Adolescent drinking is influenced by parental modeling of drinking, parental attitudes toward children's drinking, and especially by parent-child conflict. The influence varies depending on the adolescent's age, race, and sex. Conflict is a key variable which may be both cause and effect of adolescent drinking. (VM)

A University of Maryland panel on drug abuse hopes its report on drug policies, enforcement, and education will become a prototype for other colleges and universities. It uses four approaches to combat substance abuse: education and counseling, discipline, drug testing, and law enforcement. (MSE)

Describes a pilot program designed to prepare models for health promotion and disease prevention through participation in a planned program for the expressed purpose of affecting improvement in the health and health promotion acuity of laboratory professionals, with a plan to expand the concept for use by other hospital employees, and the…

Found that (1) students exposed to any three of the instructional strategies (lecture, video role model, and lecture plus a role model) produced better summaries and took more notes than the control group; and (2) those exposed to the video role model asked the most questions. (PD)

It is the responsibility of pharmacy faculty, as role models, to demonstrate their entrepreneurism to students as one aspect of professional behavior and challenge. (MSE)

Poses a series of reflective questions regarding the establishment of honest moral attitudes and activity in the classroom. Urges teachers to examine the motivation and methods behind their rules of order and honesty; how they reward honesty and punish cheating; and how they promote honesty and justice through their behavior. (DMM)

Discriminant analysis reveals threat as a dimension in a public relations practitioner's environment. (FL)

Discusses the political controversy over affirmative action discrimination. Broadly outlines three cases in which the Supreme Court has addressed the issue. Analyzes three lower court decisions affirming the validity of affirmative action. Examines research on race and gender role models. (MD)

Four competencies of superior teachers are seen as a basis for the ideal environment to nurture excellence. They are: a student-centered orientation, value for the learning process, a need to influence individual behavior, and a belief that they possess the power to produce a desired effect in the learner. (MLW)

Surveyed 4,859 rural adolescents to examine the relationship of peer group influence and psychosocial identification with frequency of drug use. Results strongly supported the importance of peer influence and role models in predicting illegal drug use. (JAC)

Surveys school desegregation litigation and policy interpretation at three federal judiciary levels. Finds the Supreme Court championing local school control, while district courts and the courts of appeals read remedial powers of federal courts more expansively. (MD)

Discusses educational research related to time students spend listening and implications research findings should have on teachers' methods and roles. Development of teacher training programs to improve listening behaviors, how listening should be developed across the curriculum, and how teachers serve as listening role models are suggested. (MBR)

Explores the concept of the late bloomer through profiles of the winners of a scholarship contest for college students over 50. Suggests that a combination of personal and community resources can make continued and new learning a satisfying experience in the later years. (JAC)

Describes a model program for the sharing of career-history videotapes made by retired professional persons for college students. Details tape preparation and production methods. Evaluation showed a positive response from students, their professors, and the retired persons who participated. (JAC)

This paper considers the phenomenon of teacher-student friendships in the American high school. (MM)