Information on the salaries and education of rural school personnel was obtained via 3,445 questionnaires mailed to superintendents of rural schools in 1934-35. Data were received for 183,733 white teachers, 13,072 Negro teachers, 7,569 white principals of rural schools, and 131 principals of Negro schools under the administrative supervision of…

An overview of the development of education in Canada since the early 1960s is presented. The influence of demographic patterns on enrollment at all levels of education is investigated. Enrollment patterns from the elementary through the doctoral level are discussed, and the university participation rate trends are examined. The growth in…

Wage analyses of several government surveys suggest that substantial, broad-based reductions in real wages occurred in the final years of the 1980s recovery. (Data sources are the hourly compensation data from the Employment Cost Index series and wage data from the Current Population Survey.) The wages of those who lost the most in the 1980s (high…