This report, the first of a series based on the findings of Resident Places Survey-3, describes the education and training of nursing and personal care home administrators on the basis of information obtained by questionnaire from the administrators. The data on education and training are given by characteristics of administrators (age, employment…

This report presents comparison data on the United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) graduates in the class of 1973 and the entire class. The data were obtained from the annual survey of entering freshmen college students by the American Council on Education. Tables in this report present data of five categories: (1) all cadets…

A SURVEY WAS TO BE MADE IN ENGLAND AND WALES TO ASSESS THE OVERALL ADEQUACY OF PROVISIONS MADE FOR ADULT EDUCATION BY LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, UNIVERSITY EXTRAMURAL DEPARTMENTS, WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION DISTRICTS, AND VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATIONS WITH AN EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION. SIX AREAS WERE SELECTED USING STATISTICS ON TERMINAL EDUCATION AGE…

A study was undertaken to obtain current information about individuals professionally concerned with linguistics and related fields. The study is based on information from the 1968 questionnaire of the National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel. Four aspects of the core community are emphasized: (1) academic training: highest degree…

A statewide survey of Wisconsin barbers was conducted to determine their status and opinions on a variety of topics relating to barbering so that action may be taken to improve the careers of present and future barbers. Questionnaires prepared for student, apprentice, journeyman, and master barbers and for barber shop owners were mailed to the…

A study of Haldimand County (Ontario, Canada) farmers' use and understanding of soil test reports and the relationship of these variables with certain personal and social characteristics of the respondents are summarized. The objectives of the study were to indicate the extent to which farmers use the soil test report, the quality of fertilizer…

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF WOMEN, THEIR LIFE STYLE AND PAST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, WAS MADE OF WOMEN BETWEEN 21 AND 72 YEARS OF AGE. MAILED QUESTIONNAIRES OBTAINED DATA FROM 337 RESPONDENTS ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHY, IF THEY LIKED WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND HOW PAST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES INFLUENCED THEIR ACTIVITIES.…

A study was made to define areas where Community Resource Development-Community Services program coordination between Cooperative Extension and Community Colleges may integrate at the local level. Objectives were to describe similarities and differences of both programs, to identify attitudes of personnel toward the program areas and possible…

The role of the district extension home economist in Kansas was studied by collecting role perceptions from the home economics personnel in the Kansas Cooperative Extension Service. Questionnaires collected from 86 county extension economists, four district home economists, and five district extension supervisors, rated importance…

A survey was made of 4,912 students in the Adult Basic Education program in West Virginia to determine their backgrounds, characteristics, aspirations, and attitudes. They were found to be in sociological and economic patterns similar to those of their parents; both groups were school dropouts from rural areas and both were undereducated,…

The survey is the fifth in a series covering the salaries of engineering technicians, conducted biennially since 1969. The format for salary presentations is maturity curves in which salary is plotted as a function of years of experience, accompanied by the data tables from which the curves were plotted. The survey covers three groups of personnel…

The results of the Post-Secondary Student Survey, 1974-1975, conducted in Canada are reported. The highlights of the survey results are reported and the policy implications of the data are discussed. The survey was designed to provide detailed information on a wide range of characteristics of postsecondary students in Canada, including…

The two technical reports in this volume are devoted to describing the poor in Atlanta, and the persons who become clients in the service programs operated by Economic Opportunity Atlanta, and deal with residents of the areas served by the Neighborhood Service Centers located in the target area. Two samples are identified specifically: the Cohort…

The most recent College Board Admissions Testing Program (ATP) records of 1977-78 seniors who registered for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of Achievement Tests before March 1978 are summarized. The records are for students from the middle Atlantic states that include New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, the District of…

A MAIL QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO 100 COUNTY EXTENSION CHAIRMEN IN NORTH CAROLINA TO DETERMINE THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD'S ROLE IN PLANNING, IMPLEMENTING, AND EVALUATING COUNTY EXTENSION PROGRAMS, THEIR VIEWS ON WHO OUGHT TO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELECTED FUNCTIONS IN COUNTY PROGRAMING, ASSOCIATION OF SELECTED FACTORS WITH…