Information on the impact of implementing Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments at Florida A and M University, a predominantly Black public university, is presented. Title IX assures everyone regardless of sex an equal opportunity to learn a skill, choose a course of study, advance in status, participate in a sport, receive a scholarship, or…

This study, one in a series on education in the Soviet Union, focuses on the status of higher education in the system and in the state. In an introductory section, basic legislation and decrees and the education ladder, or organizational structure, are outlined. The second section describes the organization, functions, and institutions of the…

Enrollment information collected by the Commissioner of Higher Education from each college and university in Montana for fall 1979 is summarized in this report. It is noted that enrollments in degree credit institutions for 1979 increased by 122 from the previous year. Total fall 1979 enrollment is 30,898 students with 83 percent of the students…

Comprehensive data on the age grouo and sex of students attending the State University of New York are presented. Twenty-two statistical tables contain summary data for the entire system and each institutional type within the system. Seventy-seven tables contain headcount arrays of students by age group, sex, graduate and undergraduate enrollment…

In response to a legislative request, Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College gathered and analyzed opening fall enrollment figures for 1968 through 1978, three-year average percentages of enrollment by county of residence and by campus attended, and end-of-year headcounts from the 1968-69 academic year to the end of 1978-79. Fall enrollment figures…

This report continues an analysis of the student flow patterns of the fall 1975 entering students at the Hawaii community colleges. Focus is placed on the extreme persisters (students who were enrolled for all six semesters without a break in attendance at their campus of entry) who continued their studies for the seventh semester. Findings are…

Data on the salaries of full-time teaching staff at Canadian universities for the years 1972-1975 are presented in this two-part report. Part I includes nine tables, three for each academic year. Table 1 of each group provides summary information of teachers by rank and sex. Table 2 gives a detailed breakdown of the number of teachers and median…

THIS REPORT OUTLINES A DEMONSTRATION-RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 600 DISADVANTAGED 17- 21-YEAR-OLD OUT-OF-SCHOOL, UNEMPLOYED, OR UNDEREMPLOYED MALES FROM THE PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO BEDFORD-STUYVESANT AREA OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. FUNDED JOINTLY BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE PROGRAM…

THE VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION IDENTIFIED AND CONTACTED 314 MEN FOR ENROLLMENT IN RETRAINING PROGRAMS. THESE MEN, AGES 21 TO 65, WERE COMPARED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS WERE (1) A 52-WEEK COURSE IN BRICK MASONRY, AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS, SHEET METAL WORK, ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, OR…

The objectives of a study were (1) to describe the various reasons why vocational decisions which are incongruent with measured interest patterns, but which appear to be governed by traditional sex roles, are made; (2) to determine the extent to which such incongruities are attributable to sex stereotyping; and (3) to assess the probability that…

A study was undertaken at the University of Arkansas to identify what problem areas may exist for students in general or for particular groups of students. The Student Needs Survey instrument was developed in the spring of 1976 for use in this study. It was designed to determine the extent of student needs in seven areas: academic, career choice,…

A survey was conducted in spring 1975 of 929 full-time male students enrolled in eight of 20 postsecondary vocational centers in Mississippi. Representing 20% of the total state center enrollment, the sample was 35% black and 65% white, with black representation comparable to the population in the geographic areas studied. Findings included the…

This report provides historical data on enrollment, weekly student contact hours, and average daily attendance during 1968-1978 for the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). Enrollment was 129,296 in fall 1977, a 2.5% increase over fall 1976 (when enrollments had dropped 7.9%); major contributing factors were more vigorous recruitment…

The findings of this second phase of a four-phase study of shrimp fishing focus on the effect of this occupation upon the family. Data were collected from a random sample of 87 boat captains, 73 wives, community personnel, and high school students in two Georgia coastal counties. The family structure reveals a traditional conception of male and…

During the summer of 1976, all 1971-76 graduates (n=2,409) of Johnson County Community College (JCCC) were surveyed in order to determine trends among graduation classes with respect to demographic characteristics, opinions about JCCC, and activities since graduation. Of those surveyed, 34.7% responded. Results of the study indicated: (1) a steady…