The results of this study indicate that there is only a very weak connection between teachers' views on pupil control and their degree of professional orientation. (CK)

This study was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree at Purdue University, August 1968.

A step-by-step orientation plan developed by the Clark County (Nevada) school board to ease the transition of newly elected members. (MLF)

Fewer than five percent of the leaders of the nation's largest and most prestigious institutions are women. These few women are younger and better educated than their male counterparts and they tend to have careers in universities or government, rather than in corporations. (Author/RM)

The authors compare the role transition experienced by hospital nursing interns to role transition for nurses in a traditional hospital orientation program. Their conclusions suggest new evaluation criteria and areas for further study. (Author/CT)

The differential effects of a Gestalt counseling operation and empathic reflections of feeling on client depth of experiencing, change in awareness, and goal analogue. Results showed that depth of experiencing and change in awareness were significantly higher for the subjects following the Gestalt operation. (Author)

Individuals with articulated plans for moving to a new environment and individuals lacking such plans produced written descriptions and drawings of their currently inhabited environment. Results indicated that individuals with highly articulated plans represented their present environment as reflecting significantly greater self-world distancing…

Examines the effect of culture change on the mental health of Greek-American families. A sample of families with second generation schizophrenic members and a sample of families without a history of manifest psychopathology are compared. Analysis reveals intergenerational value differences in those two groups as they confront acculturation…

Focuses on how clients' perceptions of consultants' motivation and behavior affect clients' reactions to consultation. Results suggested that clients demand a certain balance between personal support and understanding on the one hand, and expertise, guidance, and decisiveness on the other. (Author)

In Experiment I, 24 preschoolers were tested on left-right, vertical-horizontal, and mirror-image oblique discriminations under essentially context-free conditions. Experiment II contrasted children's performance under context-free conditions with their ability to discriminate orientation in the presence of external visual cues. (RH)

Describes an independent learning experience for nursing students. Elements that are discussed include the week of orientation, program design and teaching strategies, individual guidance, keeping a log, the evaluation process, and end results. (CT)

Comments on the conditions under which substitute teachers work and outlines steps that teachers and principals can take to improve those conditions. Orientation programs, feedback, and increased pay are among the improvements that can be made. (IRT)

To assist families new to the district, counselors in Iowa's Ankeny Community Schools developed a summer visitation program. The program's four components are publicity, home visitations, school orientation, and a welcoming party for new families. Evaluation showed significant improvement in new students' behavior, attendance, and attitudes toward…

Through the identification and development of interpersonal, nontechnical skills, the author has mapped techniques implicit for success within corporations, professions, government agencies, and colleges. These skills are called Critical Career Competences, and have been identified from research about successful career moves. (Author/KC)