"Policy and Performance in American Higher Education" presents a new approach to understanding how public policy influences institutional performance, with practical insight for those charged with crafting and implementing higher education policy. Public institutions of higher learning are called upon by state governments to provide…

This monograph examines the causes of student disruption and proposes some practical solutions, based on the work of Maryland's 1975 Task Force on Educational Programs for Distruptive Youth. Primary purpose of the Maryland task force was to identify appropriate programs for young people who cannot function in the contemporary school setting. To…

The Economic Education Center of the College of St. Thomas conducted this survey of social studies and business education programs in the St. Paul area high schools to procure information for determining (1) the types of services needed by classroom teachers in the field of economics and (2) the nature of programs which should be offered by the…

Information on doctoral degrees awarded in 13 western states is presented for 1967, 1972, and 1977. Tables indicate the distribution of doctorates awarded in the West by field for the three years and the increase or decrease in doctorates awarded in each field irrespective of changes in other fields. Additional information includes the…

Presented are charts detailing due process provisions in special education (effective April 1976) for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data is explained to be culled from administrative provisions of state plans, rules and regulations, guidelines, and due process handbooks. Information is provided for the following aspects: referral…

The purpose of this book is to provide a uniform and current (1977) data base for persons involved in planning and administering human services programs in South Carolina. General statewide demographic data are given first in a brief introduction. Then, each of the state's counties is profiled in terms of general demographic characteristics,…

Estimates of the numbers of developmentally disabled persons 21 years or older in New Jersey were derived to establish a potential target population for work activity programs. Chapter 2 presents estimates by county of the eligible State population of mentally retarded, cerebral palsied, and epileptic persons. (Figures represent 1970 Census…

Presented is a survey of current trends and issues pertaining to institutionalization and deinstitutionalization of handicapped persons in America. Chapter 1, an introduction, examines deinstitutionalization from ideological, public policy, psychosocial, and programmatic perspectives. Considered in the second chapter are obstacles that impede…

Based on the report of the Interagency Collaboration Project to Improve Services to Children, this book presents 78 facts about Texas children from birth to 18, on topics that range from broad environmental factors to specific handicapping conditions. Amplifying these facts are comments that provide the broader dimensions of cause, effect, scope,…

The basis for this report is a large research project undertaken by The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) for the Ontario Ministry of Education from July 1974 through December 1975. It also uses evidence from two earlier small studies of OISE, from the academic years 1972-73 and 1973-74. The project was designed to be the main…

A survey of Oklahoma businesses dealing in international trade shows that these firms need personnel skilled in foreign languages. Career areas in which these skills are needed are varied, and applicants with language proficiency in addition to other skills could have an advantage over other applicants. Some respondents commented that language…

Schools must keep basic records about children. Names, addresses, birthdates, courses taken, and grades received must be recorded for review by teachers, counselors, college admission officers, employers, and others. Problems begin to form around what different people in various places define as a record, what entries should be made into it, who…

This is a study of high school students' attitudes and interest toward five areas of social studies: economics, geography, government, history, and psychology/sociology. Two thousand ninety-two high school seniors in 18 high schools in northwestern Georgia completed a survey form and indicated the social studies areas they liked best and least.…

In order to identify and analyze conditions and factors that may affect the success of two-year colleges in securing federal categorical aid funds, 28 public community colleges in Florida were studied. In fiscal year 1975, four had received more than $1,000,000 in federal categorical aid funds, three over $500,000, eleven between $125,000 and…

A survey of local history collections in Nebraska public libraries was made in an attempt to determine whether public libraries in that state were building local history collections; what items were being collected; and how collections were acquired, used, and promoted. The survey also attempted to ascertain if there was a demonstrable…