A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF 609 ACCREDITED JUNIOR COLLEGES ON SEVERAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE TEACHING. LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS TOTALLED 44,809 IN 1959 AND 51,570 IN 1960. THE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF DATA COVERED SUCH AREAS AS (1) TOTAL SUMMARY BY STATES, (2) ENROLLMENTS IN FRENCH BY STATES, (3) ENROLLMENTS IN GERMAN, (4) ENROLLMENTS IN…

This report gives detailed information on minimum and maximum salaries scheduled for supervising principals at the elementary, junior high, and senior high school levels in 652 reporting school systems with enrollments of 6,000 or more. Summary tables showing average and median minimum and maximum scheduled salaries, salary ranges and…

This study of higher education in Australia is issued in three volumes. Volume I outlines a broad pattern of tertiary education planned to meet the demands of the nation over the next decade and to provide a satisfactory basis for future developments. Volume II presents the results of the Committee's examination of the education for certain major…

Of 1,929 institutions surveyed, questionnaires were obtained from 98.9 percent. The survey revealed organized occupational curriculums of at least 1 but less than 4 years in length in 879 institutions of higher education in the United States. The 1962 enrollment of 274,725 students in technical or semiprofessional level curriculums represented an…

Summarized are the findings from a 1977 survey to identify current policies, resources, and services for the education of gifted and talented children in all 50 states and U.S. territories, conducted by the Council for Exceptional Children for the Office of Education's Office of Gifted and Talented. Included in the section on the survey's history…

This survey is one of a series conducted by The Drug Abuse Council, Inc. to explain the efforts of the public sector to control and prevent drug abuse. The survey attempts to document the involvement of the states in drug abuse prevention, treatment and control by undertaking a census of existing programs and expenditures, as well as a review of…

The contents of this issue of the "Oral History Review" include eight articles, Oral History Council reports, and lists of the sites of future oral history colloquiums, of Oral History Association publications in print and in microform, and of contributors. Titles of articles and authors are as follows: "Oral History Comes of Age" by Samuel…

The research undertaken for producing a "Dictionary of American Regional English" (the DARE project) is reported in this document. Ten spoken and 13 written sources of relevant data are listed, and outlines of the editing and production procedures and of the material to be included are given. Completion date for the dictionary is 1976.…

The study reported in this paper, conducted during the winter of 1973-74, explored the newshole policies of U.S. daily newspapers in the context of rapid technological and economic changes. A national survey consisted of a structured questionnaire mailed to a stratified, random sample of newspapers selected by circulation size. Analysis of…

These data are the result of a survey taken in 1975 by the American Film Institute to assess individuals and organizations actively involved in film and/or television education. Survey instruments were sent to 3,276 film and/or television educators at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Tabular summaries of the 784 responses…

To investigate the role and future prospects of magazine use in secondary education, a questionnaire was given to junior and senior high school teachers. Some 1,200 of the teachers in 20 out of 44 designated metropolitan areas answered questions about their classroom use of magazines as well as other media. About 70% of all the respondents used…

A comparative analysis of two surveys conducted in May 1971 and November 1971 to gather information on the attitudes of young male civilians (between 16-21 years) towards the military service is presented. Information was collected through interviews with 2,845 individuals in May and 1,960 individuals in November. The results of the surveys are…

The appendix to the report on a national child maltreatment study includes sample forms used in interviewing individuals in child protective services, public health departments, school systems, hospitals, hospital social service departments, courts, and police and sheriff's departments. Included in each survey form are sections with questions in…

The fourth annual meeting of editors of national surveys of educational research was held in the form of a joint meeting with the members of the Bureau of the Committee for Educational Documentation and Information on May 25, 1976, in Strasbourg. Oral reports were given on the present state of national surveys and related activities in each…

Tables present a summary of the data obtained in a national survey of principals' and assistant principals' salaries. Section 1 of the report compares 1975-76 minimum and maximum salary schedule summaries by district enrollment size, section 2 makes the comparison by using a per pupil expenditure factor, and section 3 contains a maximum scheduled…