The document presents the beginnings of a data base for educational policy and program planning at Northern Illinois University regarding the Spanish-origin population of its service area, and was compiled from numerous surveys conducted by various agencies, groups, and individuals. The quantitative description of the Spanish speaking presented…

The study examines data collected in a survey of 650 (of a potential 759) severely disabled Iowans, taken by 26 counselor-interviewers to gain information for planning future State rehabilitation programs. Clients responded to questions involving their self-perceptions on the following topics: employment status, employability, services most needed…

The publication is a report of phase 2 of a two-phase project to determine the employment opportunities and community resources in vocational agriculture in Connecticut. The study was designed to enumerate job possibilities, to inform farmers and agricultural firm operators of the vocational agriculture program, and to identify the community…

The purposes of the study were: (1) to compare the occupational achievement of vocational education graduates with that of nonvocational graduates, (2) to determine the number of graduates trained in the various vocational areas, and (3) to describe the group of students enrolled in vocational education courses. The study was limited to 1970…

Georgaphic origins or permanent residence of all first-time credit course students attending the SUNY institutions during the 1973 fall term are surveyed. This report includes eight tables of basic data in relation to the four coordinating areas of New York state. These areas offer a policy and planning framework for meeting the educational needs…

This State of North Carolina annual evaluation report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized in eight parts. Part 1, "Basic State Statistics," includes information concerning the total number of operating local educational agencies (LEA) in…

The statistics presented in this report were compiled from the annual statistical report forms sent to all North Dakota public libraries by the State Library Commission. Summaries are presented for the eight library regions of the state and for each public library within the regions. For individual libraries data includes population served; income…

The Commission on Human Rights enforces the South Dakota Human Relations Act of 1972 which prohibits discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry in employment, labor unions, housing, property rights, education, public accomodations and public services in the state. The purpose of this paper was to draw…

A project to evaluate and study student development programs in all community colleges in Illinois is discussed. The project included a number of individual studies on various aspects of student development programs. The major study focused on the scope and quality of student development programs as perceived by students, faculty, and student…

This study provides present and future elementary principals and interested persons with information about the actual role of the elementary school principal in Georgia. The survey identifies certain personal and professional characteristics of the elementary school principal and the practices under which the principalship operates. Topics…

The possibility was explored of greater cooperation between the New York State Employment Service and the secondary schools and 2-year colleges of New York in the production and dissemination of improved occupational information for students and counselors. To compile data on present practices and opinions of counselors and administrators,…

The report is based on a survey conducted in 1968 and 1969, involving university and state special educators in 13 western states, which provided estimates of need, demand, and supply of special education personnel. Data is supplied for the following: number of children in the west receiving special education in 1967-68, incidence of…

Procedures and machinery were developed for a statewide, 5-year follow-up of high school and post-secondary vocational students for quality and cost effectiveness analysis purposes. The system calls for specific information about the student to be gathered while he is in school by means of a Student Exit Form. Information is accumulated on…

An effort to assess psycho-motor (P-M) needs among Virginia children in K-4 and in special primary classes for the educable mentally retarded is presented. Included are methods for selecting, combining, and developing evaluation measures, which are verified statistically by analyses of data collected from a stratified sample of approximately 4,500…

Six pages of text highlighting the Federal-State Program of Vocational Rehabilitation for disabled persons in the fiscal years of 1967-71 accompany 32 tables of statistical data. The publication furnishes answers related to the personal and program-associated characteristics of persons rehabilitated under the program. Information for individual…