What factors might be causing the low participation of women Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields? What can be done to attract more girls and women into STEM in Asia and beyond? The report, "A Complex Formula. Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Asia", answers three fundamental…

The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) focused on the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens. Preparing students for citizenship involves developing relevant knowledge and understanding as well as encouraging the formation of positive attitudes toward being a citizen. Descriptions of…

"ARL Statistics 2007-2008" is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries; the remaining 10 are public, governmental, and nonprofit research libraries. Data reported…

Presents the results of a thirty-year study of 57,000 job applicants who ranked the importance of ten factors that make a job good or bad. (Author/IRT)

To collect and disseminate information concerning law enforcement education in the United States, questionnaires were mailed to 362 colleges and universities with 257 returning the forms. A total of 261 law enforcement programs were offered at 234 separate educational institutions, with 199 associate, 44 baccalaureate, 13 master's, and 5 doctorate…

Data for this study was provided by the survey of a random sample of adults in North Carolina which was conducted by the Institute for Research in Social Science. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in mid-1971. Responses to a question in the interview about public library use are analyzed here, together with data on characteristics which…

Statistics on brodcast and production hours of public television stations and licensees in the United States, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for fiscal year 1971 are compiled. The major objective is to provide the public boadcasting community--including legislators, administrators, and researchers, as well as the communications industry as a…

Data collected in two companies in one industry give partial support to the contention that organizational control mechanisms are related to the emotional well-being of employees. (Author)

INCLUDED IN THIS APPENDIX TO THE STUDY OF OHIO PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE LIBRARY NEEDS OF OHIOANS ARE THE TWO QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO LIBRARIANS IN THE STATE. THE FIRST IS CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE STATE LIBRARY AND THE SECOND IS DESIGNED TO OBTAIN FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL LIBRARY. RESULTS FROM…

The progress of adult literacy in United Nations member states from 1969 to 1971 is the subject of this report. Based largely upon replies to a questionnaire sent to governmental and nongovernmental groups, the report describes trends in literacy development using selected programs as examples. Problems to be overcome if reduction of illiteracy is…

Data from programs which participated in a study of lifelong learning programs in the United States are contained in this volume. A directory of 949 reporting adult education programs is followed by statistical tables with results from promotion questionnaires. Institutions are compared by size and type. (RS)

Over 200 noncommercial radio stations responded to a survey to gather data on the characteristics of member stations and to sample the opinion of nonmembers toward a cooperative network concept. A second survey of 18 networks sought to gather indepth information on network operation. Results showed that 22.2 percent of the stations surveyed were…

This problem-assessment study sought answers to the problems of why there are relatively few women in mathematics, what encouraged or discouraged contemporary women mathematicians, and what can be done to attract more women to the mathematical sciences. A questionnaire was developed and sent to members of the Association for Women in Mathematics…

Twenty per cent of 8400 questionnaires distributed in 1977 to a representative sampling of public libraries throughout Massachusetts were returned and analyzed. Those returned were entirely representative of the state's population and of the size of library services represented, although communities with the most "active" library…