Basic ways in which standards are generated and/or applied in developing professions are identified. Analysis of six sociologically defined characteristics of professions yields six generalized roles standards play in the establishment, development and maintenance of occupations as professions. The six central characteristics are: (1) definite,…

Although motives vary, most VISTA Volunteers bring with them a service orientation and a genuine desire to work with people. But few enter with any prior experience in the social welfare field or any clear picture of the particular nature of the helping role. The majority of Volunteers are at a turning point in their development as they leave the…

The definition of the potential user community is one of the objectives of the studies being conducted in connection with the Language Information Network and Clearinghouse System (LINCS) project at the Center for Applied Linguistics. As part of this activity, various aspects of the language sciences community are being examined, both…

Throughout the last decade, Ph.D. recipients were accustomed to a job market in which demand for their services far exceeded supply. During the same period, manpower experts predicted this situation would continue in the foreseeable future. However, when the 60's ended, the employment illusion had been rudely dispelled by frantic reports of a…

The author analyzes the power structure of the social science professions. He discusses the doctrine of the professions, the theory of the competition of the elites and the universities and professional elitism. For journal availability see SO 504 516. (Author/RM)

This article briefly examines some basic assumptions of interprofessional team process, the concepts of social process and interprofessional process, and educational preparation for interprofessional team process. (MT)

Conducted study which attempted to estimate the average household income of recently retired social workers and to compare it with that of retired professionals from similar occupations (nurses, teachers, doctors, and lawyers). Found retired social workers received the lowest income, on average, of all groups studied. (Author)

Traces the development of library labor unions. Suggests that, with unionization firmly established, more centralization would increase its potential as a factor in the profession. (AP)

An anthropologist offers a challenging view of the strengths and shortcomings of the culture'' of the nutrition professions. This article is based on a speech at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Nutrition Education, 5th, August 2, 1972. (BL)

Provides an overview of Economics as a profession, and the ways in which its tools and theory are used in planning and decision making. (JB)

Three possible solutions to help alleviate the current job shortage are: realistic recruiting, relevant education, and responsive placement bureaus. (MF)

A survey of 16,000 psychologists and psychiatrists invited to participate in an investigation of psychotherapy revealed that less than 1 percent of those contacted wished to participate. Additional data were collected to help isolate the reasons for such limited participation. The reason most frequently given by those who refused participation was…

Holds that librarians have given ethical concerns short shrift, and that, if librarianship is to assume professional status in the eyes of the patron, more consideration must be given to matters of conflict of interest, confidentiality, and attitudes toward reference work. (FM)