The Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxins (ARET) Challenge was a voluntary program initiated in 1994 by the Government of Canada. Unlike the U.S. 33/50 Program, ARET involved industry partners in negotiation and cosponsorship of the program, with the intention that early involvement would yield stronger commitment to voluntary reductions. We…

While peer observation of teaching is regarded as an important part of a faculty member's promotion and tenure portfolio, little has been reported on its usefulness. Results from this study indicate that both observers and observees value the peer observation process, are neutral about the adequacy of observer training, use a variety of…

Research identified and described the motivational orientations of the participants in the horticultural certificate programs at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. Questionnaires were distributed to paying participants attending the certificate programs in fall 1994. The first part of the questionnaire included the Education Participation Scale…

The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act authorizes funds under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 for community-based centers that serve the shelter needs of runaway or homeless youths. To examine the effectiveness of the programs and the characteristics of program participants, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) visited 17…

Previous laboratory research has found that people take more personal responsibility for their performance following success than failure. To extend these findings of a self-serving bias to real-world competitive settings, two field studies were conducted, one with 27 intramural basketball teams and one with 20 pairs of squash players. Players…

Two models of the senior center are examined: (1) the social agency model, which views senior centers as programs especially for the poor and the disengaged and (2) the voluntary organization model, which sees centers as for active elderly who have strong attachments to the community. Findings support the voluntary organization model. Paper…

A comprehensive seminar in pre-retirement planning utilized an experiential approach in which the participants took part in a live-in experience with other couples, enabling them to explore all the facets of retirement living at a leisurely pace. (AG)

Discussed are findings relevant to the study's first objective, involving the demographic characteristics and motivational patterns contributing to obsolescence. Responses from 65 registered nurses in a midwestern State revealed a lack of continuing education and of intrinsic motivation to remain competent. (Part 2 will identify target populations…

Several theorists have advocated marital therapy in treatment programs for alcoholics. Given the promise of marital therapy for alcoholics, it is important to develop successful techniques for recruitment. One approach toward improving recruitment is to identify the characteristics of couples who are likely to accept or reject marital therapy.…

This study, completed in 1985, is a replication of the 1982 "Survey of Public Participation in the Arts." The data, collected by the Bureau of the Census, represent the largest survey ever undertaken concerning the U.S. public's cultural activities and attitudes. Interviews were completed with a national sample of 13,675 persons. The…

This study identifies major problems and concerns encountered when attempting to apply the multifaceted classification model developed by Campbell and others (1981) called "Patterns of Participation," which describes the multiple ways that secondary students participate in vocational education and how their courses are classified. It…

Differences on the Personal Orientation Inventory between 39 males and 40 females who participated in encounter groups and 40 males and 44 females who declined to participate in such groups were examined. (Author)

The relevancy of parent education program (PEP) activities to family structures, especially non-traditional family structures, was examined among 209 responding PEPs in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Although programs were not randomly selected, an attempt was made to ensure that those selected…