Provision of training for an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team in a center serving mental patients was investigated. An autonomous service delivery rehabilitation team was formed and provided training in cooperative function. Findings indicate that the experimental team became a particularly cohesive functional unit, and that their support of…

Attitudes concerning faculty unionization have an impact on its rejection or acceptance and its subsequent implementation. This study was conducted to determine the level of agreement among faculty, student services staff, and students before major collective bargaining activities, such as a run-off election, take place. Assessed are attitudes…

PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR A BROADLY BASED, COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION FOR ALL CHILDREN. THE BASIC CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THE COORDINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN THE POLICY STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS, ARE OUTLINED. BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE…

Issues uncovered in a 3-year action-research project that placed social workers and graduate students in community police departments were selection of staff and students, attitudes about the law, confidentiality, motivating the reluctant client, and sensitivity to police-social worker perceptions of each other. (JT)

Discusses the following four major strategies for gaining power that can help home economics teachers have greater influence with school administrators: (1) changing ourselves, (2) establishing authentic relationships, (3) creating interdependency, and (4) developing a community power base. (EM)

The Intergovernmental Personnel Act authorizes the temporary exchange of personnel between federal executive agencies and states, local governments, and institutions of higher education to do work of mutual benefit and concern. This article reviews the distribution of assignments since 1971 and methods of participation. Included are eligibility…

Discusses the benefits of and the need for cooperation among archives and libraries as a means of sharing funding sources, and outlines the necessary key elements of a national historical records program involving manuscript libraries and archives. (CLB)

Investigation of 89 suburban elementary school principals demonstrates that principals who have moved among several districts are more likely to have conflict with central office than those who have remained in one district throughout their careers. (Author/BJV)

Although there is much potential in university-industry relationships, neither side has been entirely open with the other about the differences inherent in the two kinds of organizations and their goals. A truly collaborative partnership supports neither excessive humility nor excessive arrogance on either part. (MSE)

The history of Australia's fourth university, the University of Tasmania, provides an example of the range of possible issues and approaches to the scope of academic freedom, including the specific faculty groups and circumstances to which it applies, the function of governance, and the role of governing bodies. (MSE)

A principal and assessor for an Alabama school system describes the professional benefits of her experience with the NASSP Assessment Center Project: peer interaction, informal exchanges, and close personal contact with five other practicing administrators. (TE)

Compares educational research in the United States, West Germany, Britain, and Sweden before and after World War II. Discusses and compares extrascientific conditions affecting education in these countries since 1945: increasing state interventionism, rising expectations, educational technology, research funding, increased numbers of researchers,…

Encourages professional dialogue to establish correspondent interests among college English faculty who have taken positions in defense of the teaching of either rhetoric or literature. (AEA)

A study of medical students' choice of anesthesiology as a specialty and the quality of clerkships available established several factors in students' choice, including the negative effect of certified registered nurse anesthetists on the operating room floor. A study of relationships with nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, and…

This article focuses on types of conflict that can arise among college faculty members or between a faculty member and an administrator. Administrators may deal with these conflicts through: (1) avoidance or denial; (2) use of power; (3) rational approaches; or (4) use of a third party. (PP)