School nurses are the health professionals most consistently involved with the health needs of children, particularly in rural areas where primary care providers are less likely to be located. To understand the scope and effectiveness of nursing services for school districts throughout Pennsylvania, the researchers conducted a study in 2005 to:…

THIS IS PART ONE OF A STUDY WHICH DEALT WITH SOME ASPECTS OF THE STRATEGY AND MOTIVATION OF ADULTS FOR EARNING COLLEGE CREDITS BY ENROLLING IN COURSES OFFERED BY THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE STUDY INVESTIGATED THE USE OF TELEVISION AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION. THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT WAS A 28-ITEM…

THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STUDY OF MOTIVATION, SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND REACTIVE BEHAVIOR OF ADULTS ENROLLED IN OPEN-CIRCUIT TELEVISED COURSES OFFERED FOR COLLEGE CREDIT BY THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (PART ONE WAS ED 003 187). PART TWO OF THE STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH MOTIVATION AND RESISTANCE TO…

Changes in the attitudes of 1,950 initially rural Pennsylvania individuals toward selected aspects of traditional morality were examined by comparing the expressed opinions of persons surveyed in 1947, when adolescent, with their responses in 1971, when in their early forties. In both 1947 and 1971 the subjects were asked to respond to an…

This bulletin is a product of the Local School Units Project, a cooperative effort of the Office of Education, the National Professional Advisory Committee, the Works Progress Administration which funded the project, and the Office of Education Professional Advisory Committee. Its work could not have been completed without the support of the chief…

"This study was designed to assess the behavioral characteristics, goals, and attitudes of adolescent high school students attending the school in Western County, Pennsylvania, in the region designated as Appalachia. The two towns were chosen because of the apparent differences in socioeconomic level, social activities, and occupations of…

The general purpose of this study was to gain information from the 1970 U.S. Census on the social and educational characteristics of rural Appalachian families with preschool children so that effective programs could be planned to meet their educational needs. More specifically, the data were needed to determine if Appalachia Educational…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EXAMINE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE JOB-SEEKING EXPERIENCES OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS. A SAMPLE OF MORE THAN 450 BLUE COLLAR WORKERS AND NEARLY 80 WHITE COLLAR WORKERS SELECTED FROM THE FILES OF THE STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, WAS INTERVIEWED. ONCE EMPLOYED, 62 PERCENT OF THE…