The Illinois Director's Study was commissioned by the Department of Children and Family Services to provide comprehensive data on directors of licensed, center-based early childhood programs in the state. Addressed were the following questions: (1) What is the current level of education, training, and experience of center directors in Illinois?…

An overview is provided of the fiscal development of the Illinois public community college system. Introductory sections consider the history and administrative structure of the system, and explain special funding provisions of the Public Junior College Act of 1965. The next section provides a profile of past state appropriations, focusing on…

An overview is provided of trends and issues in the financial support of Texas's community colleges. Part I provides introductory comments on the functions, enrollments, and costs of the state's public community college system. Part II reviews nationwide trends in the state and local support of two-year colleges, effects of declining revenues,…

A four-part study conducted during 1987-88 examined transfer among public institutions of higher education in North Dakota to assess the impact of the transfer process on college students. Focus was on the process of transferring credits from one public North Dakota campus to another and also on the opinions of the transfer students. The four…

This report profiles current West Virginia women business owners and notes significant trends in the last eight years. It highlights a subgroup of women business owners, specifically low income, single women with children. These survey areas are discussed: industry sector, type of ownership, reasons for going/not going into business, planning…

This document introduces the issue of self-protection as the Minnesota 4-H Youth Development response to self-destructive behavior among adolescents. It presents findings from a statewide survey of over 36,000 secondary school students using the Minnesota Adolescent Health Survey. Responses are given in the areas of health, school attitudes,…

This budget report for the Nebraska Technical Community College (NTCC) Areas contains information on enrollment, revenues, expenses, and capital improvements for the colleges as a whole and for each NTCC Area. Following a general summary of the appropriations and spending history of the colleges and a list of program sites statewide, the report…

A study was conducted of nine State University of New York (SUNY) and three City University of New York (CUNY) community colleges to determine the impact of supplemental financial aid on the operation and financing of community college business and technical degree programs. The study sought to assess the extent and reasons for business and…

Based on information reported to the New Jersey State Department of Education in 1983, this report is intended to foster communication on educational uses of computers between and among school districts, county offices, and the department's central office. The first of four sections summarizes data from the department's Survey of Instructional…

This book reports on the current condition of teaching in the United States and presents an analysis of variables for each state and the District of Columbia that affect teaching now and in the future. These variables include population changes, enrollment patterns, numbers of teachers, projected teacher shortages, salaries, school spending and…

Drawing from California's computerized Staff Data File, this report provides 1984-85 data on the number of full- and part-time faculty employed by each California community college district and their age, sex, ethnicity, teaching load, promotions, number of new hires and continuing faculty, salaries, and stipends and bonuses. The report focuses on…

From 1968 to 1970, three separate studies of North Carolina science teachers were conducted in the areas of biology (N=177), chemistry (N=101), and physics (N=71). The three studies shared three major purposes, to determine: the academic preparation of the science teachers being investigated, (2) the relationship between the level of academic…

A survey of 118 school superintendents, principals, and board chairpersons in Washington State sought to discover their perceptions of the effects on the state's common schools of two accountability statutes--the 1977 Basic Education ACT (BEA) and the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) Law. The administrators were asked about the laws' effects on…

This report offers a brief narrative and extensive data tables on an Iowa survey of employers of students who had completed or left preparatory vocational education programs during 1977-78 and became employed in the occupations for which trained or a related occupation. The narrative first discusses procedures, then describes some results shown in…

In 1981, a study was conducted to predict the possible effects of increased tuition and enrollment limitations in Washington on the community college enrollment of persons eligible for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs. Within four sample geographic areas, historical and projected data were collected from all CETA prime…