Analyzes the economic performance of all United States counties for 1970, 1980, and the mid 1980s and compares Appalachian counties with all counties in the nation using population, income, unemployment, and urbanization to measure different aspects of economic change. Includes data tables and maps. (JHZ)

This study examined extent to which differential exposure to computer literacy found with lower socioeconomic students is also characteristic of instruction for learning handicapped children in special education and mainstreamed classrooms. Results are discussed in terms of impact of placement in special education on students' ability to develop…

Forty tenth graders from a high achievement track and forty from lower achievement tracks of a suburban high school were interviewed concerning their use of self-regulated learning strategies during class, homework, and study. Fourteen categories of self-regulation strategies were identified from student answers that dealt with six learning…

Changes in intelligence among Swedish 13-year-olds during a 20-year period was studied. Results show: (1) the average of spatial and reasoning intelligence has risen; (2) verbal intelligence increased during the 1960s, but declined thereafter; and (3) by the 1980s girls surpassed in verbal ability and equalled in spatial ability. (Author/LMO)

Tables show preclinical departments of medical schools, their faculties by rank, average salaries by rank, and benefits as percentage of salaries. (MLW)

Assesses extent to which library/information schools have carved out an organizational niche within their university environment; describes current status and organizational transformations within such schools; identifies ways these schools measure their status; discusses changes in the field; and raises questions about institutional perceptions…

Explores the association of district enrollment, minority enrollment, wealth, poverty level, fiscal capacity, and tax effort with changes in the distribution of Pennsylvania's federal aid due to implementation of Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Examines the law's effect on paperwork, local control, and encouragement…

An examination of changes in the job market for college graduates between 1960 and 1980 forms the basis for speculating on the opportunities in 1990. The job market in 1970 was better than in either 1960 or 1980; job opportunities will continue to decline through the 1980s. (Author/MLW)

A survey of 82 graduate social work students revealed low levels of physical and psychological stress associated with graduate work. Symptoms were reported at higher levels in relation to classroom work than field practice. No major differences were found by sex or marital status, but class standing did produce significant differences. (MSE)

Explains some socioeconomic problems of farmworkers. Explains a Training and Technology project to train economically disadvantaged Southern farmworkers for industrial jobs. Examines the project's long-term effects on employment, wage rates, and quality of life of 118 participants. Discusses implications for rural social workers serving…

Describes dilemmas for United States universities and for political and professional leaders in the Third World that result from an ambivalence in the relationship between the universities and Third World countries. Argues that as more foreign students enroll in United States universities, the dilemmas will become more acute. (SB)

Five individual-level independent variables--life stage (age), social status, health, informal social support, and stress--were measured to assess the dependent variable, use of social services. Only the existence of informal social support proved significant, indicating a need for informal networks and educational programs, as well as for…

Charges that school systems sort students according to the same socioeconomic class divisions that exist outside the school. Curriculum, reading materials, behavior expectations, and evaluation procedures tend to discriminate against lower-class students. Schools should take measures to ensure an equal education for all students. (JAC)

A wide array of data was gathered in a nationwide study, including parent and child interviews, intelligence test and achievement test scores, and teacher ratings of children's classroom performance. Results indicated extensive differences favoring intact family children, which persisted when IQ and socioeconomic status measures were controlled.…

A significant amount of research treats students who speak a language other than English at home, or language-minority students, as a single demographic group and compares them to students who speak only English at home. If important disparities in early school experiences among language-minority students have been overlooked, then policies aimed…