The following Ohio University professors are available for insightful interviews on topics in the news. An interactive CD-ROM that teaches parenting skills can help reduce the frequency and severity of children's behavioral problems, according to Ohio University Professor of Psychology Don Gordon, who developed the program. The key seems to be the interactive process.
People have to take an active role in the learning process.
Gordon presented research on the program's effectiveness July 11 at the annual meeting of the Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education. More than 70 percent of the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions during the terms of presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson were liberal, but liberal decisions by the court dipped below 30 percent during the terms of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. That's according to a review of criminal cases over 40 years by two Ohio University professors of economics , Tony Caporale and Harold Winter. The political makeup of Congress and the party affiliation of the president play a role in the way the court rules in criminal cases, says Caporale. Much of the analysis of U.S. Supreme Court decision-making has excluded political change as factors influencing court rulings.