Surveyed classroom teachers (N=275) to determine expressed training needs for working with handicapped students. Results indicated training needs were: (1) training on topics related to teaching skills for working with the handicapped; (2) information about teachers', parents', and students' rights and ethics; and (3) training on assessment…

Suggests that those who work with collegiate student publications must understand and practice freedom of the press on their campuses. Provides evidence for this argument from a survey of college publications advisers. (RL)

Presents findings from an occupational survey of 3,894 regular members of the American Society for Information Science. Aspects discussed include degrees held, age, experience, job titles, employers, and job functions performed. Statistical tables and histograms support the discussion. (SW)

Studies of Indochinese migration show that most of the earlier refugees from Asia found jobs and have had gradual income gains. Recent arrivals are comparatively less educated and face more employment problems because of economic conditions. (SK)

The future potential demand for persons who prepare for consumer affairs positions appears to be good. Applicants should have expertise in an area besides consumer affairs, and employers prefer development of specific consumer competencies and high communication skills. (Author/JOW)

Black teachers, more often than Whites, choose service as their career motivation. Study results reveal no racial differences for means of school assignment or subject area taught. Blacks had the same career commitment as Whites but believed they had less opportunity for advancement. (JAC)

Examined are the number and distribution of persons engaged in research and development in the U.S.S.R. Quantitative comparisons are made between Soviet and U.S. research and development employment. Data indicate that the estimated number of scientists and engineers in the U.S.S.R. substantially exceeds the number in the U.S. (Author/CS)

Discusses surveys of the job market for educational media personnel and offers a forecast for future opportunities. Some suggestions for actions to help solve current problems are provided. (RAO)

Responses from 85 central office supervisors in Louisiana asked to describe actual job experiences that resulted in positive and negative attitudes toward their work. Their main sources of job dissatisfaction were interpersonal relations and school policy and administration. Sources of satisfaction were achievement and recognition. (Author/MLF)

The findings of the 1974 study indicated that all nurses surveyed (in Vancouver, Canada) participated in some kind of continuous learning, and more participated in self-directed learning (reading and using audiovisual resource materials) than in group-oriented programs with an instructor. Motives, attitudes, and socioeconomic characteristics were…

Focuses on the relationship between schooling and occupation in Uganda in the ten years prior to and the ten years after independence in 1962. (Author/RK)

In this survey of 450 educators in Illinois, author discovered significant agreement concerning which Occupational Survival Skills to be taught in schools are most important. (Editor/RK)

Reports recent statistics on professionals in chemistry, including the fact that a high percentage of new Ph.D. chemists take postdoctoral positions and that a declining percentage of new B.S. chemists are finding jobs in the chemical area. (MLH)

Asks faculty members whether doctoral candidates in journalism/mass communication received a fundamental education in the scholarship and practices of teaching and whether their institutions model a culture in which teaching is important. Finds little evidence that teachers in higher education will have mentored teaching experiences before facing…

This study compared the attitudes of two groups of academically gifted students and one group of creative students (n=228) with a control group (n=189) of regular students toward a career in teaching. Top-ranked occupations for the gifted groups were scientist or doctor, with doctor and lawyer top choices for the control group. All groups rated…