A 14-month pilot of INFO-U, a fully automated telephone information service, assessed the feasibility of the technology in Minnesota Extension Service (MES) county offices to respond to consumer telephone queries. The project was designed to: (1) explore the potential of regional Extension cooperation and resource sharing; (2) increase recognition…

This document presents the first phase of a province-wide study which explored the knowledge and use of instructional development on the part of teacher-librarians in the formal school system. The instrument was a written questionnaire with three sections. Seventeen specific instructional development tasks and/or competency areas were derived from…

This paper reports on the results of a research project that focused on the relationship between (1) high school foreign language study and college cumulative grade point average (GPA), and (2) high school foreign language study and college freshman English cumulative GPA in a random sample of Tennessee public college graduates in 1987-88. The…

The report examines barriers to provision of free appropriate public education to handicapped children in West Virginia based on a needs assessment of eight regions. Eight regional meetings (which included representatives of school administration, teachers, parents, and institutions of higher education) used such techniques as…

This fact sheet provides figures on teacher salaries in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states--Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. A table is included of estimated average salaries and estimated…

Very little research is available nationwide that measures the administrative use of computers in rural schools. A state survey of 154 rural Kentucky secondary school principals (representing a 51% response rate) focused on their knowledge about computers and use of computers for school administrative purposes. Only 14% of respondents had a…

The document reports findings of a 1988-89 survey of all school districts in New Jersey to determine the status of gifted education. Major findings included the following: a total of 122,626 New Jersey students were identified and served during the 1988-89 school year; a larger percentage (11.3%) of the total school population was served than in…

This report presents the results of a statewide study of kindergarten practices in North Carolina during 1988. The study was initiated due to concern about the developmental appropriateness of kindergartens. A total of 103 randomly selected kindergarten classrooms were observed in an effort to measure the quality of classroom practices. In…

College and university expenditures for scholarships and fellowships between 1983 and 1984 are reported based on findings of the Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education survey, which is part of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) data collections. Colleges increased by 13.4% their scholarship and fellowship…

This report (11th in a series) provides selected 1985-86 enrollment and financial data for the California community college districts. Parts I and II present headcount enrollment data for fall 1985 by district, and average daily attendance (ADA) figures for credit, non-credit, and apprenticeship programs for fiscal year (FY) 1985-86. Part III…

Statistics are presented on the current status of teacher supply and demand trends in Illinois. This report reviews and discusses the factors affecting teacher supply and demand, changes in student enrollment, teacher retirements, changes in state mandates, and opportunity for employment. An analysis of the data collected on teacher employment…

A study investigated the major factors--demographic characteristics, job characteristics, and work experiences--related to commitment to teaching as a profession among Ohio teachers of vocational agriculture. The population was a random selection from the Ohio secondary school teachers of vocational agriculture listed in the 1983-84 directory.…

A Texas committee on educational reform held hearings in 1984 on the implementation of career ladder and teacher competency testing plans. These reforms were enacted by the legislature late that year. In the spring of 1984, 1985, and 1986, three surveys were undertaken to determine how teachers felt about these reforms as proposed and later…

Trends in faculty salaries in Texas are reported, along with some comparisons to national trends. Faculty salaries in Texas universities average 2.1% above 1985-1986 levels but are projected to lag 8.4% below the national average for 1986-1987. Texas' first four faculty ranks (professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and…

As part of a larger study of the efficacy of the local boards of trustees for California's community colleges, the chief executive officer (CEO) of each community college district was surveyed to determine what proportion of the more than 400 board members in the state were women, what the current or recent vocations of the board members were, and…