Explains the issues involved in the drive for maintenance of competence and the establishment of a national professional development registry for engineers. Discusses a system that serves as a model of procedures designed to control the profession by the profession in cooperation with state licensing agencies. (GA)

Focus is directed upon the logic and import of the assumption that effective preventative and remedial mental health service demands reasonable agreement among service providers as to the nature and course of psychological problems. It was found that diagnostic agreement was absent at all levels of experience. (Author)

To ascertain the effectiveness of the guidance "services" approach to counselor education, a survey was conducted of alumni of Georgia Southern College. Of 144 respondents, 94 were "highly satisfied" with preparation; of 92 respondents, 51 rated the GSC staff as superior. (Author)

Helping trainees learn to navigate the shoals of consultation requires a number of environmental conditions and a relatively benign climate, as well as thorough knowledge and experience of various consultative models and strategies. Without this basis, there is no solidity or systematic effort. (Author)

This study involved a survey of 31 percent of the existing counselor training programs. Findings indicated that 44 percent of the programs offered formal courses in consultation. Consultant training was reported as focusing toward work with individual consultees and small groups. (Author)

The definition of various handicapping conditions is a major source of professional concern. Discusses what constitutes a disability and in what way(s) it impairs academic, social, or occupational functioning changes in relation to several variables. (Author)

Applies the concept of socialization to the question of why academic librarians are ill-prepared to accept the research and publication requirements of faculty rank and status, discusses mechanisms of the socialization process in librarian and faculty training, and suggests alterations in the mechanisms applied to librarians. (Author/FM)

Summarizes latest results of AIBS membership census for persons in the biological sciences. Areas of response were disciplinary specialty, employment, and salary. Tables include salaries for males and females by age bracket and by degree (bachelor's, master's, and doctor's). (CS)

Describes a problem-based course in developmental support communications sponsored by the Media Department of the British Council. Participants from developing nations learned to analyze problems in non-formal education, improve their decision-making, and plan, produce and evaluate materials for a specified audience. (Author/BD)

Discusses civil engineering education and the need to extend engineering education longer than four years. (SL)

Reviews the context, politics, illusions, contradictions, ironies, and possibilities involved in the search for identity in the counseling profession. Provides an overview of counseling psychology's history, its professional bodies, and the profession's political battles. Discusses attempts at establishing an identity and the need for a knowledge…

Examines current perceptions regarding the purposes and differences of the doctor of education (EdD) and doctor of philosophy (PhD) degrees. A survey of program coordinators (N=127) of counselor preparation programs indicate that most coordinators do not differentiate between the two degrees, although those with a decided preference favor the PhD.…

Describes a class designed to make Hungarian students familiar with written genres in which abstracting plays an important role--students get theoretical background by abstracting lectures and analyzing appropriate chapters of technical writing textbooks, paying attention to objectivity and structure of the abstract. Advocates using such methods…

This commentary discusses the views of the Nursing Division of the American Association on Mental Retardation on the issue of medication administration by unlicensed assistive personnel. The need for professional registered nurses to engage in the initial and ongoing training and evaluation of unlicensed assistive personnel is emphasized. (CR)