The use of mobile technologies has been proposed for increasing access and designing innovative educational activities. Unfortunately, there is limited data on the current uses of cellular phones amongst low-income African American youth. In particular, there is little known about how this population may design on the rapidly adapting technology,…

Poisson and negative binomial regression methods are used to analyze the monthly time series data to determine the effects of introducing an integrated security management system including closed-circuit television (CCTV), door alarm monitoring, proximity card access, and emergency call boxes to a large privately-owned complex of apartment…

Dual enrollment programs enable students to take college courses and earn college credit while in high school. Once limited to high-achieving students, these programs are now seen as a means to support the postsecondary preparation of average-achieving students. Moreover, though dual enrollment programs typically have been reserved for…

A special sampling procedure for collecting health statistics and related information from a representative sample of migrant farmworkers was developed for the New York Migrant Health Interview Survey conducted in Wayne County during the summer of 1982. A three-stage, stratified random sampling technique was used. The primary sampling units were…

The Developmental Disabilities Information Survey was used to derive information about 36,334 developmentally disabled persons (34 percent children and 66 percent adults) in New York. Among findings were that 24 percent of children and 45 percent of adults were in institutions, that most were retarded, and that half had self-care skills.…

A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF MODERN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS FOR THE FALL OF 1958 AND 1959. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON (1) NATIONAL DATA, (2) BREAKDOWN BY LANGUAGES, (3) COVERAGE OF THE SURVEY, (4) STATISTICAL TABLES, (5) CRITICALLY NEEDED LANGUAGES, (6) DATA ON PUERTO RICO, AND (7) SURVEY TABLES. THE REPORT SHOWED THAT IN 1,039 INSTITUTIONS DURING…

This report summarizes the number of educational personnel prepared by institutions of the State University of New York. The period covered by the report is July 1, 1966, through June 30, 1971, with a detailed description of the last 3 years of this 5-year period. The data of the report may underestimate the number of educational personnel for…

A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF 609 ACCREDITED JUNIOR COLLEGES ON SEVERAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE TEACHING. LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS TOTALLED 44,809 IN 1959 AND 51,570 IN 1960. THE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF DATA COVERED SUCH AREAS AS (1) TOTAL SUMMARY BY STATES, (2) ENROLLMENTS IN FRENCH BY STATES, (3) ENROLLMENTS IN GERMAN, (4) ENROLLMENTS IN…

The unique feature of this survey lies in its ability to define the type of user and the percent of library use based on the potential number of users in the service area. This survey classifies users by their educational level and compares the number of these users having a particular kind of education with the number in the community as a whole…

A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS OF 1,278 INDEPENDENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHICH (1) OFFERED INSTRUCTION LEADING TO GRADUATION FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL AND (2) OFFERED A COURSE IN A LANGUAGE IN GRADES 9-12. THE DISCUSSION OF THE REPORT COVERED SUMMARY OF DATA AND ANALYSIS OF STATISTICAL TABLES. THE FINDINGS INDICATED THAT ENROLLMENTS IN…

MODERN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENT DATA WERE PRESENTED DEALING WITH 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE FALL OF 1960. A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF THE TOTAL ENROLLMENTS OF 1958 AND 1959, WHICH SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 27.8 PERCENT OVER THE PREVIOUS 2 YEARS. INCLUDED WERE DISCUSSIONS OF (1) NATIONAL DATA, (2) BREAKDOWN BY LANGUAGES, (3) STATISTICAL…

THIS RESEARCH REPORTS THE RESULTS OF A STATISTICAL SURVEY OF CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHERS OF MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS. DATA COLLECTED FROM REPLIES OF QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO STATE CERTIFICATION OFFICERS INDICATED THAT A SHIFT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF…

A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF MODERN LANGUAGE OFFERINGS AND ENROLLMENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS. DATA FOR THIS SURVEY WERE PROVIDED BY STATE LANGUAGE CONSULTANTS, STATISTICIANS, AND DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. DISCUSSIONS INCLUDED (1) NATIONAL ENROLLMENTS, (2) THE NDEA AND MODERN LANGUAGES, (3) SUMMARY TABLES…

This is a summary of the number of educational personnel prepared by institutions of the State University of New York and recommended by a state university institution to the State Education Department for Educational Certification. The period covered by this report is July 1, 1966, through June 30, 1975, with detailed descriptions of the latter…

THE FIRST DOCUMENT IN A THREE PART STUDY INDICATES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO MEASURE, ANALYZE, AND COMPARE THE FUNCTIONAL DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIALISTS BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT WAS NECESSARY TO EXAMINE THE FUNCTIONS PERFORMED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE RATIO AND ADEQUACY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIALISTS. DATA WAS COLLECTED AND…