The Education (Scotland) Act of 1980 gives parents the right to choose the schools they wish their children to attend. The article reports on placement requests at the start of primary schooling in Dundee and Edinburgh from 1982 through 1985. Variables of movement are identified. (Author/MT)

The purpose of this study was to determine how selectors decide, on the basis of a letter and application form, which applicants for a position as principal or assistant principal are asked to provide references and which are eliminated. Methodology and findings are presented. (MT)

This study focused on the teaching methods needed to change gymnastics lessons from teacher command and whole-cohort teaching to lessons where pupils take more responsibility for their own and others learning and where emphasis is on individual and social development as well as physical development. (MT)

Twenty-seven studies are reviewed that investigate the effect of instructional methods, courses, programs, and general college experiences on changes in college students' thinking. The results did support the conclusion that college attendance improves critical thinking. (Author/MLW)

A study that tested a modified version of Tinto's student attrition model on a Chicano student population in two year colleges is discussed. Measures of goodness of fit were examined to provide indices for the overall fit of the causal model in the study. (Author/MLW)

Academic cheating behavior by university students was surveyed using the randomized response technique and by conventional anonymous questionnaire methods. Underreporting is concluded to be a serious problem with anonymous questionnaires. (Author/MLW)

The assessments of faculty performance for the determination of salary increases are analyzed to estimate interrater reliability. Using the independent ratings by six elected members of the faculty, correlations between the ratings were calculated and estimates of the reliability of the composite ratings were generated. (Author/MLW)

Characteristics of new students who received fellowships, assistantships, and loans at a large public research university in the Midwest are discussed. The purpose was to determine which of the characteristics led to an increased likelihood of receiving support: undergraduate grades, GRE scores, gender, ethnicity, citzenship, age, and field of…

The attitudes and demographic characteristics of a group of college freshmen were compared to those of a sample responding to a mail survey and a sample responding to a telephone follow-up. The three samples did not differ significantly in mean attitude responses. (Author/MLW)

The large number of middle-aged professors will soon cost significantly more to the university than an even distribution of ages. To respond to resulting problems of decreasing academic flexibility and increasing costs, universities will have to choose between retrenchment and creating attractive faculty career alternatives. (Author/MSE)

A study of community college faculty and administrators' preferences for possible college directions and institutional images, their congruence, and their relationship to certain demographic variables, is reported. Support of the comprehensiveness of community colleges was found to be high. (MSE)

A study correlating graduate student fields of study, as defined by three Biglan dimensions for classifying departments, with certain student characteristics (age, citizenship, gender, Graduate Record Examination scores, level of degree pursued, and undergraduate grades) is reported. (MSE)

A 49-item questionnaire administered to 380 students was used to study cheating on exams, quizzes, and homework assignments. More than half the students reported cheating during the academic year in at least one area. (Author/MSE)

New job listings show the market demand for economists between 1975 and 1984 led the supply and was far more volatile than the number of doctorates awarded. Although graduate economic specialties have remained stable and the specialists ranked by employers have been constant, they show no comparative agreement. (Author/MSE)

A study using discriminant analysis to correct bias in predicting faculty rank is reported. Findings concerning the relationship of prediction error and gender and suggestions for use of the results to study salary-bias problems are also discussed. (Author/MSE)