Futures research offers new tools for forecasting and for designing alternative intervention strategies. Interactive cross-impact modeling is presented as a useful method for identifying future events. (Author/MV)

Despite affirmative action goals, few undergraduate women select profession-oriented majors, particulary in fields requiring mathematics or scientific aptitude. This study examined the decision-making process leading to choice of major. The pattern of decision-making between women who chose nontraditional majors and those who did not revealed…

A discussion of the preparation needed for successful translation and interpreting. In addition to proficiency in the language the future translator must have general knowledge and specific translative and interpretive skills. The distinctions between translation and interpretation is explained. A list of references is included. (AMH)

The updating and renewal of knowledge and skills are professional responsibilities of all school counselors. Unfortunately, while an ever-growing need for new knowledge and skills exists, there seem to be few organized efforts to meet these needs. This article describes a model that was designed to fill this void. (Author)

Presents an overview of selected university research programs within the U.S. Department of Transportation, with a focus on grants and contracts awarded to historically Black colleges and universities. Describes a training program for urban transportation research, conducted at Howard University in 1982-83. (GC)

Discusses a survey of the Radio-TV News Directors Association focusing on the state of broadcast journalism education and training. Finds that the broadcasting profession believes students need to improve their writing skills, and follow a more well-rounded course of study. (MS)

Describes a training program developed and operated by parent educators at the Children's Health Council that is designed to help pediatric resident medical students at Stanford University in their efforts to understand parents better and give them useful advice on common child rearing questions. (BB)

An analysis of a survey of assessment practices of 131 school psychologists revealed that they most often used the Wechsler Scales to identify gifted, gifted/learning disabled, and learning disabled students despite the availability of newly developed tests. A number of training needs relating to assessment were also identified. (Author/VW)

Describes the implementation and design of the Professional Development Institute (PDI) of the District of Columbia schools. Describes conditions prior to the founding of PDI and analyzes responses of inside and outside political forces which affected project operations and outcomes. The PDI trains principals to run schools effectively in the…

Describes an approach used by a community mental health district to (1) assess its current services for sexual-minority clients (gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals), (2) develop recommendations for more appropriate staffing and staff development, and (3) implement a plan of community outreach and professional training. (Author/ABB)

The goals of residency training in internal medicine were assessed by faculty and house staff members using a questionnaire based upon American Board of Internal Medicine criteria. Both groups tended to rate highly as ideal goals items they considered to be their own professional strengths. (Author/MLW)

Discusses highlights of a survey undertaken to determine practitioner attitudes toward specific courses in the present M.L.S. program. Topics highlighted include training and/or education, elective courses suggested by respondents, professional competency, American Library Association and Office of Personnel Management viewpoints, and continuing…

Explored are the trends which mark the social history of the school superintendency from the Victorian ideal of heroic leadership to the 20th century tradition of broader sources of ideology. Stressed are occupational socialization, the modern quest for new sources of professional authority, and the administrative conflict between acting as…

This paper develops a concept of modeling for learning informal systems and presents analytic principles from which models may be derived. (Author)

Presented are the responses of Eugene B. Cooper and Ronald L. Webster, two researchers in the area of stuttering, to the question "What are the most critical parameters of clinical skills and training of the speech clinician who deals with stuttering children and adults?" Available from: EC 082 990. (SBH)