The demographic, educational, and personal attributes of the 1980 entrants to The City University of New York (CUNY) were studied, and a 6-year longitudinal analysis was undertaken. Of the total freshmen class of 31,890, 11,625 students completed a questionnaire concerning their social origins, financial resources, employment situations, and…

A study of over 8,000 1966 Illinois high school seniors of different sex, ability and social-status in 25 different communities, suggests that the local availability of a public junior college serves largely to alter patterns of college-going by substituting attendance locally for attendance elsewhere in a manner inversely related to social…

Avocational counseling is defined as helping people to choose meaningful leisure activities. The author describes instruments for assessing avocational interests, discusses various procedures used during avocational counseling and describes target groups which might benefit from such counseling. Various attitudes toward leisure held by different…

Numerous studies indicate that minority group students are more likely to be chosen by educators as learning handicapped. The present study solicited the names of students in need of special education from 203 regular class teachers in a school system with a restricted SES range and which was 99 percent white. (Editor)

Achievement test scores in reading and arithmetic of 300 children from father absent homes and 773 children from father present homes were collected over a 2-year period and analyzed by utilizing the variables of year, sex, family status, and intelligence. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences favoring the academic achievement…

International knowledge and economic competitiveness are linked from three perspectives because appropriate connections are currently not being made between global economic change, the competitiveness of the American economy, and the international aspects of American higher education. Sections provide discussions of the following: an introductory…

A study examined international differences in how immigrants perform in the labor market of their chosen country of residence. The empirical analysis used five census data sets from the three host countries to document the labor market performance of foreign-born persons in Australia, Canada, and the United States. Among the major empirical…

A study of the financial condition of California's independent colleges and universities is reported. The study is based on financial data from a sample of 57 regionally accredited nonprofit independent higher education institutions in the state. Indicators show that enrollments in these institutions have generally held steady in recent years,…

This longitudinal study examined the differences between extremely popular children and their peers, and the persistence of the patterns of differences. Teachers identified 19 extremely popular children in kindergarten through sixth grade. These students were compared with 38 randomly selected children from the teachers' classes. A…

The study examined educationally relevant aspects of the home environments of 56 elementary school students with mild educational handicaps. Thirteen aspects of the home environment were examined for the extent to which differences existed among the three categories of handicapped students (educable mentally retarded, learning disabled, and…

This study explored differences among elementary and secondary teachers, elementary and secondary principals, and faculty members and undergraduate education students concerning three main issues in education: (1) effective teaching; (2) educational reform and professionalism; and (3) the nature of school children. Principals were found to be more…

An examination of the probability of enrolling in postsecondary education, the likelihood of completing various types of credentials, and the effects of these credentials on wage rates, earnings, and other adult outcomes was conducted using data derived from the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972. The followup survey in 1986…

This document comprises a preliminary study of the causes of children's declining economic status within the income distribution between 1970 and 1985. Samples of 25-35 year old men and women for 1970 and 1985 drawn from the March "Demographic File" editions of the Current Population Survey (CPS) were analyzed. The following factors were…

Millions of women face bleak retirement futures. In 40 years, when today's 25-year-olds retire, fewer women will be retiring married, and therefore fewer will have access to a husband's retirement income. Young women continue to face a future of significantly lower wages. Caregiving responsibilities continue to fall predominantly on women's…

Residential programming has become an important treatment modality for adolescents with psychiatric disturbances. The importance of peer relations in treatment settings suggests a need for an objective assessment of these relations. Sociometric procedures were used to study the peer relationships of adolescents in a 15-bed residential treatment…