The nature of the United States diet has changed markedly in this century. We are using more meat, poultry, fish, and dairy products; sugars and other sweeteners; fats and oils; and processed fruits and vegetables. We are using fewer grain products, potatoes, fresh fruits and vegetables, and eggs. (BB)

THIS REPORT PRESENTS NATIONAL NORMATIVE DATA ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTERING COLLEGE FRESHMEN OF 1966 AND COMPARATIVE DATA ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS ENTERING DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS. THE METHOD USED FOR SELECTING THE SAMPLE OF 251 INSTITUTIONS IS BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED. A STUDENT INFORMATION FORM WAS GIVEN TO 254,480…

THE DATA PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT WERE COMPILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PROGRAM OF LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH INITIATED BY THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (ACE). THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE SAMPLING TECHNIQUE AND OTHER TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS WERE PRESENTED IN AN EARLIER REPORT (ACE RESEARCH REPORT, VOLUME 2,…

A total of 22 tables are presented exhibiting standard scores with corresponding percentile norms for Idaho schools participating in the Iowa Tests of Educational Development. (CK)

This study aims to measure the relative prominence of six scale values: Theoretical, Economic, Aesthetic, Social, Political, and Religious. The basic objective is a comparison between the local high school scores and the general norms of a national high school sample across the six values. (Author)

Presenting statistical data, this article indicates that the population of Appalachia has grown nearly as fast as that of the nation between 1970 and 1976, while Appalachian per capita money income has continued to approach that of the national level. (JC)

Paper documents how changes in the distribution of black college students are affecting the nation's predominantly black colleges. (Author/CB)

This is the 34th annual report of tuition and fees at public institutions in the 50 states. All data were compiled using Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board surveys of state agencies or individual institutions. National tables 1 through 10 provide a national perspective on tuition and fees and increases over the most recent 5 years for…

During the 1974 fall orientation, a questionnaire was administered to approximately 65 percent of the entering freshmen class at the University of South Carolina (USC). A total of 364 other institutions of higher education, including 44 universities, also participated in this continuing national study of higher education. This document presents a…

Comparing the experiences of different types of families, this report analyzes family incomes in the United States from 1970 to 1986. The adjusted family income (AFI) measure used in the analysis corrects for family size and for inflation, but does not take account of either in-kind income or taxes. After a section summarizing the report's…

THIS CLASS PROFILE REPORT, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE MIRACOSTA COLLEGE 1965 FRESHMEN, IS INTENDED FOR THE USE OF COLLEGE OFFICIALS CONCERNED WITH ADMISSIONS, PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS, AND STUDENT PERSONNEL FUNCTIONS. STUDENT ACADEMIC POTENTIALS ARE SHOWN BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST SCORES AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADES. GOALS AND…

Form 5 of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) was administered to over 35,000 male and female students in grade nine through twelve. The sample was selected to be representative of the students in the national high school population. Normative percentile tables were developed for each subtest and composite for each grade and…

Reviews the Anchor Test Study which had two major objectives: to provide a method for translating a child's score on any one of eight widely used standardized reading tests into a score on any of the other tests and to provide new nationally representative norms for each of these eight tests. (Author/BJG)

Changes that have recently taken place in the composition of the American family and the circumstances in which children and youth are now growing up are highlighted in this Congressional report. While this compilation of approximately 64 tables of data is not intended to be comprehensive, nor does it use every statistical series available, it…