A questionnaire designed to assess reaction to possible enlistment incentives was administered to 100 junior college students. A factor-analysis of the measure indicated the importance both of traditional tangible incentives and of the "newer" incentives of control over one's work life. The data also indicated that: a) individuals term low…

Following an explanation of the Level of Responsibility/Equitable Pay Function, its applicability is demonstrated to the analysis and to the design and redesign of organizational hierarchies. It is shown how certain common dysfuntional anomalies can be avoided by structuring an organization along the principles outlined. A technique is then…

This conference provided an opportunity for those interested in the delivery of computer services to universities to gain a better perspective of computer technology in education, in a context of financial crisis and structural change. The focus was upon five broad areas. The first of these dealt with the role of the computer in a changing…

A study was conducted to explore the developmental differences in utilizing a superordinate context during learning and to examine the stability of the advantage of a superordinate context at retention across grade level. Ss were 98 students from third and fifth grade classes, who were divided approximately evenly by sex. A 2 x 2 x 2 factorial…

A study was conducted to examine the situational generality of extended learning in early infancy. Ss were 17 infants within one week of eight weeks of age. All but two were Caucasian, and all were from middle-income families. The apparatus consisted of a pressure sensing pillow which, when placed under the infant's head or feet, was sensitive to…

In 1966, the California State Department of Public Health was directed to report on lead contamination of the environment and its effects on the people of California. As a result, this report represents information on the sources, occurrence, and distribution of lead in the environment; on studies conducted by the Department; on body burdens of…

Correlates that describe in part the variation of conditions under which learning is attempted are discussed. Each of these correlates is significantly related to student achievement. Categories into which the correlates are grouped are: Socioeconomic Status Variables (mother's occupation, father's occupation, mother's educational level, father's…

The Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review (LCER) has recently produced a program audit for educational television (ETV) in New York State. This report by the State Education Department is a response to that evaluation, stating that "the audit is replete with errors in fact, both historical and statistical, misunderstandings,…

This document, the second of a two-part study, focuses on the area of continuing and adult education at Ferris State College (FSC), Michigan. An overview of the status of adult and continuing education and recommendations are provided by the schools of allied health, business, general education, education, pharmacy, technical and applied arts, and…

This report contains a series of speeches by educators at a meeting held in 1973 in Moscow. The agenda dealt with improvements within the system of higher educational institutions. Presentations concern horizons of the higher school, achievements and prospects of higher education, science and the university, internship as an effective form of…

This booklet is the sixth in a series of informative publications from the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). The statistical information is based on the 1971-72 annual reports of member institutions of the association and on an addendum filed in the fall of 1972. Of the 384 institutional members of the NASM in 1971-72, 320 submitted…

Three topics of prime interest to research libraries are discussed during the program portion of these minutes: microforms, national serials data program, and the financial problems of research libraries. The presentations regarding microforms are the "The ARL Microform Project: A View from Within" and "Controlling the…

As the second report on physics disciplines, a balanced picture of recent progress in relation to other scientific fields and human civilization is presented in this first volume prepared by the Physics Survey Committee. Fourteen chapters are included with the first one dealing with the origin, objectives, and organization of the Committee. The…

A limited set of behaviors of three-, four-, and five-year-old children were observed in a day-care program designed to permit the children a maximum of freedom for environmental encounters. The sample consists of 20 children with day-care experience dating back to infancy and a group of 20 children (a contrast group) without prior day-care…

The definitions and usages of the concept of competence are reviewed, and, using two different studies as illustrations, two kinds of contextual factors that are crucial to any attempt to describe, analyze, or assess children's competence in school are discussed. The two kinds of contextual factors are situational factors and task-specific…