Consumer education has traditionally addressed activities related to the purchase of goods while the human services (e.g., health, education, and social welfare) have received far less attention. This condition stems from several factors, including the "doing good" attitude of human service providers and the role of government as the provider of…

This study assesses the attitudes held by the general public toward providers of mental health help. Relationships were found to exist between attitudes, demographic variables (sex, education level, religion, age, marital status), indications of past behavior and expressions of future behavioral intentions. The following professions were included:…

The cost analysis project report is directed towards persons in policy-making and administrative positions at the national, State, and direct service agency levels. Its purpose was to survey the literature and records to identify costs of homemaker-home health aide services and comparative costs of alternative forms of services. Part 1 includes…

Discussing the professional expert involved in local projects, the paper examined the dilemma of trying to find the proper place for this resource person in the many community-based, action-oriented curriculum development projects being developed for Native peoples. The 3 broad categories of involvement are social, administrative, and technical.…

Despite the long existence of vocational education in the school system, very little is known about the characteristics of the participants. Thus, this report presents the findings of a study of the characteristics of vocational education teachers and students. Information on the professional qualifications and teaching experiences of teachers is…

Since practicing New Jersey family physicians still consider house calls important in the delivery of quality primary care, the Department of Family Medicine of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School is assisting in revising program curricula to provide house call training. (Author/LBH)

Confidentiality has always been the most fundamental part of the counselor's code of ethics. Today's professional must rely on his own ethical priorities and on an ever-increasing knowledge of his field and his role in it, until the discrepancies between laws and regulations and personal involvements are made clear. (Author)

An examination of statutes and case law reveals that in most states the employment of architects and engineers by public school districts is exempt from competitive bidding procedures. (MLF)

Argues the increasing importance of volunteers as social service funding declines and provides an instructional unit on volunteerism designed for college students preparing for helping professions. The unit integrates students' practicum experiences as volunteers with information about volunteerism, service delivery models, and the…

A residence hall system is analyzed to determine student awareness and use of institutional student services. (Author)

If we could survey academic chief executive search committees across higher education, a composite definition of reference checking would likely include verification of factual information such as dates of employment, job titles, and responsibilities, as well as an evaluation of successful performance and leadership skills. Although everyone would…

As many as 15 million people living in rural areas report one or more long-term impairments that significantly affect their quality of life. In general, disabled people living in rural areas receive fewer services than do people in urban areas. For example, counties in Montana with the largest population centers received significantly more…

This book explains the episodic changes in the meaning of "profession" and its cognates in the United States from 1600 to the present. An introduction states the book's central theses, that the meaning of the word "profession" has changed episodically in American history, that these changes in meaning were directly informed by…

The adult education literature contains a considerable amount of research on and discussion of client service in the marketing process, management and staff roles in service- and product-oriented businesses, and the importance of client service and service quality to survival in the marketplace. By applying the principles of client-oriented…

This study undertook to discover why educational consultancy has not been more successful in implementing new educational programs and practices. It sought to identify differences in perceptions of superintendents, principals, consultants, and teachers with regard to teachers' need for consultant services and the factors, organizational and…