The report describes the second year of a survey of sensory impaired children in Nebraska. It is explained that results have been used to improve administrative planning and cost efficient delivery of services. Demographic and assessment information was collected and analyzed on 888 sensory impaired children (birth to 21) via questionnaires…

The status of state foreign language programs is reviewed, and recommendations are made to improve the quality of foreign language education in North Carolina. The Foreign Language Curriculum Study Committee identified major language education issues in North Carolina, collected background information and data pertaining to these issues, analyzed…

A research project was conducted to develop and implement a model for community college missions. The new model would depart from existing models, which utilize a hierarchy of decreasing levels of generality beginning with institutional missions and culminating in objectives. In contrast, this research defined institutional mission in terms of…

Public school involvement in providing child care services in 14 southern states was investigated. Data were obtained through questionnaires mailed to state superintendents or commissioners of education in each state. In addition, questionnaires were sent to the superintendent in each of the 142 school districts in North Carolina. Findings…

A survey was conducted of all 106 community colleges in California to determine the characteristics of programs implemented by the colleges to provide employee training for business, industry, and government. The survey gathered the following information on all existing programs: number of years in existence, number of contracts, enrollment,…

This report presents findings of the Pennsylvania Child Care Training Needs Survey. The purpose of the survey was to determine statewide needs for child care training. A random sample of 500 day care centers was selected from the 2,127 day care centers in Pennsylvania. The sample was stratified in terms of the state's four regions--northeast,…

To maintain the current level of educational services for pregnant and parenting adolescents in California, 800 more openings will be needed by 1992. The increase will be necessary to accommodate the state's youngest mothers' (those from 14 to 15 years old) increasing birth rate. A telephone survey, conducted in December 1986 and January 1987, of…

A study examined how Alabama legislators' ratings of news media for job-relevant information correlate with their views on news media adversary and consensus agent roles. Eighty-two questionnaires (out of 140 mailed) were completed by Alabama state representatives and senators for a return rate of 59%. Results suggested that lawmakers who believe…

Information is presented on a study examining how an individually-based measure of career plateau compares with the traditional job tenure conceptualization in their relationships with hypothesized plateau outcomes. Participants in the study were baccalaureate graduates from Michigan State University who took part in a career development study.…

The results of the annual unit cost study of the Illinois public community colleges are presented for fiscal year (FY) 1988, based on data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs provided by the colleges. After an initial overview, data and analyses are presented showing net instructional unit costs for FY 1988 compared with previous years;…

National and state comparisons of tuition and fee charges, as well as various policy options presented to the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education, are provided. An introduction to tuition and fee calculation is followed by definitions of tuition, required student fees, and student residency status. A study of tuition and fees at New Mexico…

Fiscal year (FY) 1987 results of the annual unit cost study of the Illinois public community colleges are presented in this report, based on data on course offerings, enrollments, and costs provided by the colleges. After an initial summary overview, data and analyses are presented showing net instructional unit costs for FY 1987 compared with…

Since 1981, the preponderance of population growth has been in the South and West, 1986 population estimates show. California, Texas, and Florida accounted for 53 percent of the national population growth from 1980 to 1986, while Florida passed Illinois to become the fifth most populous state in 1986. Declines in energy-related industries,…

A study was conducted to investigate the instrumental (e.g., Ambitious, Broadminded, Capable, Imaginative, Intellectual, Loving, and Responsibile) and terminal (e.g., A Comfortable Life, A Sense of Accomplishment, Equality, Health, National Security, Mature Love, and Salvation) life values of community college faculty in Oregon using the Rokeach…

There are thousands of different inservice education programs. The purposes of this study were to identify the elements of effective teacher inservice education; to measure to what degree these elements actually exist in inservice education programs reported by Texas teachers; and to develop a strategy for effective teacher inservice. A modified…