Information on pay equity studies and related activities in the states was collected through mail questionnaires. Focuses were the types of job evaluation systems used for classified state employees, pay equity policies in the states, pay equity studies, and pay equity litigation. Responses to the questionnaire showed that 46 of the 48 states…

Fiscal year (FY) 1985 results of the annual unit cost study of the Illinois public community colleges are presented, based on data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs. After an introductory overview, data and analyses are presented, covering FY 1985 net instructional unit cost compared with previous years; net instructional unit cost, full…

Designed for counselors, advisers, and two-year college students planning to transfer to a four-year institution, this report presents the transfer policies of the 46 senior colleges and universities in North Carolina for 1983-84. Following introductory material about the purposes and development of the report, the report enumerates the policies…

Most school systems in Tennessee raise additional revenue for instructional and extracurricular activities through fund raising projects and voluntary student fee collections. Responses to a questionnaire by 129 principals (from a sample of 15) were analyzed to determine the extent, diversity, and results of fund raising activities and fee…

Survey responses from 87 of a total of 486 camps were adjusted to reflect projected 1981 economic conditions and to indicate the significance of children's summer camps to the economy of Massachusetts. Six categories of camps were identified: agency day (185 camps); agency resident (84); private day (91); private resident (69); public day, special…

Drawing from on-site assessments of the implementation and effectiveness of 30 selected Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) programs operating at California community colleges, this report synthesizes information collected between September 1985 and May 1986 through student and faculty/staff surveys, 1,025 detailed interviews with…

This paper is one of three major reports documenting the results of a 1984 survey of Maryland adolescents' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and experiences with drugs and alcohol. An introduction briefly outlines the work of the Maryland Drug Abuse Administration and describes earlier surveys. A methodology section describes 1984 sampling…

As part of its mandate under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requires periodic reports from public and private employers, unions, and labor organizations, indicating the makeup of their workforce by sex and by race/ethnic categories. This volume contains two tables summarizing data obtained as…

A secondary analysis of data from two Indiana Polls, the first carried out in January 1983 and the second in November and December 1983, was conducted to compare respondents' reports of their viewing of network television news and local television news, and their reading of local newspapers. The intent was to use respondents' preferred source for…

An alternative method of identifying effective schools, based on the concept of effective schools as statistically atypical, was tested. This paper investigates the issue of consistency of the identification of what is termed "exceptional" schools. The following tests were administered to all first through fourth graders in 431 schools…

The debate over whether the 50 states are meaningful units for macro-sociological research has mostly been conducted on the basis of deductive reasoning. Three sets of analyses that are intended to provide much needed empirical data on this issue were studied. The first set involved all variables in the "County and City Data Book" used…

A study obtained information on educational needs of Arkansas adult educators. It also provided data for planning teacher education programs based on the needs of inservice adult educators. Surveys were mailed to 200 randomly selected members of the Arkansas Association for Public, Continuing and Adult Education; 137 (68 percent) responded. The…

This four-part report on the characteristics of faculty, administrators, and other professional staff employed in the Connecticut State Technical College (CSTC) system analyzes age distributions, years of service, salary, sick and vacation day accrual, retirement status, and staffing changes anticipated over the next five years. Part I provides an…

A profile is presented of the demographic and academic characteristics of over 1.2 million California community college students who were actively enrolled as of the first attendance-accounting period in fall 1987. Sections I presents student counts and characteristics by districts. Section II presents student counts and characteristics by…

A study of higher education funding in Nevada, mandated by state law, is reported. The study focuses on the methods used by other states to fund higher education and investigates these methods' appropriateness or usefulness in Nevada. Representatives of the state university system, education experts, and the general public provided background…