The rising number of multi-earner families has been one of the most important socioeconomic developments of the 1970s; since 1970, the number of such families has increased by more than 3 million. Almost exclusively responsible for the rising number of multi-earner families have been the steep annual increases in the number and proportion of…

This guide contains curriculum units on women's history for use at the secondary level. The guide is the result of the 1976 Summer Institute on the Integration of Women's History into the High School Curriculum held at Sarah Lawrence College. The developers believe that introducing students of both sexes to admirable people of the past who were…

Data on earned degrees conferred in the United States are presented. The data cover the period July 1, 1976 through June 30, 1977 and were collected from the survey instrument, "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred," from the 12th annual Higher Education General Information Survey. Data on baccalaureate and higher degrees are…

A series of data tables are presented, detailing the demographic makeup and academic success of those students at the Florida state universities who had transferred from the Florida community colleges. The tables, which include fall term data for 1977, 1978, 1979, classify the transfer students by age, sex, race, date of entry into the university,…

This paper reports on a study of the components of political leadership and emphasizes problems of women in attaining positions of political leadership. The authors use the term political leadership to describe the decision-making mechanism within organizations. First they review their survey of the personnel of a large organization. Respondents…

The enrollment of students in doctoral programs in Canadian universities and the characteristics of doctoral students are examined. Data on full- and part-time enrollment in graduate programs from 1960-61 through 1974-1975 are presented. The following characteristics of doctoral students are examined: field of study, permanent residence location,…

A survey was made of 203 leaders in vocational education to allow a profile and comparison of leader characteristics, and determination of the extent to which selected characteristics relate to professionalism. Data analysis by several sub-programs showed (1) a mean score on the Professionalism Scale similar to that for other groups (54.58); (2)…

The disproportionate focus of sociologists on professional and managerial occupations distorts many generalizations about gender, employment, and family. Concentration on this occupational minority has led to such assumptions as the following: paid employment is the major life priority for men, and family is the major life priority for women;…

Factors that influence voluntary withdrawal from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are investigated. A survey based on a cohort of students admitted for the first time in fall 1977 was conducted with a response rate of approximately 50 percent. Major and minor reasons for not returning to the university are tabulated for males and…

The entries in this annotated bibliography represent books, educational journals, dissertations, popular magazines, and research studies that deal with the topic of communication and sexuality. Arranged alphabetically by author and also indexed according to subject matter, the titles span a variety of topics, including the following: sex and…

The paper examines social changes which influence the lives of all adults, particularly in areas of relationships between men and women and the balance between interpersonal relationships and jobs. The objective is to help college students understand cultural changes which have taken place in American society so that they will be better prepared…

Using data from the fifteen-year National Longitudinal Study (NLS), a special study examined the interaction of work-related attitudes and subsequent behavior for eight age-sex-race groups. It was found that attitudes do influence subsequent work behavior. Specifically, it was established that individuals who felt they could influence their future…

WRITTEN BY A FORMER HOUSEPARENT WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDOCTRINATING NEW HOUSEPARENT PERSONNEL, THE BOOK EXAMINES WHAT IS REQUIRED OF MATURE, EFFECTIVE HOUSEPARENTS IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING WHICH SERVES DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS. TOPICS ON TREATMENT INCLUDE THE TREATMENT TEAM, HOUSEPARENTS AND EMOTIONS, A HOUSEPARENT SPEAKS OUT, SO YOU WANT…

A study of 486 graduates of the adult academic education program in a Louisiana parish school system investigated whether such a program has a positive effect on its graduates, and whether program inpacts will vary by sex, age, and number of years since completing the program. A special socioeconomic questionnaire was administered in interviews…

To study the prevalence of mental retardation in Puerto Rico, the proportional distribution of successful retardates, and the processes accounting for success and failure, a random sample of 4,771 adults between the ages of 23 and 49 was screened by the Stanford Binet Form L and a vocabulary test. From this sample, the estimated retardation rate…