Studied the role of elementary and middle school principals (N=71) in reading instruction. Used information from questionnaires to formulate two composite principals (one for larger school districts and one for smaller districts). Descriptions indicated that principals were well prepared to supervise and advise reading teachers. (RC)

Discusses potential problems in the application of mental health consultation to other departments within an umbrella institution such as a university. Highlights possible hazardous consequences to the consultee, to the consultant, and to the organizational systems. Presents some remedies and precautionary measures. (Author/RC)

Discusses why the principal's position in the school system in general and within teachers' organizations in particular is, at present, hazy and in urgent need of reappraisal. (NEC)

Within academic health centers there exists a well-established "pecking order" influencing daily life and reflecting fundamental relationships between medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health. Relationships between individual professionals and between schools within a center are examined for clues to possible change. (MSE)

The author describes the socializing process of role modeling and the different experiences of males and females. She defines and analyzes the mentor relationship and its impact on career development, presenting a model of career stages. The lack of mentor relationships for women and possible solutions are also discussed. (Author/ SK)

Destructive conflict can inflict heavy costs on a college or university. Student personnel administrators, by using their knowledge of social scientific research, can serve as milieu managers, thereby reducing destructive conflict. Specific policies grounded in empirical research are provided. (Author)

It is proposed that more important than physical elements in the strain within the pharmacy profession are the perceptual elements: the consciousness of basic scientists with regard to clinical practitioners and vice versa. (MSE)

A discussion of school politics: the techniques educators use to advance their interests with their peers and with the community. (SJL)

This study assessed and compared the practitioner's role as perceived by participating practitioners, college program coordinators, college administrators, associate practitioners, and former students. Significant differences in perceptions of the practitioner's role were found. (LBH)

Examines choice processes of Midwestern newspaper staffers who participated in the professionally questionable decision to "kill" a photograph of a fatal wreck scene at the request of the victim's family. Shows how organizational routines, professional norms, and other factors entered into the decision through small-group communication and how…

Discusses what the college language department needs to communicate to the dean about what it does, including the substance of language, literature, and culture and the disparate teaching demands they create. Focus is on how realistic current staffing patterns are and how they may have to change for language departments to be allocated adequate…

Examines faculty perceptions of how the new technologies of e-mail and voice mail (widely adopted as a result of a university's home office experiment) changed faculty ways. Discusses first- and second-level effects of communication technologies in three areas: faculty interaction within the department and on campus; student/faculty interaction;…

Portrays interprofessional collaborations and integrated service systems as promising reform efforts in counseling psychology. Describes the history and commitments of counseling psychology, the need to forge new roles, such as becoming more involved with children, and new collaborations with other professionals. Describes interprofessional…

College faculty at many institutions feel sidelined as others decide major issues. Some blame trustees, administrators, and the need for rapid decision making; others find faculty are not taking an active enough role in governance. Faculty senates are reviewing their governance documents to make improvements, and are trying to rally more faculty…

Examines seven interfaces of social and counseling psychology--outlined by Forsyth and Leary--from the perspective of social cognitive theory. Discusses social cognitive theory as a unifying framework for bridging counseling and social psychology and other subdisciplines that share an interest in issues of health promotion and optimal adjustment.…