An Editor's Note and three presentations are included: "Balancing Traditions and Contemporary Needs" (G. Eugene Martin); "The Historic Role of the Mississippi Valley Industrial Teacher Education Conference" (Rupert N. Evans); and "The National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators" (Scott D.…

A 16-member Delphi panel rated mission, course content, desired behaviors, and research components for industrial technology education doctoral programs. They identified those components that are essential/necessary and those that are useful/beneficial, providing a benchmark for existing programs. (SK)

This paper takes aim at one specific, as well as basic, need in teamwork and interdisciplinary projects--ethics and its implications for professional practice. A preliminary study suggests that students majoring in industrial technology degree programs may not have adequate opportunity to formally study and engage in ethical aspects of technology…

The Stages of Concern Questionnaire was completed by 45 Nebraska and 35 Idaho industrial technology teachers. Most Nebraska teachers failed to accept technology education. Although Idaho teachers had a higher acceptance rate, nearly 69% had not adopted it. (SK)

Survey responses from 91 of 201 institutions in the United States, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, and Japan indicated that 55 offered distance learning in a variety of industrial teacher education programs; 45 used various televised formats, 44 used web-based delivery, 18 CD-ROM/print, and 9 videotape; and 46 allowed transfer of distance learning…

Industrial technology faculty (263 of 462) rated current and future importance of selection criteria for academic department heads, revealing significant differences between current and future importance. The five highest criteria were humanistic. Assistant professors rated creativity higher and instructors/lecturers rated grantsmanship higher…

Cognitive style and brain dominance instruments completed by 56 vocational community college students and 31 industrial technology university students showed that vocational students were more field dependent and had different hemispherical dominance. Dominance also differed between mechanical and electrical specializations. There was a…

Survey responses from 88 of 293 industrial technology education department heads found that 68% could not identify courses in which acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is covered; 52% were not aware of AIDS-related activities on their campuses; and 48% had AIDS education programs at their institutions. (SK)

Eight articles present perspectives on the future of technology teacher education, the Mississippi Valley Industrial Teacher Education Conference's mission and vision, and the organization's name change from "Industrial" to "Technology." (SK)

An assessment was made of student ratings of the teaching performance of six industrial technology teaching assistants who did not receive teacher training and seven who did. Ratings were significantly higher for the latter. Experimentals had greater infusion of content and methods strategies and higher affective ratings. Interviews added…

Today's competitive marketplace requires many colleges and universities to search for ways to maintain or increase their program enrollment numbers. One method is to focus on an enrollment management program with an emphasis placed on retention efforts for existing students. Although this is one important issue facing many colleges and…