Provides a brief overview of quantitative estimates of Colombian emigration including a discussion of how estimates were prepared. Concludes that estimates of international migration from Colombia are inflated and that such migration is not as significant as some observers claim. (CMG)

Discusses the changes occurring between 1976 and 1978 in the retirement status and expectations of a representative national sample of men aged 57-64 in 1978 and in the attitudes toward work and retirement of a representative national sample of retirees who in 1978 ranged between age 57 and 71. (CT)

Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics show that women have made large gains in arrests for petty property crimes and smaller gains for other offenses. However, alternate sources of data as well as changes in reporting and statistical coverage suggest that female arrest gains are more apparent than real. (Author/GC)

Examines the comparative labor market experience of youth in the United States and eight other developed countries from 1960-1979, focusing upon unemployment levels and rates. Finds that the situation worsened in industrialized nations after the 1974-75 recession and that Japanese and German youth continue to have the most favorable job prospects.…

This article updates comparative unemployment rates through the third quarter 1982 and other related labor market statistics through 1981 for the U.S. and nine other countries. The foreign unemployment and labor data are adjusted to U.S. concepts. (CT)

This report, based on information gained from multiple surveys of physicians conducted since 1980, addresses a number of basic public policy questions regarding physician manpower supply and distribution in the state of New York. The report's primary focus is longitudinal, attempting to identify patterns and trends among New York State's…

The nature of graduate training in school psychology is described. The article covers the following areas: (1) historical perspective; (2) current training trends; and (3) curriculum analysis of doctoral and special programs. Implications of the data are discussed and suggestions are made for change. (PS)

This report provides an analysis of the physical plant costs, by major functional area and object of expense, as reported in the operating fund of each university in Ontario, Canada. The report begins with a brief introduction; a description of the principles governing the reporting process; and definitions and explanatory comment on the physical…

This report provides financial information on 21 degree granting universities and related institutions which receive grants from the provincial government of Ontario, Canada. The report first explains the general guidelines and reporting requirements used in compiling the information; the principles of fund accounting involved; and the definitions…

This report provides financial information on 21 degree granting universities and related institutions which receive grants from the provincial government of Ontario, Canada. The report first explains the general guidelines and reporting requirements used in compiling the information; the principles of fund accounting involved; and the definitions…

This publication provides a complete census and analysis of the foreign postsecondary student population studying in the United States. The report consists of five chapters. The first chapter compares "Open Doors" (a statistical compilation on foreign students) and this publication, pointing out the unique contributions of each publication as well…

This report provides financial information on 22 universities' church-related, federated, or affiliated colleges, universities or seminaries who receive grants from the provincial government of Ontario, Canada. Data tables focus on tables are in the following categories: (1) Combined Revenue and Expense and Changes in Fund Balances; (2) Revenue…

This report provides 1992-93 financial information on 21 degree granting universities and related institutions which receive grants from the provincial government of Ontario, Canada. The report first explains the general guidelines and reporting requirements used in compiling the information; the principles of fund accounting involved; and the…

This report presents national normative data on the major trends and characteristics of 1.6 million students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen. The normative data are reported separately for men and for women and for 35 different institutional groupings. Among the findings are the following: (1) student…

This report summarizes trends identified in 25 years of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's annual surveys of college freshmen. It documents an array of demographic, attitudinal, and social changes involving students entering the nation's colleges since the survey's inception in 1966. Major findings from this report point to…