A survey was carried out to determine the educational levels, objectives, programs, and areas of interest of women who desired to continue their education. Surveys were distributed to as many women as possible through women's organizations, government agencies, and gatherings of all kinds, and through mailings and responses to advertising and news…

Administrators, school media supervisors, and supervisors of instruction in the state of Maryland responded to a series of questions about the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title II, related to the implementation of the act, the utilization of federal funds, and the spread of media services through the state of Maryland. Tables giving…

This paper reports the findings of an attempt to identify elements in one community college that influenced teachers' choice of instructional methods and styles. The college studied was an innovative institution, focusing special attention on audio-tutorial instruction (multimedia systems), computer assisted instruction, and instructional…

This report is the sixth in a series covering salary schedules used in 2-year institutions. The salary schedules reported cover 50,640 full-time faculty members, who represent 61.1 percent of the estimated total full-time faculty in 2-year colleges in 1972-73. The data were supplied by the colleges in response to an NEA research questionnaire. The…

This paper provides a critical review of the purposes, current techniques and potential methods for analyzing doctorate and other high-level labor markets. Chapter 1 describes and interprets the doctorate manpower market of the 1960's and early 1970's, as well as the forecasted manpower crisis of the 1970's and early 1980's. Chapter 2 gives a…

In its annual report, the New Mexico State Library reviews its fiscal 1973 activities in pursuance of the state five-year program for library development. Despite cuts in federal funding, several advances are reported: the foundation of NEMISYS, the state library's portion of the statewide information network, increased information outreach to…

The major portion of this book consists of the background study papers for the 1973 meeting of the AACJC. These chapters are: (1) "A Futuristic Look at Training" by William A. McClelland and David S. Bushnell; (2) "Staff Development; A Priority on Persons" by Terry O'Banion; (3) "Governmental Actions Affecting Staff Development" by Louis W.…

To discuss a number of major issues related to policies for the future development of higher education systems, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) organized a Conference on Future Structures of Post-Secondary Education, which took place in Paris in June 1973. High officials responsible for education policy in OECD…

The purposes of this study were to: (1) determine the essential elements of foreign student programs as they now exist in Florida community colleges; (2) identify and compare the essential elements of an effective foreign student program as perceived by community college presidents, members of boards of trustees, and foreign student advisors; (3)…

During 1973-74, the World Game was studied as an experiment on a community college campus. World Game is a means of engaging humanity's best intelligence on the situations and problems arising from living on Earth, and it is a means of ensuring that the intelligence and energy of wide ranges of people are engaged in the work. The experiment was…

The impact that voluntary or compulsory enrollment has on the community college student in compensatory education programs needs to be studied. Few, if any, studies have focused specifically on the relationship of volunteer status and the effects of the compensatory programs. The question of whether nonvolunteers can be coerced to enroll in…

Faculties in a number of institutions of higher education utilize collective bargaining agents to represent their interests. Collective bargaining is primarily a community college phenomenon. Of 212 institutions with certified bargaining agents, 150 are 2-year institutions. Motivating factors in choosing the collective bargaining process are: the…

This practicum reviews the history of community influences on the teaching, research, and service functions of higher education in America. It discusses the role of major social institutions on higher education policy and curriculum in carrying out these three major functions. The study reveals a major shift of influence from church to business,…

The results are presented of a survey made to determine the communication patterns by which the area population learned of KOCE (a public UHF television station of the Coast Community College District) during its first year of operation, and how active viewers of the TV station perceived it in terms of desirable and actual service. The survey was…

This publication provides historical data on enrollment, weekly student contact hours, and average daily attendance for the district and for each college in the district. Detailed enrollment data (by student category and also by ethnic group) are provided for the 1972-73 and 1973-74 academic years. Ten-year trends are available for less detailed…