These three reports analyze characteristics of Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College students in fall l977. The first report compares average credit hours taken by students in 1977 against 1975 and 1976 figures, and breaks down data for each of several college campuses in terms of full- and part-time registration in academic, technical, vocational…

Variables associated with interpersonal distance were studied in this research project. Since close physical proximity may produce defensive behaviors that are disruptive to learning, instructors must be aware of the combinations of variables that produce the need for increased interpersonal distance in instructor-student interactions. A…

During 1973-74, information was collected from nearly 30,000 first-time students at Virginia's 23 community colleges, using the student data form which is appended. The findings were processed by computer, and are organized into five parts: (1) demographic characteristics, including sex, race, age, marital status, home area, and distance from home…

Intended as a resource guide from which teachers select material appropriate to their needs and students, the document presents curricular suggestions for senior high school males under five major areas: (1) human development and the family, (2) personal and family economics, (3) textiles and clothing, (4) food and nutrition, and (5) housing. Each…

Employing similar variables, along with an assessment of the participation-aspiration hypothesis for athletes residing in rural Louisiana, a partial replication was attempted of previous studies of the athletic participation-aspiration relationship. A further extension of past studies was made by assessing the effects of selected predictor…

Vocational interests among eighth and ninth grade students were examined and factor structures by grade, sex, and race were compared. The Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS) was the only inventory given. Results indicate that: (1) eighth and ninth grade students have similar interest patterns, (2) black and white eighth and ninth grade students…

This document presents detailed institutional enrollment tabulations by career and transfer program areas as well as by sex, full-time or part-time enrollment, and total enrollment figures. It consists principally of 12 tables: the first six tables present overall enrollments by institution and by program in 158 two-year colleges (67 junior…

This report contains enrollment data for the 40 technical institutes and 17 community colleges in the North Carolina Community College System for the 1974-75 school year, with comparative data for the 1973-74 and 1972-73 school years. The data are presented in extensive tables and graphs which comprise the bulk of the document. Unduplicated…

The 1974 Survey of Graduating Seniors in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington is analyzed. Respondents were placed in one of five degree groups (arts, social science, natural science, humanities, and miscellaneous) based upon their major. Differences were noted between male and female graduates in the five degree groups…

The study assessed the stability or change in the residential orientations of rural Mexican American youth living near the Texas-Mexico border, examined changes in the local social and economic environment, and made some predictions as to their effects on the students' dispositions. In the springs of 1967 and 1973, questionnaires were administered…

This paper examines a body of literature on the subject of black occupational standing in communities with different characteristics, and argues on behalf of the importance of including contextual variables -- attributes of the community and industry in which an individual is embedded -- in models of the status attainment process. In the first…

The paper reports the results of a study which surveyed a national sample of male non-college-bound high school graduates and examined the relationship between vocational and other high school curricular programs and: (1) apparent needs for additional training and (2) kinds of jobs obtained. Data are drawn from the National Longitudinal Surveys of…

Two college counseling samples, 150 males and 150 females, were administered two new interest inventories based on a similar factor structure. Considerable convergent and divergent validity for both was apparent in the correlations between the eight Vocational Interest Inventory scales and the 153 Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory General Theme,…

As part of a longitudinal study of student progress through the Hawaii community colleges, fall 1974 entering students were studied for three semesters ending in fall 1975. Continuation rates were higher for new students than for transfer students, males than for females, vocational education majors than for liberal arts or other majors, and…

This overview of studies from 1970 to 1975 sponsored by the American Broadcasting Company summarizes the research efforts of five years. In relatively concise but more than outline form, the studies, the findings to date, and directions pursued, and their implications for the broadcasting industry are presented. The 11 studies described dealt with…