Improvements needed in the educational institutions of American society and in the entire educational system are discussed. (CK)

Discusses the problems in American society from which emanate adult needs. Argues for a learner-centered curriculum and for responsiveness to social conditions and technological change. (Author/JB)

The basic aim of the change-agent is the integration of individual and organizational change so that each reinforces the other and creates a set of conditions that lead to increased efficiency, productivity and satisfaction of personal and social needs. (Author)

Learning systems for management development consist of classroom-based systems and job-based systems. Management development as viewed from the eclectic approach is a highly individual matter. Higher priority will be placed on training the individual rather than training the group; and the needs of the individual will have relevance to the needs…

Study supported by the Student Counseling Service, Iowa State University.

Describes authors' experiences of three abortions and her unresolved grief. Presents authors' writing at different times throughout her life. Contends grief therapy must be part of abortion counseling. Claims unresolved grief affects others, relationships, pregnancies, and self-concept. (Author/ABL)

Notes that caregivers of the dying would do well to consider the prescriptive power of humor when confronting the challenges of healthy care for the terminally ill. Addresses laughter as the best medicine not only for the dying person but also for family and principal caregivers. Includes examples of therapeutic use of humor with the terminally…

Results of 2 surveys and subsequent workshops based on questions and comments from 2,360 counselors are reported from participants who came from diverse geographic and work settings. Their perceived and actual needs for basic generic group leadership skills are discussed, and suggestions are made for different emphases in preparing group leaders.…

Exposure to terror seriously threatens the well-being of children and adolescents. School mental health professionals cope simultaneously with the counselling needs of their clients and with their own fears and doubts. This report is based on two studies. The first study was concerned with the perceptions of Israeli adolescents of the place of…

Listening to the dying poses special challenges. This paper proposes a contingency framework for describing and assessing various circumstances when listening to the dying. It identifies current approaches to listening, applies the contingency framework toward effectively listening to the dying, and proposes a new type of listening called…

Background: The role of personal information collections is a well known feature of personal information management. The World Wide Web has introduced to such collections ideas such as filing Web pages or noting their existence in "Bookmarks" and "Favourites". Argument: It is suggested that personal information collections are…

This document presents the texts of four Congressional hearings held in September of 1985 and February and March of 1986 to investigate the effects and the causes of the critical shortage of liability insurance in the United States. The first hearing examines the dimensions of the problem and offers insights into why objectives of having an…