Community college students' vocational maturity levels were found to be similar to those of other adult groups. Additionally, no significant sex or grade-level differences were found, nor was vocational maturity significantly correlated with age. Significant racial group differences were found, however. Implications for personnel workers are…

Do counselor educators identify with particular counseling theories, and, if so, with which ones most frequently? Sampled counselor educators (N=596) described their theoretical orientations in their own words, revealing tremendous variety. Four categories emerged as the most frequent responses: eclectic, client-centered, humanistic, and…

This article reviews the differences between two types of workshops and a control group on the development of positive interviewing skills. An assertiveness training group, combined with the presentation of interviewing skills and a didactic group, were the two treatments. (Author)

As measured by a variety of dependent variables, assertion training was effective in modifying assertive behavior but ineffective with aggressive behavior in a group of low-assertive but aggressive college women. (Author)

Employers who responded to a questionnaire indicated that the placement credentials of a job applicant were important to their employment decisions and expressed a preference for confidential recommendations from professors of the students' major field of study. (Author)

Compulsive eating (uncontrolled overeating that is not related to hunger) was investigated in 279 college women with the use of a self-report questionnaire. Results indicated a relationship between unpleasant affective states (boredom, depression, anxiety, loneliness, anger), a calming effect of eating, and compulsive eating. Implications for…

This article compares undergraduates of the seventies with those of the sixties as to their beliefs about institutions, themselves, and others. (Author)

Students from five classes participated in a four-year study of attitude change as a function of fraternity or sorority affiliation. Although all five scales from the College Student Questionnaire changed, only one, family independence, changed differentially by Greek affiliation. (Author)

Entering college freshmen were administered the Mooney Problem Checklist during summer orientation. The problems endorsed by students who later sought counseling were compared with the problems endorsed by students who did not seek counseling. Few between-group differences were found. (Author)

Goal of study was comparing alcoholic beverage buying habits of University of Delaware students with those of students at other colleges. Random sample of 639 was drawn from 13,000 undergraduates and interviews conducted. Drinking at Delaware was similar to that at other schools. Seniors spent significantly more on alcohol than freshmen. (Author)

Results of a self-report questionnaire listing eight job activities showed that staff counselors in colleges and universities across the country spend about half their time in direct counseling services. Respondents use about 90 percent of their time providing direct personal service (method) focused on an individual (target) for either…

One-hundred and four college students were randomly assigned to eight experimental conditions allowing them the power to hire and maintain faculty members. The greatest amount of leniency was shown toward the incumbent professor, regardless of her student-rated quality of teaching. (Author)

Equity and efficiency questions indicated that the state cannot afford unlimited-cut policies in universities without compensation for the wastes involved. The cross-sectional data showed that absences affect grades adversely. A method is herein outlined whereby absentee students compensate the state for its losses in proportion to their unexcused…

The study was conducted to determine differences in the authoritarianism dimensions of men and women and between individuals of above average and superior intelligence. The males scored significantly higher on three dimensions. Individuals of above average intelligence scored significantly higher than those of superior intelligence on three…

Results of a national survey indicated the following trends: (a) centers in large, public institutions offer the greatest number and variety of groups; (b) most groups are of an "adequacy-enhancing" rather than of a "problem reduction" nature; and (c) centers subscribe to a developmental rather than remedial model. (Author)