Reported are the results of five separate surveys to identify needs and assess status of leisure services to special populations in Oregon. An introductory chapter contains a summary of findings and recommendations and four succeeding chapters present survey information regarding services to the handicapped provided in hospitals and institutions,…

This report summarizes data on the high school background of students entering the University of Hawaii System for their first collegiate work since high school. The population is comprised of all new students at the two-year and four-year campuses between fall 1972 and fall 1975. Each of the five tables in the report examines a select group of…

As part of a longitudinal study of student progress through the Hawaii Community College System, a survey was conducted of the 2,425 fall 1975 entering students who had discontinued their registration after one semester. The 2,425 students surveyed represented 27 percent of the 1975 entering class of 8,979. After the initial mailing and a…

This report presents the findings of surveys conducted in Arkansas to diagnose children's day care needs as directed by parents in the community. Representative samples of approximately 100 parents of preschool children in each of three communities (Fort Smith, Hot Springs, and Texarkana) were interviewed as to the kinds of child care arrangements…

The surveys in this collection provide information concerning the historical backgrounds and dates of origin of student newspapers, yearbooks, and formal journalism instruction in the high school, for the District of Columbia and the following 34 states: Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,…

A profile of vocational educators in the State of California is presented in the document. The study was designed to provide basic descriptive information about the State's vocational educators: who they are, where they are located, and what their inservice education needs are. A pilot testing of the Basic Description Questionnaire was conducted…

The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) in postsecondary education seeks to provide continuing education learners with a permanent record of participation in non-credit learning activities. A CEU survey was conducted in Illinois during 1975. The survey was distributed to all postsecondary institutions in the State and to those professions whose…

The purpose of the mobility study was to determine what number and percentage of secondary, postsecondary, and full-time adult graduates of vocational-technical programs in Oklahoma find or seek employment in the same geographic region of their graduation. It was also determined what number and percentage of graduates leave the region to seek…

Geographic labor force data from the 1974 Current Population Survey (CPS) is presented and provides annual unemployment, demographic, and occupational estimates for large States and metropolitan areas. Section One contains the 1974 total unemployment estimates for 27 large States and 30 large metropolitan areas, with two tables. These estimates…

The statistical data contained in this report were compiled from the 62 percent of Ohio's school districts that responded to a survey conducted by the Ohio School Boards Association. The report contains statistical information on personnel, grievances, evaluations, the newly employed, retirements, terminations, leaves of absence, strikes,…

The Washington State University study focused on the validation of a set of 50 career guidance, counseling, and placement program standards by expert professionals (vocational and nonvocational administrators, counselors, counselor educators, vocational and nonvocational teachers, teacher educators, and members of the Washington State Advisory…

Presented is Volume 1 of a final report on a project to determine policies likely to result in maximized adoptive placements for mentally, emotionally, or physically handicapped children. It is explained that 205 foster care and adoption workers and 79 agency directors in six states (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina)…

Summarized are data gathered during phase 1 of a state survey of administrators, funded under Title III, to determine the number of handicapped children receiving or in need of special education services in Indiana. The following are among survey results highlighted in the first chapter: 19,061 pupils were estimated by public school principals to…

Presented are nine appendixes to a state survey, funded under Title III, to determine the number of handicapped children receiving or in need of special education services in Indiana. Included are a description of survey objectives and procedures, 17 tables of data by region and community type, and copies of school principals' suggestions for…

This publication presents results of a survey that sought to identify significant educational needs as perceived by school officials in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Data were gathered through questionnaires mailed to the school board chairman and superintendent of each local school district, as well as the…