Focusing on the adolescent age group of college students, this paper addresses the physiological and psychological changes and conflicts experienced by them and the role of institutions and faculty in helping students prepare for life. (LBH)

A basic assumption is that, all things being equal, people who go to school are different than they otherwise would have been. That difference is what schools produce. When we find out how that difference can be measured and evaluated, we can begin to solve the mystery of productivity. (Author/LBH)

The author examines the debate between John Dewey and the Social Efficiency philosophers in the early 1900's over vocational education to show that tensions today over that issue have antecedents dating from the beginning of the century. (MJB)

Results of a study designed to distinguish between attitude development of rural disadvantaged high school students enrolled in exemplary special vocational programs and those enrolled in nonvocational general programs showed that disadvantaged vocational students exhibited more positive attitudes toward self and other school social relations and…

The authors explain that education for leisure may be more important for handicapped children and youth than for normal persons due to the presence of more extensive blocks of unobligated time in the lives of many handicapped individuals. (GW)

Notes that lateral thinking is represented by the person who is able to exhibit exploratory behavior, while vertical thinkers take the most reasonable view of a situation and then proceed logically and carefully to work it out. Much of education and teacher education in particular reflects vertical thinking. (Author/AM)

Describes a study conducted to develop and test the effectiveness of a business college teaching unit designed to provide career appearance education for black and white females from working class families. (The unit covered six conceptual areas of career appearance: First impressions, work roles, total look, clothing features, grooming, and…

This study reports a successful classroom intervention program which was designed to curb encopresis. It used positive consequences in combination with negative consequences, rather than negative consequences alone. Also it utilized a reversal strategy to evalulate the efficacy of the treatment variables. (Author)

Data from 334 students assessed the development of family independence, peer independence, liberalism, social conscious, and cultural sophistication at three predominately black colleges. Results indicated development of self-reliance and autonomy and broadened interests in political, social, and cultural affairs. (Author/LBH)

The newly emerging ecologic approach to health education is focused on the man-environment complex, in terms of not only personal health but of awareness of man's position in the scheme of evolution and his responsibility for the environment of the world. (JD)

Special instructional improvement grant programs have been created on many college and university campuses to provide faculty members with the resources for designing and carrying out educational innovations in their courses. (JD)

Development of the competent self, the interrelationship of psychotherapeutic and psychoeducational change, and the role of the high school counselor were explored with 147 exemplary and marginal students. The impact of counseling was significantly different for exemplary than for marginal students and for students from different race and sex…

The importance of developing positive, reciprocal interaction has been well documented. If affective education for young handicapped children is to become a reality, additional research is necessary to identify those response patterns that set the occasion for positive reciprocal interaction. (Author)

The goal of the adviser should be to foster open, honest communication through such practices as trusting staff to make major decisions, setting and upholding high standards, allowing staff to learn through trial and error, and using nonjudgmental praise. (MB)