This study examined the degree to which certain religious/spiritual constructs simply reflect personality variables and to what extent they describe unique components of individual differences. It assessed the incremental validity of several recent or widely used religious measures over personality dimensions in predicting quality of life, racism,…

For those rural schools and communities across the country facing declining student enrollment, there are no easy answers. But there are steps policymakers and communities can take to help cushion the negative impact of declining enrollment on schools to ensure that "no child left behind" also means "no place left behind." This report details 20…

This document examines population trends and economic and social indicators in rural Idaho. The first few sections discuss the definition of "rural," rural challenges and strengths, and outside economic and political forces impacting Idaho's rural areas. Subsequent sections present data on population trends, migration patterns, race and…

Education can be propagandistic in the Ellulian sense, and education was not insignificant among the preconditions determining the emigration of rural people from Ilocos Sur in the 1920s. Formal education lubricates the integration of peasants with international economics and politics when they might otherwise have nothing to do with such affairs.…

Addresses the importance of developing a relationship between ethics and education, i.e., an epistemology that can combine education with ethics and direct us toward quality. Emphasis is on the human structures of reasoning and their relationship to linguistics and ethics. (Author/SA)

Reviews literature focusing on the effect of the high divorce rate on the family support system of older adults. Discusses possible short- and long-term effects of the demands and emotional consequences of divorce. Suggests implications for public policy. (Author/JAC)

Argues that most children will have a better start in life when they spend the majority of their waking hours being cared for by their parents and other family members rather than in any form of substitute care. Identifies situations where substitute care is desirable. (Author/RH)

This article identifies the cumulative effects of some environmental problems facing mankind and presents possible alternative futures. The author discusses the pervasive infiltration and detrimental effects in the biosphere of polychlorinated biphenyls, the recent increase in acid rain, the loss of tropical rain forest lands, and future energy…

Counselors have an important role in providing help with the transition from preretirement planning to postretirement adjustment. They must examine their own bias and suggest alternatives to the worker role such as part time employment, hobbies and activism. (JAC)

The rate of return on investments in higher education, defined as a measure of productivity that relates the costs of resources expended in instruction to the value of benefits produced, is discussed and computed for several student populations. The concepts of "overeducation" and "underemployment" are also discussed. (SF)

After examining emergent trends in North American society, particularly in relation to demographics, economics, and psychosocial values, the author traces their implications for schooling, delineating the qualities and competencies which must be taught to equip students for effective living in the last quarter of the twentieth century. (Author/SJL)

From a report of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, presents the ingredients for a development program to help the world's poorest countries and people meet basic human needs. The program should include provisions for productivity and employment, food security, health services, lower rates of population growth, and…

Responds to Cipro, Mathur, and Kassam's critical essays (in this issue) on his previous study of literacy and national development. The author offers clarification or further thoughts on several statements with which he disagrees, such as the theory of stages for literacy, work-oriented literacy, and the quality of life and liberation. (MF)

Examines barriers to and challenges of professional involvement in enhancing leisure lifestyles and quality of life for people with AIDS, discussing the therapeutic recreation specialist's role and examining service delivery within a framework of the social context of AIDS. Issues related to HIV/AIDS prevention and strategies for implementation…

Reflects on the century's preeminent benchmarks, including the evolution in the lives of people with disabilities and the prevention of many causes of mental retardation. The ethical challenges of genetic engineering and diagnostic technology and the need for new benchmarks in policy, practice, and research are discussed. (CR)