Surveyed 121 Canadian social workers on their attitudes toward strikes. Results showed subjects had little experience with strikes although 80 percent had no objection in principle to striking. Quality of service was a more important strike issue than traditional union concerns such as wages or job security. (Author/JAC)

Presents the results of a survey conducted by the Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange (CLENE) to assemble a contact list of continuing education program coordinators in American library schools. Results of the survey are presented in a table and questions for future investigation are outlined. (JL)

Surveyed juvenile justice personnel in Michigan to determine their educational background. Counseling was indicated as a priority curriculum for graduate education. Interdisciplinary education did not have a significant impact. Data support the mental health specialist concept as a descriptor of personnel in the juvenile justice system.…

Reveals the findings of the most recent American Society of Journalism School Administrators "Roundtable" survey. Shows that journalism faculty members with doctorates are likely to have five years of work experience. (HOD)

Reports the results of a survey conducted to determine teacher attitudes toward various activities at teacher institutes. (JL)

Reports some of the findings about the problems of adult writers taken from a survey of 254 top-level and mid-level managers. (HOD)

Discusses the results of a survey of college graduates to determine the quantity of time given to writing during their workday and how much writing they produced during that time. Concludes that amounts of writing and writing time varied, depending on the discipline in which the respondent had majored. (HTH)

Members of the Society of Research Administrators and their neighbors were surveyed for their reactions to a trade-off decision in funding research: whether to pay more in administrative costs for more institutional accountability or pay more for research with less accountability. Research administrators opted for the former, the public for the…

A model of life-styles based on the form of women's acculturation to academic life is presented, hinging on assumptions of patterned behavior and values expected of women and expected in the academic culture. From 42 intensive interviews, three modes of acculturation emerged, termed reorientation, reaffirmation, and reconstitution. (MSE)

A description of the Nation's labor force participants in 1977 is summarized, highlighting the increase reflected by both the population growth and the continuing rise in women's labor force participation. Also, data are reported on the extent of employment and unemployment by family relationship. (BM)

Discusses the ease of return to work, nature of the new employment, and reasons for returning to work of retirees from managerial and professional positions. The decision not to work after retirement is also examined. (SK)

A study to determine the extent to which adults in horticulture use the skills learned in employment revealed that although 717 of the 721 students surveyed claimed some vocational use of the instruction, only 151 used the instruction in a horticultural or related occupation either part-time or full-time. (LRA)

Presents employment patterns, personal background, and starting salary data from 757 graduates of 35 schools in this seventh annual study of employment trends for the graduates of media programs. Increased graduate placement in business and industry is a continuing trend. (CMV)

Reports results of a survey of 208 members of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association (APME) regarding five areas: newsroom structure and the managing editor, newsroom manning levels, managing editor job descriptions, how managing editors spend their time, and managing editor job-related activity patterns. (GT)

Identifies predictors of three key journalistic roles--the timely disseminator, the interpreter, and the adversary--and compares these predictors across countries. Suggests there are similarities between Russian and U.S. journalists' views, but also some notable differences. (RS)