Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) provides opportunities for scholars and students to respond directly to community needs; students also practice critical thinking, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills necessary for professional life and engaged citizenship. The challenges of involving undergraduate students in CBPR include…

Improving bio-security practices among 4-H members who raise and show project animals is important. Bio-security measures can reduce the risk of disease spread and mitigate potential health and economic risks of disease outbreaks involving animal and zoonotic pathogens. Survey data provided statistical evidence that the Bio-Security Proficiencies…

California's degree gap is a growing concern. According to recent reports and news articles comparing the number of degrees awarded with the jobs expected in the coming decade, California will not have enough university graduates to meet the needs of the labor market. Previous work by the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) showed…

There is a persistent concern over mismatches between the degrees awarded by universities and the needs of the job market. Although there are shortages of graduates in some fields, many university graduates have difficulty finding jobs that make good use of their education. This has been discussed in newspaper articles, in education and business…

The number of Hispanic students in the nation's public schools nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006, accounting for 60% of the total growth in public school enrollments over that period. Strong growth in Hispanic enrollment is expected to continue for decades, according to population projection by the U.S. Census Bureau. Using data from the 2006…

An analysis of media utilization, attitudes, and significant deomgraphic characteristics of Spanish-Language-Only Television in Los Angeles County was conducted. (NQ)

A survey designed to identify the nature and composition of a Spanish-speaking community, and to isolate needs to which the public library could respond, consisted of a bilingual questionnaire. Results reveal why the questionnaire was inappropriate, why the random sample was not representative, and why the interviews posed conceptual problems. (VT)

A SURVEY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS OF THE LOCAL JUNIOR COLLEGE AND ITS FUNCTIONS WAS CONDUCTED BY PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH 367 RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDERS. OF THOSE INTERVIEWED, 52.6 PERCENT HAD NO OPINION ON THE COLLEGE, 37.9 PERCENT FELT THAT THE COLLEGE WAS PERFORMING WELL OR ADEQUATELY, AND 9.5 PERCENT FELT IT WAS NOT. IN…

A random sample of 750 adults stratified on the basis of age, sex, and employment status was surveyed to determine attitudes toward the importance of a college education for high school graduates in the college district, college plans for their children, attitudes and knowledge about the college, and voting intentions on a future bond issue. On…

THIS WAS A STUDY OF SAN MATEO VOTERS AND THEIR PRE-ELECTION REACTIONS TO A COMBINED TAX AND BOND PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE FUNDS. IT PROPOSED (1) TO DETERMINE HOW MANY WOULD VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSALS, (2) TO IDENTIFY ISSUES IMPORTANT TO VOTERS IN MAKING THEIR DECISIONS, (3) TO CHARACTERIZE THOSE VOTING YES OR NO TO SEE…

Testimony concerning the Summer Feeding Program was heard during the June 25, 1971 hearing from R. S. Gribbs, mayor of Detroit, Mich.; K. Gibson, mayor of Newark, N. J. and, Arnold Robles and Edward Koplan, program administrators of Los Angeles County, Calif., and City of San Antonio, Texas. Testimony concerning the withholding of funds for…

As part of a telephone survey conducted during 1980 by the Coast Community College District, district residents were asked to rate the importance of seven community college missions for them personally and for the people of Orange County. The seven missions rated were occupational training, transfer education, general education, basic skills…

AN ANALYTIC EMPIRICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF MEXICANS IN THE UNITED STATES IS PRESENTED. MEXICAN-AMERICANS FORM AN IMPORTANT ETHNIC GROUP BY VIRTUE OF NUMBERS, REGIONAL CONCENTRATION, SOCIAL POSITION, AND DYNAMIC CHARACTER. FINDINGS SHOULD BE AMENABLE TO COMPARATIVE TREATMENT WITH OTHER STATUS AND ETHNIC GROUPS. THE APPROACH INVOLVES A SERIES OF…

THIS REPORT COVERS THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF A PROPOSED SIX-PHASE PLAN. A COMMITTEE OF ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL, A VOCATIONAL COUNSELOR, AND THE DISTRICT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CONSULTANT DEVELOPED GUIDELINES FOR THE MASTER PLAN BASED ON OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF AN 18-MEMBER COUNCIL OF HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.…

This report describes the proceedings and results of one portion of a research project to determine the educational and public service needs of the service area of KOCE, a public UHF television station owned and operated by the Coast Community College District. The research in this portion consisted of a telephone canvass of the Orange County,…