Teacher shortage is a major hindrance to China's rural education growth in underdeveloped areas, as well as one of the main causes of educational injustice. We conducted a survey of 5,554 teachers from 117 towns in H province in the Wuling Mountains Zone to investigate the issue of rural school teacher supply. From geographical, emotional, and…

A table lists the number of individuals with mental retardation/developmental disabilities in licensed residential settings with one to six residents and the percent of each state's service recipients in such settings in 1995. A brief discussion notes that almost half of all persons in licensed settings were in homes with six or fewer residents.…

This article summarizes data showing that 77.1 percent of residential service recipients with mental retardation/developmental disabilities are living nationally in settings of 15 or fewer residents. Graphs show proportions living in residences of various sizes in 1982 and 1999. A table lists, by individual state, the numbers and proportions of…

Data include a ranking of the 76 institutions with the most foreign students, including the enrollment numbers and proportions; the distribution by field of study; the foreign countries the students come from; and the number of students in each state. (MSE)

National information about 1978 graduating medical students is reported that confirms a substantial relationship between their preferred practice settings and their hometowns and those of their spouses. (JMD)

Examines census data on the fertility of U.S. immigrants to study trends in fertility after migration. Results show that immigrant fertility may rise after arrival in the new country, perhaps because immigrants are making up for births or marriages postponed because of the move, but that, with assimilation, fertility declines. (AF)

This brief report presents data, by state, showing the proportion of mental retardation/developmental disabilities residential services recipients living in community homes of different sizes. In fiscal year 1995 most (51.8%) residential support service recipients lived in homes of 6 or fewer residents. (DB)

A list of the 75 U.S. colleges and universities with the largest foreign student enrollment is given, along with the number and percentage enrollment, a table of foreign student enrollment distribution by field of study and numerical and percentage changes since the previous year, and a list of the 63 countries from which at least 1,000 students…

A statistical study is presented of the 1976 location, by region and state, of the active civilian dentists of the United States in relation to the dental schools from which they graduated. A master matrix table shows state-by-state distribution of the graduates of each school and, conversely, where each state obtained its dentists. (Author/JMD)

National and state data are presented on places of residence of recipients of Medicaid Home and Community Based (Waiver) Services, a program supporting long-term care for persons with developmental disabilities. The following types of residences are covered: agency home, foster home, own home, and family home. (SW)

Data are presented which show changes in the size of residential programs serving people with mental retardation/developmental disabilities. Trends from 1982 through 1992 are summarized and statistics are given for each state showing the average number of residents per setting and the percent of residents in settings with less than 16 or less than…

Data from the Social Security Administration's Retirement History Study and a supplement to the 1968 Current Population Survey are discussed in terms of the relationship between (1) family size and residence, and (2) economic and educational status. It is shown that household heads who grew up as members of large families and/or as natives of…

Student characteristics of 1982-83 earned doctorate recipients include sex, racial or ethnic group, citizenship, marital status, age, years from bachelor's degree to doctorate, percentage with bachelor's degree in the same field, planned postdoctoral study and employment, primary postdoctoral work, and region of postdoctoral employment. (MSE)

Statistics are reported for 1978 graduate student enrollments in the 55 accredited pharmacy schools in the United States with enrollments at the masters or doctoral levels. The statistics include masters enrollments, doctoral enrollments, geographic origin of students, part-time enrollments, and financial support figures. (JMD)

Enrollments are reported, based on statistics for the final three years in professional degree programs of 71 accredited US pharmacy schools for fall 1978. Statistics include total enrollments by college; doctoral program enrollments; female, minority and foreign enrollments; and geographic origins of students. Comparisons with 1977 enrollments…