This study attempted to assess how successful Merit Scholars judged themselves in making progress toward their long-term objectives: fulfilling the promise they expect of themselves. Three thousand and eighty-nine Merit Scholars between 1956 and 1960 provided information in 1965 about their long-range goals and the progress they felt they were…

A study examined how new teachers become socialized into their profession and how this socialization process affects their attitudes toward professional autonomy. A pretest-posttest correlation design was used to investigate the effects of both organizational evaluators' attitudes and prevailing school-staff climate on teacher attitudes toward…

This presentation is intended to familiarize the audience with the Planning Programming Budgeting System (PPBS) in its entirety. Some illustrative examples of the system's outputs are demonstrated to convey their utility for highest level program and resource decisions. PPBS was originated by the Department of Defense to cover all of the…

The purpose of this handbook is to outline the general aims and objectives of a junior high school, describe the major activities of its guidance program, and show, by examples, how activities can be practically integrated into the program. The introductory chapter includes the definition, need, and objectives of the guidance program, including…

A theoretical framework for an occupational orientation program was developed by reviewing the literature on theory and theoretical frameworks, by synthesizing occupational choice theory, and by devising the timing and elements of the framework. Occupational choice theory was synthesized by considering the trait-factor, sociological,…

This book represent s a personal statement of the authors' evolving experience as collaborators in the work of developing organizations. Focus is on three critical interfaces: the organization-environment, the group-group, and the individual organization. Close attention is paid to the attainment both of organizational goals and of individual…

Information has been compiled regarding present and former students at Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania). Topics included in this study are academic ability and achievement, family background, enrollment in the college by curricular area, students' evaluations of the college, activities of former students, and their evaluations of…

During its first year of operation 80 first-year teachers from nine public and private elementary schools in the Wilmette suburban district participated in the inservice program in which the individualized program for each teacher was developed cooperatively by the teacher and one or more staff members. A 5-day summer workshop was directed to the…

This report is the third in a series of studies conducted to provide information about the characteristics, achievements, perceptions, and activities of current and former students of Harrisburg Area Community College. Included is a description of matriculants who have discontinued their attendance without having earned an associate degree or…

This study describes a sample of college students who participated as New Student Week Leaders (NSWL). Vocational interests, as measured by the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men (SVIB-M), academic pursuits, campus involvement, and other factors were considered in an attempt to define a NSWL. Eighty-six items were chosen from the SVIB-M to…

The nationwide sales force (N=540) of a large food and beverage firm responded to a mail survey designed to investigate the role of value orientation as a moderator of the relationship between organizational rewards and job satisfaction. Of the two main elements in the investigation, the first was concerned with the predictive efficiency of two…

In an effort to develop recommendations regarding programs tailored for the needs of elementary school females, data was collected and analyzed regarding goals and aspirations as expressed by girls at this academic level. A questionnaire was designed to tap the vocational aspirations and expected lifestyle of the girls selected to participate in…

Designed to assist pupil transportation supervisors, safety instructors, school bus drivers, curriculum writers, teachers, and others who have some type of responsibility for school bus safety, this suggestion-type booklet provides practical tips for educating student school bus riders. The items covered are (1) going to the bus stop; (2) at the…

This workshop provided an opportunity for persons in higher education to participate in the development of an orientation program model for community colleges, small liberal arts college, medium-sized colleges, and large institutions. The workshop focused attention on career counseling, study skills, the minority student, the transfer student, the…

A study was conducted to assess and account for high school student aspirations for post-secondary education. This study intends to shed some light as to why or why not a Vermont high school student will aspire to further education, the content of that aspiration, and factors which determine that aspiration. Major topics discussed include: (1)…