The Personality Research Form (PRF) was administered to 1,095 college students. Students were divided into groups of nonusers of drugs and alcohol and users of a variety of drug combinations. Results suggest organization of motivational tendencies is the same for both sexes and for different types of substance users. (Author)

Intended to provide a clearer understanding of the educational needs of the disabled, the difficulties in meeting these needs, and some suggestions as to how the difficulties might be overcome. (Author/WL)

Addresses responding to a child with special health care needs with a life-threatening medical emergency, including an equipment malfunction, when it occurs in community settings. Collaborative development of portable individualized emergency response plans is discussed, and illustrative care scenarios, a sample plan, and policy recommendations…

Academic library managers need a multimethod, objective, valid tool for measuring service quality. Examines three research studies in the measurement of service quality in Australian and New Zealand academic libraries: the Hernon and Altman Study; Hernon and Calvert Study; and the University of Waikato (Hamilton, New Zealand) Survey, a two-stage…

This study used mailed questionnaires to obtain 66 foster parents' views on the supports needed to maintain their caring role. An overarching finding was the need for respect and recognition, manifested in many ways, which appeared to be in short supply. The presence of several ambiguities in the relationships between agency, children in care, and…

Discussion of difficulties that teachers have in effectively using technology focuses on a study of prekindergarten through secondary school teachers that analyzed their concerns toward the use of instructional technology using the Stages of Concern Questionnaire. Results indicated that personal concerns and personal consequences were the most…

Discusses Bunker Hill Community College in Massachusetts. Covers many different aspects of the college's programs, all of which have been developed to meet the needs of nontraditional adult learners. Discusses the aims and outcomes of their student-centered approach to education. Briefly comments on how to encourage rather than discourage…

Uses Dunbar High School (Baltimore, Maryland) to illustrate a successful school improvement program. Recommends the following suggestions to improve Black education: (1) redirect teacher education; (2) sensitize others to the needs of Black children; and (3) reexamine Black parenting patterns. (FMW)

Discusses the inherent conflict in the efforts of guidance practitioners to attend to the need of society for order while fostering equity in access to vocational and educational opportunities. Considers different levels of linkages between guidance services and describes some efforts at developing them. Illustrates principles for linking by…

Most Native American youth face a series of obstacles that make college attendance an even greater unlikelihood than for most other minority groups. Discusses the need for pre-college programs, improved financial aid procedures, and support for college attendance. (FMW)

A survey of 25 deafened adults in Ontario, Canada, examined their use of specialized educational, counseling, and rehabilitation services; their communication mode; lifestyle; and other adjustment factors. Subjects expressed dismay about the assumption that the problems of deafened adults are identical to those of congenitally deaf adults. Four…

The author discusses the evolution of curriculum thinking from a narrow and behaviorist stance through to the present, where it is argued that considerations need to be based on shared understandings among all participants in a learning exchange. (Author/CH)

This commentary on Erb's (1995) article on institutionalization of individuals with severe impairments identifies several points of disagreement, including the appropriateness of placement of such individuals in large institutions, the financial cost of community supportive living, and whether individual needs can best be served in institutions or…

Discusses technological change and reviews recent research on or forecasts about how computer-based technologies affect the environments in which the individual functions. Topics addressed include the individual's need for social experience; influences on the individual's work life; and citizenship, including control over information and…

This paper presents a needs analysis designed to provide corporations and organizations with a cost-effective means of analyzing and defining their individual and departmental language training needs or with a process of evaluating the focus and efficacy of ongoing language training courses. (7 references) (JL)