A theoretical model based on path analytic logic was used to examine the relative influences of social origin and significant other influences on marital, fertility, and educational plans. Parents' education and the major family income-earner's occupation were used as measures of social origin; perceived encouragement by parents, teachers,…

Sex-role stereotyping was found in almost all post-1970 high school level career guidance materials studied in a content analysis of more than 9,500 pages and 1,850 illustrations. Random samples of the materials, taken from commercial and noncommercial lists, indicated that: about 75 percent of illustrations of people of one sex were men; 75…

This research investigated whether low income rural functional illiterates could be motivated to learn by a prorated stipend given on the basis of academic performance. Fifty control subjects received a flat $15 weekly; 50 experimental subjects received the $15 plus stipends. Participants eligible for stipends were those in the upper third of…

This Pennsylvania study investigated whether functionally illiterate adults in a face-to-face adult basic education (ABE) program using instructional television (ITV) show greater achievement gains than those in similar programs without ITV. Achievement data were drawn from raw scores on Level I, Form A (pretest), and Level I, Form B, (posttest),…

This study tested the effectiveness of the Four-H TV Action series broadcast over several Wisconsin commercial stations for school children in grades 4-6. Data were sought on patterns of participation, effects of related classroom activities and personal maturity on learning, and the extent to which youth can learn about emergency preparedness…

Protestant ministers (a 15% sample) serving urban congregations in Santa Clara County, California, were surveyed on work and leisure time, participation in leisure activities, and participation in formal and informal continuing education. Emphasis was on differences in life styles between pastors with large, and those with small congregations.…

A revision of a work published in 1929, the book updates data on delinquency in Chicago. Findings revealed that rates of delinquents and commitments vary consistently, low rates reflect the existence of a stable institutional structure, a high incidence of deliquency indicates a breakdown of machinery through which population needs are met, high…

The analysis determined the extent to which 1972 occupational projections have changed from 1966 for high school sophomores, investigating patterns as they related to race, sex, and residence. The samples consisted of all sophomores in the high schools of 3 nonmetropolitan low income countries in East Texas (Burleson, Leon, and San Jacinto). Chi…

Aimed at teaching young men some of the skills they will need in "home management" whether they live as bachelors or husbands, the course is intended for use at the junior high or senior high grade level. The curriculum guide is offered as a planning and teaching aid. Supporting concepts, objectives, and student performance objectives…

The present study examined some effects of literacy achievement on the lives of 184 of the 215 adults who had successfully completed literacy training between 1962 and 1966 in the Flint, Michigan, Adult High School. Interviews and public records were used to gather data on student background, experiences during literary training, participants'…

In this study of the extensiveness of impact, as measured by number of academic courses terminated, of selected self-related factors on student attrition, 1802 subjects, 1142 males and 660 females, comprised the sample. The factors investigated were: within-district/out-of-district residence; part-time/full-time enrollment status; and sex. Each…

First through twelfth graders' beliefs concerning the social distances between people differing by race, sex, or race and sex were assessed. Sexual social distances are larger for boys than for girls, increase during pre-adolescence, and decrease during adolescence. Racial social distances are larger for blacks than for whites, and increase with…

An attempt was made to determine the number of Project Newgate students enrolled in each of the courses taught at the Federal Youth Center (FYC), Ashland, Kentucky, the program of studies the various students were enrolled in, the number of students on parole, and their status at the time of the study. Data on each class and student, past and…

National data on college faculty salaries are presented by insitution type, faculty rank, sector, sex, region, and institution, and trends are analyzed. Real dollar adjustments, institutional rankings, tenure statistics, and data on fringe benefits and percentage salary increases are included. (MSE)

In spite of gains, Indian women's educational level still lags behind that of Indian men. Illiteracy is highest for rural women; unemployment is highest for urban women. Access to education for women is limited and is further delimited in higher levels. Acceptance of changed roles for educated women is lacking. (BRR)