate degree in a baccalaureate-transfer program. This one-time telephone survey was designed to: (1) compare satisfaction levels of transfer-baccalaureate students with…

Reports on the Cooperative Teacher Education Program (CTEP) conducted by the University of Illinois College of Education in cooperation with suburban school districts 214, 25, and 59 near Chicago. (RB)

Describes the curriculum changes in the Music Department at the University of North Dakota following a reevaluation of curriculum by both students and faculty. (Author/JB)

An explanation of the effects of leader behavior on subordinate satisfaction, motivation, and performance. (Author)

Deals with the hypothesis that initial self-confidence and actual task performance determine whether the subject will attribute responsibility to himself or to luck. The data support the hypothesis and reveal distinct differences between males and female subjects in self-confidence and attribution of responsibility. Tables, graphs, and…

A survey examined physician attitudes toward operating room, nonoperating room, and nonpatient care responsibilities in their residencies. Training for operating room responsibilities was deemed adequate by most, and nonoperating room training inadequate. Recommendations include: hospital cooperation, more effective sessions, and supplementary…

Results of this study indicate a difference in enjoyment and interest levels between sensory (N=35) and non-sensory (N=25) senior citizen groups engaged in interpretive hikes. Enjoyment/interest levels were measured by direct observation during the hikes and a questionnaire administered at the conclusion of the hikes. (JN)

The relationship between work and leisure was examined to explain why an activity can be work to one person and leisure to another and why an activity can be leisure at one time and work at another. Attitudes of professional and amateur soccer players and gardeners were studied to form hypotheses. (PP)

This study examined the possibility that satisfaction normally attributed to a main leisure activity are determined, to some extent, by secondary activities that also are a part of the recreational experience. The attitudes of recreational fishermen are discussed. (Author/PP)

Findings indicate that lapses in conversation occur when one of the participants uses responses which fail to advance the topic. Analysis of the postlapse data indicates that subsequent to a lapse, the most probable strategy is for one of the participants to pose a question which the partner is obligated to answer. (PD)

This article discusses consumer involvement with college health services: its historic development, forms of involvement, and benefits and limitations of particpation and its implications. (CJ)

Studied the effects of a seven-week motivational training program on the attitudes and sports performance of five veteran members of the Chicago State University swim team. The program stressed four basic aspects: cognitive-behavioral synthesization; personology; micro-group exercises; and individual counseling. (Author/SJL)

Examined the relationship of counselor gender to client return rate. Results showed male counselors had higher return rates regardless of their level of experience, the gender of clients, the concerns of clients, or the severity of those concerns. The generalizability of the results of an earlier study are questioned. (Author)

Assessed expectations for counseling success in reference to analytic, behavioral, and Gestalt counseling. Audiotapes were designed, each describing one modality. Differences in expectations for positive results were not found when unbiased descriptions of counseling types were utilized. Only adult females showed expectancy for long-term cure in…