Librarianship has been preoccupied with its role in education and scholarship, to the neglect of its responsibilities and concerns with information utility. The two are no longer separable but should form one profession with opportunities for diversity and specialization. (Author/JS)

School psychology is concerned with applying psychology to education and is commensurate with goals of professional psychology education. It should be considered a doctoral profession or specialty, fulfilling emphasis on an educational orientation (rather than on mental health), and greater reliance on educational psychology. (Author/AOS)

Developmental education, confined to the lower division, is a key to opportunity for historically Black institutions to advance Black professional education and employment. Tension exists between the goals of excellence and equal educational opportunity, exacerbated by competition for Black students. Coordination between these and professional…

Thirty percent of undergraduate women sampled at the University of California, Berkeley, reported having received unwanted sexual attention from at least one male instructor during their college years. Their reactions suggest that the prevalence of sexual harassment has a cumulative effect of eroding women's commitment to careers in male-dominated…

The article reviews efforts to develop professional standards in the preparation of special educators carried out by the Council for Exceptional Children and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and recommends licensing rather than certifying special educators. (DB)

A comparison of an academic law career to private legal practice and to other professional careers suggests that law school provides a substantial monetary return. While earning less than the quartile earnings of practicing attorneys, the academics earn more than the quartile earnings of professionals in general. (MSE)

Highlights the development of objective news reporting in commercial newspapers and the rise of journalism as a profession, legitimating its major institutional role as the self-announced protector of the public good. (JMF)

Three reasons for using cooperating teachers in teaching practice are described: professionalization of teaching; involvement of teachers in participating schools to alleviate staff load in teaching institutions; and teaching practice as a period of training for students and less of an exercise in awarding grades. (MLW)

In view of the continuing need for and scarcity of large animal veterinary care in rural areas, this study tried to delineate those factors that delimit veterinary services. The problem was found largely to be tied to the practitioner's unwillingness to leave his office due to economics, professional dedication, and maintenance of professional…

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)

An informal survey of social science and humanities societies indicates that many different strategies are being used to deal with the job shortage. New training and marketing methods have emerged along with modified objectives within association committees. (LBH)

Discusses a sixth-grade assignment to conduct an interview with someone to find out as much as possible about that individual's profession as well as ways in which mathematics are used in that profession. Peer teaching, communication, and reasoning were natural consequences of this activity. (AIM)

Describes the development of quantity surveying as a third level discipline and the role of professional bodies in determining its cultural orientation. The article examines the conflict between professional standards and market forces and concludes that the contract on offer to surveying students commits them to a monocultural world view. (33…

Uses household survey data from 12 Latin American countries to assess how teacher salaries compare to other workers' salaries. Results show great variability from one country to another. When statistical controls are introduced for the differential education, hours worked, and gender composition, the earnings differential between the two groups…