Compares the attributes which news executives and journalism educators find desirable in reporters, finding considerable agreement in the areas of knowledge, abilities, and skills. (RB)

This document describes the faculty and instructional staff in public and private not-for-profit postsecondary institutions offering an associate's or higher degree in fall 2003. The employment status, race/ethnicity, gender, tenure status, and compensation of faculty and instructional staff are presented by institution type and program area.…

This paper addresses three key topics related to making state National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments more efficient: (1) reducing the burden for the states; (2) stabilizing the assessment schedule; and (3) facilitating and promoting the use of state NAEP data. The paper recommends promoting the use of state NAEP data for…

Previous research regarding the supervision of psychotherapists has been primarily based on the perceptions of supervisors and supervisees at various levels of experience. This national survey examines the attitudes and beliefs of experts in the field of supervision concerning what constitutes effective supervision. A number of themes and…

Despite the ongoing devolution of policymaking from the federal to the state and local level, there remains a belief that there is a single agenda for children. In summer 2001, the National Association of Child Advocates (NACA) surveyed its membership to determine if a national agenda for children exists. This paper identifies the key issues…

This study uses data from the 1989-1994 Beginning Postsecondary Survey to ascertain the prevalence of such nontraditional enrollment practices as part-time and stop-out behavior. The decision to enroll initially as a part-time or full-time student was examined, contingent on the initial decision to attend college. A theoretical model that…

This report presents results from the fifth national ACT, Inc. survey on the status of academic advising in colleges and universities. This report used a new stratified, random sample of 2-year, 4-year, public, and private institutions drawn from the population of institutions that met survey criteria. Of the sample of 1,395 institutions,…

The barriers that poor fathers face in paying child support and how existing programs assist them were studied and contrasted to the barriers faced by poor custodial mothers using data from the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF). Efforts to serve these fathers through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families welfare-to-work grants, and…

The high school is the pupil's college. Upon its character, its spirit, and its work depend not only the knowledge and skill, but also the ideas and mental attitude of a very large majority of the men and women who will rise to positions of influence in industrial, social, and civic life. The preparation and later success of those who enter…

A report on the annual study of salaries by the Department of Home Health Agencies and Community Health Services of the National League for Nursing, by position, type of agency, population of area served, and region. (MS)

Considers the comments of young people twelve and under in a survey about sex role perceptions during the 1970s, emphasizing the responses of girls. (RB)

An introduction and background to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) discusses how decisions were made as to what objectives were assessed and how the evidence was interpreted. (Author/KM) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.

A bibliography of NAEP official reports and booklets containing the descriptions of objectives and sub-objectives developed for each National Assessment subject area and the Process of their development is presented. (Author/KM) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.

Describes some major findings from two national surveys to determine what factors most influence academic achievement. Findings indicate, in part, that the more instruction a child gets the more he learns, home and community play a more influential role in student reading than do schools, and that schools have little success in closing the…