A marked increase in student enrolments in South African public universities over the last two decades have admitted substantially more 'non-traditional' students to the sector. These students typically have unsatisfactory levels of school performance, lack communication skills (especially in English) and mostly have first-generation status. The…

It is to be expected that in a new and emerging discipline like knowledge management (KM) there still will be ambivalence among both LIS educational institutions and their students, as to the need to have KM courses. Investigating the benefits of engaging with these programs might help to clear up this ambiguity. The present paper seeks to shed…

By means of a nationwide survey, this study of teacher aides sought to determine (1) their legal status in the classroom and (2) the distinction between teaching or instruction and non-teaching functions. A questionnaire was sent to the chief state school officer of the 50 states, asking for information on (1) state laws regulating teacher aide…

In a case study involving the St. Petersburg, Florida, "Times" and "Independent," two questions were asked: How is the newspaper ombudsman perceived by the other members of the staff, including both management and nonmanagement? and How do opinions about the ombudsman differ, if at all, between a newspaper staff which has an…

Survey results indicate psychologists' concern in areas of consultation, competence, confidentiality, and role conflict between lay and professional people. Offers suggestions for early ethics education in professional training programs. (CJ)

A survey of newspaper editors and journalism school deans and faculty members revealed that media criticism by journalism schools occurs infrequently and that both academic and media people have mixed reactions about its advisability. (GW)

The more generally informed teachers were about psychological functioning of educable mentally retarded children, the more favorably they tended to rate psychological services. (Author)

A questionnaire survey of 27 counselors in Ohio's public assisted technical college was conducted in an attempt to evaluate what a technical college counselor's role is and how he perceives himself in fulfilling that role. The results showed a large difference existed between perceived and actual roles. (DS)

A study examined (1) how teachers in England. Australia, New Zealand, and the United States think others expect them to behave and (2) the amount of divergence existing between these expectations and the teacher's own attitudes. A teacher-questionnaire listed 10 teacher activities (derived from an interview phase of the study) representing…

Forty-three female college students responded to a l5-statement questionnaire dealing with five areas of role conflict: (1) time management; (2) relations with spouse or boyfriend; (3) expectations for self; (4) expectations of others; and (5) guilt. The problem statements used in the questionnaire were derived from previous research that found…

A questionnaire and on the site survey was made of the state funded adult basic education (ABE) programs in Massachusetts to determine whether they were meeting the needs of the eligible population. Data were gathered from a sample of ABE administrators, teachers, counselors, and students and statistically analyzed. In addition an ABE…

Questionnaires to compare faculty self-perceptions with dental students' perceptions of the role they desired to achieve are described. Results indicated a minimal relationship between the self-perceptions of faculty and the students' identification of their desired future role in the dental profession. (Author/MLW)

The opinions of 162 psychologists, 842 teachers, 125 public school administrators and 50 state departments of education were surveyed regarding the current status of service delivery and school psychology. The first questionnaire was directed to coordinators of school psychological services and school psychologists and requested information about…

Two hundred randomly selected high school principals in Iowa participated in a survey to assess their perceptions of the role of the school media specialist. Principals were chosen as the target for the study because of their critical role in the functioning of the media center. The questionnaire instrument collected demographic data about the…

The perceptions of medical students and faculty mentors, called docents, regarding the docents' role was examined. Activities were rated on the basis of how often they would be carried out ideally by a docent and on the basis of how often they were actually carried out. (Author/MLW)