Decries the fact that membership in professional reading associations and attendance at meetings and conferences are not considered important enough to be included in the teacher evaluation process. Cites a study showing this to be true, and sets forth guidelines to help change the situation. (FL)

Surveyed 312 members of the Southern Association for College Student Affairs to determine characteristics of compensation and responsibilities and characteristics of members. Data showed over half the respondents felt state government support was inadequate to encourage them to stay in higher education. (JAC)

Cites salary statistics for chemists between 1975 and 1976 according to employer-type, degree level, geographical location, sex, and other factors. (MLH)

Presents data from a survey of senior management personnel that was designed to test the hypothesis that self-actualization will increase the productivity, creativity, job satisfaction, and personal growth of management personnel. Analysis of the survey data supported the hypothesis. (For availability, see EA 507 385.) (Author/JG)

Discusses a survey of forecast preparers and users in 127 major companies in an attempt to assess underlying problems and identify areas for improvement. Concludes that forecasting responsibilities and tasks must be better defined and that forecast preparers and users must become better informed about one another's roles. (Author/JG)

A part of the process of managerial problem-solving is search. A number of subjective job characteristics were examined to determine whether they are able to discriminate between managers who engage in a high level of search activity and managers who engage in a low level of search activity. (Author/MLF)

The subjects were 432 male freshmen at the University of North Dakota who completed the Vocational Preference Inventory and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. Backward stepwise multiple regression was used to determine the relationships of eight SVIB nonoccupational scales to first semester GPA for the total research population and for each…

Presents the results of a survey on school finance taken among education professionals. The questions asked cover such areas as priority of expenditures, revenue sources, adequacy of funding, length of schooling, and State vs local control. (Author/DN)

This paper is a deeper analysis of major differences in patterns of occupational achievement of blacks and whites during the first decade of work after last leaving school. (DM)

The concensus of opinions concerning current literacy programmes was that, in spite of the fact that communication skills (reading, writing, arithmetic) are sill viewed as important, there was an expressed need for subjects and educational materials and aids relevant to production in agriculture as well as in industry. (Author)

Highlights of a report by the National Education Association Research Division for School Library Manpower Project to identify duties performed by personnel in outstanding school libraries with unified library-audiovisual service. (Author/JS)