Presents a cognitive-behavioral approach to group treatment of adolescents. Discusses diagnosis, treatment stages, characteristics of a cognitive-behavioral group, and the role of the therapist. Describes four advantages to this type of group therapy. (JAC)

Assessed Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy at initial contact, after an eight-week waiting period, after eight therapy sessions, and at eight-week follow-up. Couples reported no significant changes on measures of dyadic adjustment, intimacy, target complaint reduction or goal attainment after the waiting period, but they reported significant…

Describes a systematic approach to organizational change based on examination of prior consolidation experiences, which identifies organizational and individual employee needs and uses Maslow's sequence to plan for these needs. Use of this approach to manage transition period prior to consolidation of branch operations of the 3M Company is…

The approach taken by Derek Bok in his call for fundamental changes in the American legal system and in legal education is examined and contrasted with an approach based on historical jurisprudence. (MSE)

Tomorrow's marketplace will undergo many changes, triggered by new technologies, new products to sell, and the demands of increasingly sophisticated consumers. Growth will be especially strong for off-price retail outlets, discount department stores, specialized mass merchandisers, and specialty stores with specific clienteles. Retailers must plan…

Teenagers discuss their sexual uncertainties and roles parents and television could play in enlightening them on sexuality. From parents, they would like honesty and support, and, from television, portrayals of strong women, emotional attachment, sexual attraction without glamor, connection between sex and pregnancy, and information on…

Liberals should acknowledge that there is no such thing as a perfect welfare plan and honestly discuss the problems in the welfare system. The class conflict undergirding the welfare debate will not be eliminated by liberals taking a more practical approach, but perhaps will make it easier to implement reform. (Author/ML)

Examines problems which prevented the development of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) into an effective agency; emphasizes its litigation record after Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was amended in 1972. Recommends that the EEOC be changed from a "claims adjustment bureau" to an enforcement agency. (Author/ML)

Current motivation theories aid in the development of a two-step organizational change procedure applicable to educational change. The process involves constructing a climate with a psychological atmosphere that is conducive to change and directly asking others to change. (DCS)

Case study of curriculum change in McMaster University's medical education program presents reasons, processes, and results of this change, with emphasis on education for capability. An approach to curriculum design for medical education is proposed, and questions are posed about defining needed competencies, fostering their development, and…

Discusses present and future changes in library organization and management resulting from increasingly smaller library units, use of electronics to support decentralized services, new management style, and interlibrary cooperatives. Three strategies for change--to accept change, to change change, to recognize that some things cannot be…

Describes public education for Blacks and Coloureds in Namibia as a tool of the apartheid system meant to ensure that Namibians will be illiterate or at best semi-skilled. Also describes efforts of the United Nations Council for Namibia and the Southwest People's Organization to provide Namibians with equal education. (CMG)

Suggests a four-step method for reconstructing evaluation offices originally established for federal funding programs so that they can provide information for local decision making: (1) review past work, (2) identify necessary projects, (3) establish joint priorities, and (4) develop action plan. (TE)

This review of Ernest Boyer's "High School: A Report on Secondary Education in America" criticizes isolated aspects of the study but praises its overall usefulness. (JBM)

Reviewing the history of Indian health care in the U.S., this article argues that passage of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, now before Congress, would provide better health services for American Indians via a delivery system that encourages Indian participation and self-actualization. (JC)