This article presents a literature survey and conceptual model of the perceptual-motor performance of children with visual impairment, in relation to their social development. The relationships between visual impairment and orientation, visual impairment and mobility, and motor performance and social integration are examined. (Author/SW)

Study of women-only training centers established by the European Social Fund shows how they can be closed communities in which differences of race, class, or sexual preference can be identified as relationships of power, privilege, and inequality. (SK)

Compared infants who had evidenced similar levels of crying as neonates but differed at five months of age. For initially high-crying infants, mothers' personality and marital quality, and infant variables discriminated stable from changing infants. Mother sensitivity and infant responsiveness at five months were related to continuity of infants'…

The University of Central Oklahoma integrated planning and budget processes, shifting the focus from the budget itself to goal-oriented, team management. Roles of faculty senate and deans in this process continue to evolve. Barriers to change within and outside the institution had to be overcome. (MSE)

This case study examines how the University of Florida personnel office coped with reduced staff and increased responsibilities. Key strategies included systematic goal setting, staff involvement, streamlining of routine tasks, and increasing computer literacy. Increased efficiency has resulted. (DB)

Responds to previous article describing homosexual male college student and his need for career counseling. Discusses impressions of the client and his sexual orientation, considers missing information that would be helpful to have, and presents career counseling techniques and issues pertinent to the case. (NB)

Computers dedicated to supporting beginning teachers are like first aid kits. Both are inexpensive, simple to use, and intended to address minor problems and prevent the development of more serious complications. Both rely on self-analysis and are nonevaluative. Electronic networks offer the assurance of easily accessible, nonjudgmental resources…

Based on the idea that clear communication between researchers and research administrators can help minimize problems in research project administration, Texas A&M University designed an orientation program to establish early communication and positive working relationships. A survey of 42 research administrators indicates a growing trend…

This study compared the addition of two self-management strategies to typical supervision to improve productivity of eight mentally retarded workers in a sheltered workshop. Both strategies--(1) self monitoring plus goal setting and social contingencies and (2) addition of a monetary bonus for productivity--were equally effective in improving…

Indicates how Afrocentricity interacts with the fundamental motivations within African-American life. Presents an overview of Afrocentric ontological and epistemological orientations and those developed in terms of time and logic. A third section illustrates that the way one thinks about time determines the role history plays in social change.…

School boards need not rely solely on experience, instinct, or subjectivity when judging teacher performance. If the teaching goal is student achievement, then effective teachers work toward two objectives: making the most of available instructional time and involving students in instruction. The key is managing student behavior and instituting…

Reports findings of a survey of female college students in response to the following research questions: (1) Do Black college-educated women want to combine career, marriage, and children? (2) Do they expect their husbands to share more household and child care responsibilities? and (3) what is their attitude toward women's societal role? (AF)

In a national survey of university colleges, deans report the advantages of providing a common experience to all freshmen and centrally administering programs relevant to the first year such as orientation, advising, learning assistance, retention and honors. University colleges attend to the needs of freshmen, undeclared majors, and adult…

Among 87 American Indian students at a Montana college, those from traditional families were more task and achievement oriented, had higher grade point averages, and spent more time doing homework. Those from modern families cared more about professors' opinions and skipped more classes. Contains the survey questionnaire. (SV)

Develops and proposes a paradigm or conceptual framework for preservice program development in educational administration in Rwanda. The framework components include four dimensions and related systematic conceptual levels and procedural stages. Educational improvement requires goal definition, upgrading of instruction for practitioners, and an…