Information on educational assistance and opportunities for family members of active duty, retired, or deceased Army service members is provided. Eligibility and types of benefits and programs described are grouped in the following categories: educational financial aid for family members of veterans; educational opportunities for active duty…

The vocabulary development curriculum offered by developmental reading programs in Georgia postsecondary institutions was studied. A total of 49 reading specialists from 39 institutions completed a questionnaire that covered: emphasis placed on vocabulary development, practices followed in expanding students' vocabularies, and the materials used…

Objectives of a research project were to determine current employer practices in personnel performance evaluation in New Hampshire, and to inform vocational teachers and guidance counselors of these employer practices so that they might make program or counseling service modifications to better acquaint vocational students with these practices.…

The purpose of this 1975-76 survey of 1,029 Illinois school districts is, first, to provide educators and the general public with accurate salary schedule and policy information for each Illinois school district, and, second, to present a statewide summary analysis as a comparative basis for overall planning and decision-making. In addition to…

The purpose of the 1976-77 survey of 1,024 Illinois school districts is to provide accurate teacher salary schedule and policy information for each Illinois public school district. Such information is required by teachers, school board members, and administrators who need to make comparisons among districts of various types and sizes. A statewide…

Summer school and fall enrollments in Pennsylvania during 1975 are reported and compared with fall enrollments in the United States, 1972-1975. Statistics are offered for: total enrollments; enrollments in branch campuses and other centers; lower division undergraduate, non-bachelor's degree-credit upper-division, first-professional, graduate, and…

Data are given and discussed for seven areas of administration of the SUNY system: (1) state appropriations; (2) cost per student and tuition rates; (3) enrollments; (4) degrees granted; (5) facilities; (6) specific state aid programs; and (7) trends and prospects. Comparisons are made between 1975-76 data and earlier years, usually for the five…

This manual is designed to aid school administrators and other staff members in interpreting and understanding the Educational Quality Assessment Inventory for Pennsylvania elementary and secondary schools. This volume is keyed to intermediate schools, with a sample status profile for the eighth grade. The statistical data in these profiles are…

A random sample of 5,010 master's degree and 4,930 doctoral students was surveyed at 29 New York state public and independent higher education institutions. A questionnaire was administered, and a usable return rate of 42.6 percent was achieved for independent colleges, 33.4 percent for the State University campuses, and 35.3 percent for the City…

The New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) and the six New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Colleges (NHVTC) offer collegiate education preparing men and women for direct employment in business, industry, health, and service-related fields. At the completion of the 1980-81 academic year, 1036 students had graduated from 48 different programs…

In 1979, the Kansas Association of Community Colleges conducted a survey of students who had previously attended one of the state's 19 community colleges to determine their characteristics (i.e., sex, race, age, full-/part-time classification, and residence); academic characteristics (i.e., previous enrollment, reasons for college attendance,…

Spring 1982 course registration data are presented for regular credit programs at the six Hawaii community colleges (i.e., Honolulu, Kapiolani, Kauai, Leeward, Maui, and Windward). Table 1 provides a course registration summary by campus, which contrasts fall 1981 and spring 1982 data in the areas of numbers of courses, classes, and semester…

A study examined the views of business and industry on the Florida vocational and technical education system. Representatives from 284 Florida firms and 44 supervisors completed interviews based on two project-developed questionnaires. Sought in the questionnaires were employer perceptions concerning the following areas: awareness of vocational…

Full-time and part-time undergraduate enrollments in 15 public universities in Alabama were projected by sex for 1981-89. Additionally, state, regional, and national projections of undergraduate enrollments for the 1980s are made, based on a review of the literature. Alabama public high school graduates are projected in order to project full-time,…

The adoption of a new philosophy and new learner goals by the Ohio State Board of Education spawned a variety of Department of Education efforts. The new educational objectives concern five major categories: basic education; cultural education; citizenship education; career education; and health/personal education. To effectively carry out these…