The purposes of this study are to 1–systematically organize and empirically measure the extent to which eight role‐management strategies are used by husbands and wives in career‐ earner and dual‐career families, and 2–determine if there are significant differences in the extent of strategy use between spouses in the same family type as well as across family type. The sample consisted of college and university administrators and their husbands and wives from NASULGC institutions. Factor analysis of responses to role‐management strategy items yielded eight factors. The t‐test procedure was used to determine if differences in strategy usage existed by gender and by family type. Between husbands and wives in career‐ earner families, there was a significant difference in use of the role‐management strategy of Compartmentalization. Between husbands and wives in dual‐career families, there were significant differences in the use of two strategies, Reducing Responsibilities and Organi zation. Significant differences were found between wives in career‐earner and dual‐career families, in the use of three strategies: Compartmentalization, Barriers Against Intrusion, and Reducing Responsibilities.

This study describes researchers in home economics and characteristics associ ated with their research productivity using data from the 1979 AHEA survey. The 737 researchers were all of the 16,894 respondents who reported research was a major function in their employment and who were employed full‐time for 9 to 12 months. The researchers included 7.3 percent males. Based on the modes, the researchers are characterized as having doctoral degrees, being in the home economics education area of home economics, being employed in colleges or universities, and being professionally experienced. Their research productivity was assessed by three measures: a research involvement score; number of con tracts and grants obtained; and research dissemination score. Significant differ ences were found among groups of researchers on all three measures of research productivity.

The policies and procedures developed for the selection of the editor are reported because of the importance of the position of editor of the Home Economics Research Journal. The Research Journal Policy Board develops criteria and makes the nomination; the AHEA Board of Directors makes the appointment. Criteria focus upon the research competences of the individual and local support available to facilitate the performance of editorial func tions. Responsibilities include leadership in developing policies and procedures, making final decisions regarding all content of each issue, coordinating activities of the editorial board, and processing all papers received. The initial term of an editor is3 years. Thesolici tation of nominations, review of nominees, and appointment of the second editor are timed to allow for an orderly transfer of responsibilities from one editor to the next.

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This experiment tested the effect of method of grading, the letter (A ‐F) and satisfactoryfail (S ‐F) grading systems, on performance and attitudes of home economics education student teachers at Iowa State University. Dependent variables were factor scores derived from instru ments administered to the student teachers and their cooperating teachers and ratings on 15 dimensions of two audiotaped class sessions taught by the student teachers. Responses of the 117 student teachers and their cooperating teachers were used in the factor analysis in which general and specific factors were extracted. Data from 50 student teachers and their 16 cooperating teachers were used in the tests for differences between groups. A control for response set variance was utilized. Analyses of variance revealed that method of grading did not affect performance and that student teachers were, in general, less anxious and more positive about their relationships with their cooperating teachers under S‐F than under A‐F grading.