The paper presents the Seventh Annual Report of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Congress on the status of handicapped children in Head Start programs, including the number of children being served, their handicapping conditions, and the services being provided to them. An overview of Head Start policies on services to…

UNEMPLOYMENT DATA FOR 1965 TO 1966 FOR THE 20 LARGEST UNITED STATES METROPOLITAN AREAS SHOWED WHO THE PEOPLE ARE WHO ARE OUT OF WORK, WHERE THEY ARE, AND WHY THEY ARE UNEMPLOYED. SOME OF THE FINDINGS WERE--(1) A THIRD OF THOSE UNEMPLOYED, ABOUT ONE MILLION PEOPLE, LIVED IN THESE METROPOLITAN AREAS, (2) THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN 10 OF THE AREAS WAS…

This report of 38 studies from 22 states includes the analysis and synthesis of statements of policy and program scop", conclusions and recommendations, needs for services, criteria for establishing new junior colleges, and procedures for improving state-wide coordination. Twelve conclusions are presented regarding the role of junior colleges in…

A directory of 4,013 hospital-administered allied health and nursing programs throughout the United States is presented in the document. Section 1, Guide to Training Programs, is designed for guidance counselors, students, and health planners. It contains an alphabetical listing of training programs within major occupational categories and…

The purpose of this project was to collect data concerning the black magazine in order to assess whether or not there was sufficient material to merit further study of black publications. A pilot study revealed that the purely mass magazines act as forums for expression and appear to have the following recurrent themes: black awareness, survival,…

National estimates based on the findings from the Health Examination Survey in 1963 to 1965 of uncorrected monocular and binocular visual-acuity levels of children were studied. A nationwide sample of 7,417 children was selected to represent the approximately 24 million noninstitutionalized American children between ages 6 and 11 years. Testing…

A national survey of the teaching of aviation courses in high school was conducted. Valid questionnaires were received from 291 (70%) of the sample persons. The results of this survey show among other things, that: (1) most (50%) aviation courses are offered by science departments, (2) the length of the course is usually one year (50%) or one…

In this report the authors have presented an overview of the most significant findings principally concerned with long- and short-term higher educational trends and developments, and their implications for the years ahead. A major portion of the data consisted of long-term historical analyses of educational attainment in the United States,…

A survey collating information on educational research in member states was carried out by questionnaire; this volume contains the replies from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The report from each country is divided into two parts: (1) Governmental Activities, and (2) Activities of Educational Research Institutes. The sections on…

A survey collating information on educational research in member states was carried out by questionnaire; this volume, written in French, contains the replies from Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Holy See, and Switzerland. The report from each country is divided into two parts: (1) Governmental Activities, and (2) Acitivities of…

A survey collating information on educational research in member states was carried out by questionnaire; this volume contains the replies from Austria, Finland, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, and Turkey. The report from each country is divided into two parts: (1) Governmental Activities, and (2) Activities of…

Data are presented in tabular and descriptive form regarding the national pattern of museum distribution, including their governing authorities, exhibit subject classifications, and geographical locations. Attention is given to facilities and resources, staff, operating expenditures, attendance, and programs. Some indications of quality in museums…

A survey was made, once in the fall of 1968 and again in the spring of 1969, of schools participating in the individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program. The results of questions concerning pupil placement, prescription, curriculum-embedded tests, and posttests are compared. (JY)

This report on rules affecting the eligibility of the mentally retarded for interscholastic athletics uses as its source of information a survey of state high school athletic or activity associations. Excerpts from the replies are interspersed throughout the report which, in essay form, describes the overall rules and attitudes of these…

The 49 studies contained in this volume, which were originally published and distributed as individual State Dentist Manpower Reports, are the first reports to be drawn from survey data gathered through a national data compilation system designed to collect essential information on the dental manpower supply from all licensed dentists at the time…