The Migrant Children with Exceptional Needs (MCEN) Project obtained a count of migrant handicapped children served in special education programs within school districts with migrant education programs in the 1981-82 period to determine if migrant students in Washington State were under- or overrepresented in special education. Forty-six school…

Although community college faculty can be identified as a distinct group, it is difficult to completely separate them from their counterparts in the secondary schools and universities. Though time has weakened the links that community colleges once had with secondary schools, there are still many vestiges of those historical ties. However, studies…

This is a preliminary report on a three year study of international precollege psychology. The study was designed to determine the extent to which material is taught, content of courses, and the training, experience, interests, and problems of the teachers. Lines of communication are to be established and maintained with the foreign teachers.…

This report describes a survey to determine the nature and extent of psychology as a high school subject in Canada's most populous province, Ontario. Included in the report are the survey design, composition of the questionnaire, results, and general analysis of results. (Author/DE)

In a study of black students in five different essentially black schools, it was found that peer influence or the predominant socioeconomic class of a school does exert a considerable impact. In primarily middle class schools, lower class males are elevated in terms of expected occupational success in contrast to lower class males in predominantly…

The changing profile of students enrolled in the school of agriculture at Auburn University raised several questions concerning the critical social factors and background characteristics associated with a student's decision to major in agriculture and the relation of this educational choice to eventual career goals. After classifying agriculture…

A prestige scale for 50 agricultural and agriculturally related occupations was developed. The scale was constructed utilizing data from a mailed-questionnaire survey conducted during the spring semester of 1977 at 14 universities in the Southern United States. A 15% random sample of undergraduate majors in agriculture at these schools were…

With the advent of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, (P.L. 94-142), diagnostic evaluations and recommendations for service should proceed on a logical and unbiased basis. Studies from the past decade have suggested that there is considerable bias in diagnostic labeling due to socioeconomic status and age of the child. In turn this…

This review analyzes change and trends in the following areas: (1) population, (2) education, (3) psychology, (4) the family, (5) work, (6) construction, (7) security, and (8) values. The overview indicates complex changes will affect the career outlook for the 1980's and beyond. There are ample opportunities for counselors to participate in the…

Previous research on class size has serious limitations because factors such as the abilities of pupils or the experience and teaching style of teachers were not controlled, and because of inconsistent criteria for large and small classes and for criteria of success. A major two-year study was mounted with four class sizes, random assignment of…

This study addresses major identifying characteristics of the poor in Mississippi. These include problems which are apparent from a study of census data and other secondary materials, such as family composition, family size and occupation, and socioeconomic and demographic attributes. Mississippi has changed from a one crop economy to a…

Approximately 1300 citations are presented in this bibliography. Most are from the 20th century, although some are 19th century sources. Very few are foreign. Each citation includes information on author, title, publisher, and date. Citations are presented alphabetically by author in nine sections. Section I contains general reference materials…

This report examines the use of leisure time in North America. Some conclusions are as follows. Situational factors of association, frequency, location, and scheduling were found more highly correlated with the kinds of leisure chosen by adults than either census-data or immediate community variables. The type of activity is one significant…

The follow-up of participants in a longitudinal survey can be difficult and expensive. This paper reviews the experiences of Project TALENT's 11-year follow-up survey of 400,000 individuals tested as high school students in 1960 and the experiences of follow-ups in other longitudinal studies. Methods for minimizing sample attrition and detecting…

This paper focuses upon the question of how a cross sectional research team might prepare to provide research results to an urban school system in such a way as to maximize their usefulness in the development or redevelopment of school district policy. The aim of this team is to provide for the acceptance of positive change over time, within the…