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PDF pending restorationSewell, William H.; Hauser, Robert M. – 1977
A study was conducted to follow-up a sample of 1957 high school graduates in Wisconsin. Interviews were conducted by telephone and covered such matters as postsecondary education, current and past marital status, number of children, characteristics of present family, spouse's occupation and education, and participation in elections and community…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Demography, Economic Status, Educational Experience
Lussie, Richard A.; And Others – 1979
The study was undertaken to investigate the post high school status of 76 mildly retarded graduates (1974-78) of the work/study programs of the eastern and central zones of the Heartland Area Education Agency. Interviews of the Ss yielded data which were analyzed in four main categories: social adjustment, community resources, vocational…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Economic Status, Exceptional Child Research, Graduate Surveys
Gorin, Zeev – 1978
A natural study was conducted to determine the effects of division of labor (level of socio-economic development), dependency, and mode of production on participation of women in the labor force. Participation of women in the labor force was operationalized by two indicators: (1) women as percentage of the total number of wage earners and salaried…
Descriptors: Cross Sectional Studies, Employed Women, Employment, Employment Level
AINSWORTH, STANLEY H.; AND OTHERS – 1959
A STUDY WAS MADE TO DISCOVER THE CURRICULAR AND ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE NEEDED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF GEORGIA TO INSURE BETTER EDUCATION FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN. THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, SOCIAL STATUS, AND EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF RETARDED CHILDREN WERE STUDIED AND EVALUATED, USING THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS FOR…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Educational Improvement
AUSTMAN, HELGI H. – 1961
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BACKGROUND FACTORS AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF THE BEGINNING EXTENSION AGENT, AND THE AGENT'S ROLE AS PERCEIVED BY HIMSELF AND HIS DISTRICT LEADERS WERE STUDIED AS PART OF A LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH PROJECT. AGENTS AND DISTRICT LEADERS AGREED IN PART ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SELECTED EXTENSION FUNCTIONS AND THE LEVEL AT WHICH THESE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Background, Extension Agents
PDF pending restorationVAN ERDEWYK, ZENO M. – 1967
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ACADEMIC AND NONACADEMIC VARIABLES RELATED TO THE PERSISTENCE, TRANSFER, AND ATTRITION OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS WAS STUDIED TO PROVIDE COUNSELORS AND COLLEGES OF ENGINEERING WITH INFORMATION NEEDED TO ASSIST COLLEGE-BOUND YOUTH IN MOVING TOWARD EVENTUAL CAREER SATISFACTION. INFORMATION ON ACADEMIC VARIABLES WAS GATHERED FROM…
Descriptors: College Students, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts
Download full textYAMAMOTA, KAORU – 1967
RATHER THAN GENERALIZING ABOUT PERSONS WHO ARE "CULTURALLY DEPRIVED," EDUCATORS MUST ARRIVE AT A MORE COMPLEX UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPECIFIC WAYS THESE INDIVIDUALS VARY FROM THE PREVAILING PATTERNS OF CULTURE, AND HOW EDUCATIONAL METHODS MIGHT BE ADOPTED TO THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF THE CULTURALLY DIFFERENT. THREE MAJOR FACTORS MAY BE RELATED TO HIS…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Isolation, Disadvantaged
LONG, RICHARD P.; RHODES, ERIC F. – 1967
PROBLEMS OF THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S ROLE AS THE MIDDLEMAN IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN SCHOOL BOARDS AND TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE NEW RELATIONSHIP OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THE PRINCIPAL IS VIEWED AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBLE DECISIONMAKER ON QUESTIONS OF ADMINISTRATION…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Collective Bargaining, Federal Legislation
REIFF, ROBERT; RIESSMAN, FRANK – 1964
THIS REPORT IS A DISCUSSION OF A STRATEGY DESIGNED TO MEET THE MANPOWER AND PROGRAMMATIC CRISES THAT FACE THE NEW COMMUNITY ACTION AND COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. IT IS A SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE NEED FOR AND THE USE OF INDIGENOUS NONPROFESSIONALS AS "BRIDGEMEN" BETWEEN THE PROFESSIONAL WORKER AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE. THE UNIQUE…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Bibliographies, Careers, Community
REICHMAN, WALTER – 1966
EVIDENCE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF PRESUMED VOCATIONAL MATURITY FACTOR SCORES WAS OBTAINED BY STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS OF VOCATIONAL MATURITY AND A GROUP OF CONCURRENT VARIABLES DEEMED RELEVANT TO VOCATIONAL MATURITY. THESE VARIABLES WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FIVE GROUPS--FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Career Development, Factor Analysis
DENTLER, ROBERT A. – 1966
UNLESS THE RATE OF INTEGRATION IN NORTHERN SCHOOLS IN LARGE CITIES ACCELERATES, THERE WILL BE EXTENSIVE URBAN SEGREGATION UNTIL AT LEAST THE MID-21ST CENTURY. HOWEVER, DATA FROM SMALLER CITIES SHOW THAT THERE SEEM TO BE "UNIFORM" CONDITIONS WHICH FAVOR DESEGREGATION--NEGRO PROTEST ACTION, STIMULUS FROM EXTRA-LOCAL AUTHORITY, AND A LESS…
Descriptors: Blacks, Demonstrations (Civil), Educational Facilities, Ghettos
APPS, JEROLD W. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE FACTORS RELATED TO THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF VOLUNTEER ADULT LEADERS FOR WORK WITH LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC RURAL YOUTH IN UNIVERSITY EXTENSION YOUTH PROGRAMS. SPECIFICALLY, THE STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH COMPARING RURAL YOUTH OF DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSES AS TO THEIR PERCEPTION OF PERSONAL…
Descriptors: Adults, Doctoral Dissertations, Extension Education, Individual Characteristics
LANYON, RICHARD I.; SCHWARTZ, MILTON M. – 1966
TWO PAPERS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BULLETIN. THE MILTON SCHWARTZ PAPER, "THEORIES OF MOTIVATION AND THEIR APPLICATION TO ADULT EDUCATION," SURVEYS THE THINKING, RESEARCH, AND CONCLUSIONS OF SOME OF THE LEADING FIGURES CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL MOTIVATION. THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO CLASSIFY THESE THEORIES BY GENERATING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SCHEMA OF…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adult Learning, Affiliation Need, Classification
Velayutham, T. – 1980
A number of issues emerge as important to educational administrators in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Education Service now makes it possible for system administrators and certain teaching personnel to exchange positions and thus gain new perspectives and reduce status differences. Also, to prevent the loss of the services of able and enterprising…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Agency Cooperation, Centralization
Landsberger, Betty H. – 1981
The present study follows up a report by the same author of gender differences in health status of white and nonwhite adolescents. Both studies reported upon secondary analysis of data on a national sample of adolescent subjects from the Health Examination Survey conducted between 1967 and 1970 by the National Center for Health Statistics.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Comparative Analysis, Females
