This work is one of a series of monographs on the improvement of engineering education. This particular study was designed to determine: (1) the extent of individual engineers' involvement in continuing education; (2) factors pertaining to job success; and (3) what relationships may exist between the two. The population surveyed included all…

This report contains critiques of American professional societies by the Study Commission on Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers. The critiques examine the following five areas: (1) effects of professional societies on curriculum, preparation of teachers, and programs in public schools; (2) effects of professional societies on…

This paper analyzes the new role that the University of Pittsburgh External Studies Program is creating for curriculum specialists. Different skills and competences are required for the curriculum coordinator who helps professors individualize their courses. interpersonal and communications skills and special techniques and procedures are needed…

While most servicemen have no trouble finding employment in the current booming job market, they often find themselves taking jobs beneath their highest skill levels, a loss not only to them but to their employers. Those whose military service was in non-technical jobs often can find jobs only at the beginners level and even those may be hard to…

The work of the Task Analysis Committee, after reaction from the field and five written drafts, resulted in the following four occupational definitions that are listed in this publication: (1) School Library Media Specialist, (2) Head of the School Library Media Center, (3) District School Library Media Director and (4) School Library Media…

A study was conducted to develop a profile of values held by Oregon Community Colleges full-time professional staff members as a group and to acertain if there are differences in the values and perceptions held by sub-groups within the college staff. A total of 479 staff members were sent questionnaires, and 360 of these questionnaires were…

This report analyzes the expected demand and supply for college graduates through the 1970's. It is based on the assumption that current supply patterns will continue and that there will be full employment and an improved international climate. The report reviews the supply and demand for workers with bachelor's and advanced degrees, as well as…

An account of Robert Frost's teaching, along with an assessment of it, are presented. Material consulted includes Frost's published letters, prose, and poetry; Lawrance Thompson's authorized biography; Lesley Frost's "New Hampshire's Child: The Derry Journals of Lesley Frost;" and additional sources such as films and periodicals,…

The Engineering Manpower Commission of the Engineers Joint Council conducted a survey of the professional income of engineers. Salaries were reported by employers, in this case deans or other officials of educational institutions, as a function of years since graduation at the bachelor's degree level or of age. Additional information on the…

Suggests that the advocated goals for reform and renewal which evolve from a spirit of black consciousness will remain in the rhetorical stage unless the professional expertise and social discipline are developed to effect the desired programmatic changes. (Author/AM)

How does the admissions counselor make the home office aware that he is doing his job? Can admissions be made a more appealing career? This article deals with a partial solution to this problem. (Author)

Predicts a change in the status of professionals in various fields, including doctors, architects, teachers, engineers, sanitarians, and agricultural agents. Explains how the professional-client relationship is threatened by bureaucratization, democratization, and the explosion of technical knowledge. (Author/AV)

Effects of occupation upon 68 professionals and business managers were studied by means of retrospective focused interviews and objective sorting and rating procedures. Their occupation had nonintegrative effects on their values and self-concepts and autocentric and nonintegrative ones on their personal relationships. (Author)

Reports that a number of indicators picture a noticeable improvement in the job situation for chemical professionals. (SL)

During the first half of the century, progressive law school teachers considered the promotion of law as a social institution a primary professional and public responsibility. Specific actions by individual lawyers and teachers are reviewed. (LBH)