The basic documents on faculty status for librarians in colleges and universities are compiled. The first chapter contains a history and overview of university librarians' status and discussions of such topics as professionalism, the librarian's role, tenure, academic freedom, evaluation, titles and ranks, professional growth, research, and…

This study was designed to both replicate and expand upon previous research on self-concept formation in selected ethnic and socio-economic status (SES) groups, and to assess its relationship with specific academically related variables. Subjects were 785 students drawn from large urban and small city schools. The Soares and Soares Self Concept…

The relationship between social and economic classification, mobility, and continuance in school was examined in the municipalities of San Andres Cholula, San Gregorio Atzompa, and San Felipe Teotlalcingo (Mexico). The premise was that the school was not a mobilizing agent within the community, but rather served to stabilize existing social and…

The determinants of several measures of journey to work for residents of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas are analyzed and compared based on findings from a national study. Some of the more important issues raised by other researchers are also explored in this paper. The basic concern of this report is whether the journey to work patterns of…

This study identifies and describes the interest patterns of 218 fourth and fifth grade children in two schools in Baton Rouge, Louisiana--one black Title I school, one white suburban school--as they pertain to the content and technique of the short film, and to determine whether these interest were related to sex, or race-socioeconomic status.…

The present report covers five studies conducted on the development of impulse control and its role in the academic achievement of lower socioeconomic status (SES) children. The studies were performed on nursery school children and first graders. Results suggested that there are several different types of impulsivity, and that only one of these is…

This annotated bibliography contains items concerned with the impact of communications on networks of primary relationships and their organization into communities. Part of the bibliography was compiled by a systematic search of key sociological journals of the past decade. The material is organized into numbered sections, with the three main…

The capability was studied of each of three models for producing indices that will reproduce school effectiveness rankings established a priori through simulation. The models used were a within-group regression technique, a regression model using individual scores, and a regression model using means. Data for 54 hypothetical schools on input, SES,…

The history of Greenland's educational activities began in 1721 with the work of a missionary who encouraged the people to learn to read and write. A century later, higher education became available. In 1905, legislation was enacted that served as a milestone of progress for the growth of education. Separation from Denmark, which was leading…

A quantitative model has been formulated which, when used along with existing job evaluation methods, aids in determining equitable grades for most commissioned officer positions. The model applies only to the grades of lieutenant through colonel. Each rater rated 15 duty positions on four overall factors, each consisting of 14 subfactors. The…

Major objectives of this planning study were (1) to determine public opinion as related to the need for a "multi-county" educational service unit and (2) to determine public opinion on selected school functions as they are presently organized in Region II, West Virginia. The 3 phases of the study consisted of development of the…

This exploratory study clarifies the goals and functions of long day and short day preschools, as related to the requirements of the client groups being served, and analyzes their effects on children's socialization and elementary school achievement. It was hypothesized that low socioeconomic status children who had attended long day preschools…

The relationship between geographic mobility and pupil achievement in reading was investigated for a sample of 2,072 sixth-grade children. A three-way analysis of variance design provided for the study of three levels of mobility when boys and girls were grouped into three levels of ability. Two additional covariates were employed to cause the…

A survey of rural life in Leflore County, Mississippi, was made so that rural youth problems could be defined in behavioral terms in an attempt to meet their needs. Data were collected in 1967-68 from 1,496 Negro heads-of-households filling out a questionnaire. The information was grouped into 5 areas: family, physical facilities, health,…

A national fact-finding study on the education of American Indians, with financing under the Basic Research Program of the U. S. Office of Education, resulted from the National Research Conference on Indian Education held at Pennsylvania State University in May of 1967. Indians were involved in planning of the study, and Indian personnel were…