The report summarizes the findings of a study of the processes, strategies, and experiences of 61 individuals involved with or affected by implementation of Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) in Oregon. The focus of the survey is on school districts' initial attempts to determine requirements of the law and develop…

A brief, non-technical questionnaire was sent to 875 secondary school administrators (primarily principals) in the State of Illinois. Information was collected in four areas: (1) general school characteristics, (2) availability and use of computers, (3) perceived need for and qualifications of teachers of computer science, and (4) perceived need…

About 10,000 children in North Carolina are removed from their families each year and placed into foster care. The purpose of this study was to determine why children in North Carolina are placed in foster care, what happens to them while they are in care, and under what circumstances they leave foster care. A preliminary field survey was…

Presented are charts detailing due process provisions in special education (effective April 1976) for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data is explained to be culled from administrative provisions of state plans, rules and regulations, guidelines, and due process handbooks. Information is provided for the following aspects: referral…

This is the eighth in a series of annual reports on the actions of state legislatures in providing higher education for their respective states. The first section consists of digests of the 1964 legislation relating to higher education considered by the 50 state and three territorial legislatures, including appropriations for current operations…

The purpose of this book is to provide a uniform and current (1977) data base for persons involved in planning and administering human services programs in South Carolina. General statewide demographic data are given first in a brief introduction. Then, each of the state's counties is profiled in terms of general demographic characteristics,…

To determine competencies and activities used by workers in a cross section of the statewide labor force, data were obtained from a random sample of 1,500 employed persons drawn from 14 purposively selected index counties in Nebraska. An interview-questionnaire procedure yielded an 87.7 percent response to a checklist of 144 activities, duties,…

In responding to questionnaires, 14 southern states provided information about their school programs to determine the desirability of establishing an accelerated vocational-technical school program. Some of the findings were: (1) The principle goal is training and retraining individuals in skills salable on the employment market, (2) The…

This is a preliminary examination of the present status and future prospects of educational technology in Nova Scotian schools. It is aimed at developing a plan to enhance the quality of educational technology by concentrating on systems which will be conducive to realizing educational goals at a reasonable cost. An overview of the institutional…

The ratios of Weekly Student Contact Hours (WSCH) to faculty Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) for all community colleges in California are presented. Table 1 ranks WSCH/FTE ratios for the years 1974 through 1976 and indicates that a pattern among the community colleges exists in terms of their highest ratios (statewide mean, 515.6) and lowest ratios…

In an effort to shed light on the questions surrounding the use and impact of computer-based information systems, the Special Projects Division of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium undertook a field-based study of a computer-based information system that can process and produce information dealing with students, curriculum, personnel,…

The salaries and working conditions of agricultural education teachers in public schools in Virginia were studied. The sample consisted of all 390 agricultural education teachers employed during the 1976-1977 school year. A questionnaire was used to secure information. Findings for the typical teacher include the following: years of teaching…

Administrators' perspectives on faculty bargaining are assessed, using data from a survey of administrators in the California State University and Colleges. The following are reported: (1) administrators' attitudes toward, and perceptions of, a variety of current conditions in their organizations; (2) their expectations as to the impact of…

Estimates of the numbers of developmentally disabled persons 21 years or older in New Jersey were derived to establish a potential target population for work activity programs. Chapter 2 presents estimates by county of the eligible State population of mentally retarded, cerebral palsied, and epileptic persons. (Figures represent 1970 Census…

The eighth annual report of a continuing project to supply occupational data to educators, the study emphasizes the determination of manpower needs and job opportunities from information furnished by employers in the State of Nebraska for the year ending June 30, 1975. The data will be used in planning vocational education programs. During this…