Reviews the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope project being constructed in New Mexico. (SL)

Describes 35 Foreign Language and Area Research awards funded by the U.S. Office of Education. The $900,000 provided for these programs was intended to stimulate and strengthen the teaching of foreign languages and related courses in area studies, including assessment studies, research in teaching methods, and development of curricular materials.…

The purposes of this study were to identify key communicators within a sample of Research and Development laboratories, to explore those factors which motivate individuals to assume and maintain the role of key communicators, and to derive implications for further study of the characteristics of key communicators in R & D laboratories. (Author)

Texas school children receive career counseling from several sources including vocational counselors, "regular" counselors, and vocational teachers. This study attempts to determine the relative counseling effectiveness of these types of professionals and further, to identify background characteristics of effective counselors. (Author)

This study indicates a discrepancy in the prefects' and students' perceptions of both the ideal and actual roles of the prefect. Such discrepancies decrease the effectiveness of the prefect. The instrument used in the study consists of a two-part questionnaire. Part I is included in this report. (Author/DOW)

This study involves an analysis of problems associated with current advising systems, an investigation of the organizational aspects of advising systems found in community colleges, and the establishment of the components necessary for effective advising. (Author)

This study investigates the application of predictor variables identified by nine previous studies and by staff members of a family court and its psychiatric clinic to clinical predictions of dangerousness. The records of 122 juveniles were studied. No significant relationships were found. (Author)

A national personal interview survey, repeating the core questions asked 10 years earlier on retirement plans, finds the previously recorded "age effect" to be apparently neither an age nor a cohort effect. Indeed, the new data point toward a "period of history" effect dominating changes in plans to retire early. (Author)

A national personal interview survey, repeating some questions asked eight-10 years earlier on post-retirement experiences, finds current retirees somewhat less satisfied with life after retirement than ones interviewed in the 1960s. Dissatisfaction with retirement experience continues to be associated with health problems and to some extent low…

Examined the differential effect of kinship and friendship relationships on the life satisfaction of older people. The data indicated the relatively greater importance of friends over grandchildren for maintaining morale in old age. (Author)

Delineates different approaches to clinical supervision, assesses staff preferences for different supervisory approaches, determines the extent to which different approaches actually are emphasized, and determines to what extent a supervisor's personal supervisory style correlates with a supervisee's job satisfaction. (Author)

The Ramak Interest Inventory, together with an occupational choice satisfaction (OCS) inventory, was administered to 158 males and 202 females who had responded to the Ramak seven years before. Results of the study show congruence correlated positively with males' and females' OCS. (Author)

A longitudinal study over a five-month period of changes in several jobs was conducted among 244 employees of a federal agency. Data were obtained on perceptions of job content and a number of job attitudes, and indicated a temporary positive influence of the changes in one set of jobs. (Author)

A workshop group (didactic) participated in an educational program emphasizing lecture presentations and small group discussion. The second group (experiential) confronted, examined, and shared feelings and reactions to grief and death. Data indicated experiential group showed a significant reduction in fear of death as a result of the workshop.…

Use of cost-benefit analysis in evaluation of seven manpower service programs for ex-offenders in Illinois shows these programs have benefit-cost ratios ranging from 4.24 to 16.88. Demographic profiles for the client flows differ somewhat, with Operation DARE's population being somewhat of a more "hard-core" group based on previous law…