In its "Catholic Bishop" decision, the Court was unfaithful to the National Labor Relations Act's language and legislative history and also to the Court's own precedent. Available from Law Quarterly, School of Law, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130. (Author/IRT)

The most important aims of educational policy must reflect the needs of a developed socialist society. These aims include: recruitment and training of teachers; the development of parallel and lifelong education; the achievement of an "educative society" by linking educational with economic, social and cultural policy; and equal…

Local occupational surveys enhance a school's information system. The business and industrial community and the schools develop an increased rapport. Survey participants, in this case counselors, learn more about the world of work. And the public is impressed with the school's interest in the community. (Author)

Considers the Supreme Court Brown and Bakke decisions the results of socioeconomic influences rather than of moral imperative. Discusses social conditions as influences on judicial processes, economic conditions in the United States when the decisions were made, and the effects of the decisions on school desegregation, educational competition, and…

Ultimately, colleges and universities must aid and support the labor movement in building professional labor leadership and research capacities so that labor can respond effectively to new problems, issues, and technologies. Resources available to assist colleges and universities interested in developing programs to serve workers and their unions…

The role of organizational climate in predicting and explaining faculty attitudes toward collective bargaining at a college facing severe labor problems is assessed. Findings include: perceived power structure is the dominant predictor of attitudes toward unionization and perceived goals do not effect faculty attitudes toward unionization.…

Examines data from a survey of University of Iowa sociology and liberal arts graduates showing entry-level job satisfaction and expectations of job mobility into better positions. Evidence indicated no unemployment crisis but future underemployment problems. Recommends greater emphasis on undergraduate career education and adaptability to change.…

To strengthen extension programs in the six-county Meramec area of Missouri, the University of Missouri extension staff used Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) funds to train people to survey area rural residents, to provide jobs for CETA workers, and to present extension programs to residents, meshing extension and CETA programs.…

Details development of a career counseling program for insurance company employees. Highlights five program concepts: lifelong process, personal responsibility for growth, interdependent roles, nurturing, and honesty. Presents a career-launching checklist given to employees before counseling; introduces a career-counseling model which suggests…

Suggests classroom techniques to prepare business students for employment interviews and gives information on lawful and unlawful employment interview inquiries, as well as some fair employment legal requirements of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1974, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (MF)

Describes a process known as behavior modeling, used by more than 300 companies to train managers and supervisors by showing videotapes of company managers effectively motivating others in a variety of situations. Participants rehearse the modeling behavior and apply the skills to the job. Includes an actual model script. (MF)

Educational developments in the Middle East are analyzed in terms of the relationship between educational systems and developmental goals, especially manpower. Accompanying commentaries by Orin D. Parker and Joy W. Viola contend that educational quality has been sacrificed for quantity and that judgment of the system must be made within a cultural…

Presents results of a survey of undergraduate physics students which was conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in order to ascertain the students' career goals, perceptions of the job market in physics, and reasons for pursuing a degree in physics. (HM)

The problem of overqualification is related to the educational aspirations in a comparative cross-national study using data collected in opinion surveys in four European countries (Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, and Poland) and the United States. (JMF)

Discusses an experimental program to help solve the problems of securing and training new technicians for wastewater treatment facilities. (CS)