Argues that the quality of work life literature is both appropriate and useful for understanding and improving the effectiveness and quality of school life. Suggests that both quality and effectiveness of learning and school operations can be improved by adopting participative management models and innovations. (CJM)

Describes a day-long Aging Awareness workshop in which a group of 12 elderly were involved in a poetry-writing exercise focusing on meaningful life change. Ramifications of this positive experience are discussed in view of the cultural/language barrier and traditional aging awareness issues such as reminiscence. (JAC)

Surveyed 308 elderly persons to examine how young they feel and why. Results indicated feeling younger than one's age was associated with psychological health even when the effects of several confounding variables were statistically controlled. Purpose in life was the strongest correlate of identified age. (JAC)

Discusses the implications of equating occupational success with high self-esteem and the belief that work is meaningful. Suggests that unemployed and marginally employed men present serious career and personal problems as clients, and presents several counseling strategies emphasizing the development of a meaningful life style. (JAC)

Examines the value of higher education. Demonstrates that higher education should not be understood as competing with alternative life goals, but rather either as the common element in all efficient means for achieving life goals or as, on its own, the best means for achieving life goals. (JAC)

Investigated differences in perceived quality of life of 156 college students and 77 faculty. Results showed students differed significantly from faculty in expressing more dissatisfaction. The faculty especially focused less on concrete-personal and abstract-personal events. Female students reported a significantly poorer quality of life than…

Surveyed 29 farm couples who filled out questionnaires dealing with feelings of economic stress and blaming in the marriage. Results showed couples with greater economic vulnerability reported greater economic distress, although they tended to report experiencing less loss. Couples reporting greater economic distress reported greater blaming in…

Community development makes use of what is now called strategic thinking and strategic planning. One crucial step in this process is developing strategies (and the subsequent tactics). First, the community development practitioner must assess the situation thoughtfully, and find out what resources the community has available, what is achievable,…

The Department of Defense (DOD) operates 59 elementary and secondary schools serving over a dozen military bases in the continental United States. Periodically, questions have been raised concerning the continuing need for such schools. In 2002, DOD commissioned the Donahue Institute of the University of Massachusetts to examine the potential for…

Teacher approaches to the controversial issue of the conflict between quality of life and economic growth are suggested for elementary and secondary grade levels. (KM)

We are a society in transition. Certainly the experience of physics should help us to understand the nature of the transition we now face and to direct it for Man's benefit. The process of transition is of much greater importance than the products. (Author/TS)

In some countries, adult education has become an integral part of the economic welfare policy and has contributed to the improvement of the living standards of the underprivileged and the changing relationships within the community. This article discusses adult education from the perspective of welfare and reallocation of resources. (JOW)

A high school student discusses symptoms of Americans' lack of interest in pursuing their dreams. The American dream has been replaced for many by the need for financial security. The decline of the American dream is reflected in our political leadership and in the decline in importance of intellectual pursuits. (RM)

Designed to attempt an assessment of the quality and quantity of information on traditional Navajo women in view of feminist concerns about the treatment of women in ethnography, data from 10 basic ethnographies on the Navajos and 14 published life histories of Navajo men and women are explored. (Author)

Examined responses of self-ascribed handicapped and nonhandicapped persons to six life satisfaction measures to establish their construct validity. Results offered substantial evidence for the construct validity of life satisfaction. (RC)