A career center may be identified by an emphasis on information services, self-help procedures, developmental planning for career choice, and a resource linkage and coordinated referral service. (Author)

A project to improve hospital house officers' recognition of important behavioral, psychological, and social aspects involved in medical care of chronically ill ambulatory patients and an evaluation of its effectiveness are reported. The procedure involved the use of feedback from patient interviews regarding patient satisfaction, medication…

Discusses a study conducted at Harcum Junior College, a private, two-year, women's college, to elicit students' perceptions of a variety of learning experiences/teaching methods and of their relative enjoyment levels with regard to these experiences. Includes the questionnaire. (AYC)

Although group counseling is available to students, there have been few follow-up studies to determine if this counseling approach is effective. A study to obtain follow-up information from junior and senior high school students who had participated in group counseling during elementary school is described. (Author)

An abstract of a study to discover the political interaction leading to policy decisions for the management of underutilized school facilities, to determine the actual policies that resulted from those activities, and to investigate the satisfaction level of participants. (Author/MLF)

To stimulate interest in death and grief responses, medical school faculty and students at the University of California, San Diego, were invited to a program of music, film, and commentary dealing with that theme. A global evaluation of the event was positive. (JMD)

The task of this project was to evaluate a course which was more practical than intellectual, more involved with processes than with products, more diversified in student activities than usual, and less explicit than usual in its assessment criteria. The evaluation concentrated on the students' view of the course. (Author/CTM)

The new heroes and heroines who reject middle-class values and rewards are seeking fulfillment outside the mainstream and subtly altering the American profile. (LBH)

Student satisfaction with academic advisement was measured at eight community colleges employing four different advisement models. Comparison of satisfaction scores revealed significant differences among models and between full- and part-time students. No significant difference was found between two institutions using the same model or between…

Reviews key elements of service quality theory and presents results from a longitudinal study of 62 accounting students at a British university regarding their expectations and perceptions of quality in education services. Finds that students' expectations were stable but that their perceptions varied significantly over time. (32 citations) (BCY)

This study examined experiences of 44 employed mothers of children (age 5) with developmental disabilities who had searched for and found child care services within the preceding year. Care by relatives was the most common arrangement; center-based care the least common. Severity of developmental delay and the presence of behavior problems…

Presents an inservice, appropriate for elementary and secondary school teachers, that examines 10 language arts Web sites. Transparencies, handouts, and an evaluation tool are provided. Objectives, resources, activity and procedures for completion, and evaluation and follow-up methods are also included. (LRW)

The experience of teaching a University of Aberdeen distance learning course to students in the Scottish Highlands and Islands using audio conferencing suggests that with new technologies the benefits of distance learning can be preserved while the problems of traditional distance courses can be mitigated. The results of a survey of 45 students…

This article describes the Interagency Planning and Support Project, which aimed to improve coordination among agencies serving young children with disabilities and their families by integrating disparate service documents and planning processes. Analysis of Collaborative Support Plan data on 34 families shows the approach was successful in…

Interviewed parents of children with dyslexia to determine principal reasons for attending support groups. Identified: (1) information seekers attending support groups for education and research on their child's learning difficulties who integrated advice/information to offer educational/emotional support to their children; (2) parents attending…