Findings indicate that a majority of public relations practitioners are highly educated, have professional media backgrounds as part of their professional experience, and are paid better than newspaper personnel in Colorado. (RB)

Argues that part-time teachers should receive the status and benefits granted full time college English teachers with similar competencies, qualifications, and experience. (RB)

A participant in forensic tournament competition presents her perspective as well as overall student reaction to the function of "warm bodies," competitors who are entered in a tournament by the coach or tournament director only to meet qualifying requirements. Overall, participants in an informal survey believed that the warm body…

The New Jersey State Commissioner of Education has presented a proposal for alternative certification of teachers; this survey examines parent attitudes about the proposed changes for teacher education and certification. A random sample of 75 parents from a middle class suburban community responded to a questionnaire which summarized the new…

This chapter considers the need for professional certification of instructional developers and describes the work of various organizations in this area. The differences between certification, accreditation, and licensure are examined, and the certification efforts of the Division of Instructional Development (DID) of the Association for…

Recent research has shown that when subjects are asked to make a judgment or decision based on incomplete information, they may infer or impute a value for the missing information based on their perception of the relationship between the missing and the presented information. To examine how clients evaluate and choose between therapists on the…

Argues that courses in sociolinguistics should form part of the education of every Canadian teacher regardless of the subject he is going to teach. (Author)

Suggesting that the university faculty members assigned extra-curricular duties with forensics have been denied proper evaluation procedures, this paper argues for the need to apply professional evaluation standards to forensics directors. It proposes four separate components to be considered in developing such standards: (1) professional…

The Inventory of Teacher Knowledge of Reading was administered to a sample of 60 freshmen, 60 juniors, and 60 seniors in elementary education at the University of Illinois. In addition, it was administered to 60 experienced teachers who had not attended the University of Illinois as undergraduates. An analysis of variance of the test scores was…

The search for a president of Gallaudet University, the only such institution in the world for the deaf, spanned issues of civil rights and university governance. The selection and ultimate rejection of a hearing president occurred because people had different perceptions of what would best serve the university. (MSE)

Charlotte West, a leading candidate for athletic director at Southern Illinois University, may become the only female athletics director at a university playing football in Division I, the top competitive level. She is considered likely to bring men's and women's sports closer together. (MSE)

Counselor Rating Form - Short Version (CRF-S) was completed by college students (N=133) who rated their counselors (N=6) after an initial session at a college counseling center. Principal components analysis with direct oblimin rotation of the CRF-S yielded two factors, one composed of attractiveness and trustworthiness items and the other…

California's Teacher Trainee Certification Program places responsibility for preparation of teacher trainees on local school districts with collaboration from institutions of higher education. The Professional Development Plan is reviewed and implications of alternative certification are developed. (MT)

Describes a comparative study of the managerial skills of 106 male and female higher education administrators and the importance they placed on the contributions to their performance of selected career experiences. Reports that entry-level skills were equal, except in two cases: men were better prepared for financial planning and financial…