Award patterns of master's degrees to women in academic years 1970-71 and 1975-76 are examined based on data collected through the annual Survey of Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred. In 1971, 23l,000 master's degrees were awarded in the United States, and 40 percent were awarded to women. In 1976, the total number awarded was 313,000, and…

A report by the Board of Regents on student financial aid programs in New York State is presented. During 1979-80, the estimated average Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards increased in all undergraduate sectors and helped to offset tuition increases in both the independent and public sectors. Guaranteed student loans continued to increase in…

Presented are background and academic performance data for one cohort of foreign undergraduates who entered the University of Washington (UW) as new students, those 336 entrants in fall 1978. Initially, the total group was subdivided on the basis of whether English was the "mother tongue" of the student's home country (26 percent came…

A study was conducted at Foothill College (California) during Fall 1978 and Spring 1979 to determine the effect of different approaches to pre-registration counseling on students' academic success and degree of satisfaction with their college experience. Four groups of 50 randomly selected, first-time, full-time students were involved in the…

A study was conducted to investigate selected reading instruction process variables employed by third and sixth grade teachers and their effect on pupils' reading achievement, to explore the difference between third and sixth grade teachers' reading instruction process variables, and to investigate the relationship between selected pupil variables…

A survey of 38 community college districts, including all community colleges in Ohio as well as a representative nationwide sample, was conducted by Cuyahoga Community College (CCC) in December 1979 to solicit information on faculty compensation during 1979 and to determine CCC's relative position among similar institutions with regard to…

The document presents the first of five units on Canada developed for classroom use in American secondary schools. This unit, an overview of Canada, offers a sequence of information sheets for students and class activity suggestions for teachers which use a comparative approach stressing an understanding of Canada from the viewpoints of both…

The second annual report on college-going rates for recent graduates in public and private California high schools who were 19 or less when they enrolled as first-time freshmen in Fall 1974 through 1978 is presented. Changes in rates for men and women enrolled in each segment of California higher education from each country and statewide are…

A controlled experiment was conducted in 1980 with 117 first graders in two Southwestern schools near the Mexican border to determine the effects of direct instruction in teaching bilingual Hispanic children to read. Direct instruction has been defined as using modeling, reinforcement, prompting, discrimination learning, and correction/feedback…

A Houston, Texas, elementary bilingual program did not produce consistently equal or superior cognitive outcomes but was effective in facilitating second language learning. In order to ascertain the effects of the program on participants' self esteem, English reading level, and grade point average (GPA), the elementary and seventh grade GPAs of an…

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHIC AND SCHOOL MOBILITY IN AREAS OF HIGH AND LOW DELINQUENCY RATE IS REPORTED. THE HIGH DELINQUENCY GROUP CONSISTED OF 373 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TARGET AREAS AND THE LOW DELINQUENCY GROUP WAS MADE UP OF 425 CHILDREN FROM OTHER PARTS OF MINNEAPOLIS. DATA GATHERED FROM SCHOOL AND POLICE…

A SAMPLE OF 236 FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS WAS DIVIDED INTO (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 111 CLIENTS WHO RECEIVED FROM 6 TO 12 MONTHS OF AN INTENSIVE AND GRADED SERIES OF VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, WITH SUPPORTING PERSONAL AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, (2) A CONTROL GROUP OF 40, AND (3) TWO COMPARISON GROUPS OF 63 AND 40 CLIENTS. SOME PURPOSES OF THE STUDY…

STIMULATED BY THE NEED FOR A REVIVED INTEREST IN AND IMPROVEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN AUSTRALIA, THIS 1964 SURVEY, UNDERTAKEN AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL AS A SUPPLEMENT TO A SURVEY MADE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WAS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE STATE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN UNIVERSITIES, AND…

THE LEGACY OF DISCRIMINATORY EDUCATION AND ITS CONTINUING PRACTICE HAS LEFT LARGE SECTIONS OF THE MINORITY POPULATION "SHORT-CHANGED." THE BEST METHOD OF MAKING UP FOR THESE DEFICIENCIES, PAST AND PRESENT, IS COMPENSATORY EDUCATION. HOWEVER THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION HAS NOT BEEN WELL-IMPLEMENTED IN ANY LARGE CITY, INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY,…

PART OF A LARGER STUDY OF THE COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, THIS EXPERIMENT EXAMINED THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MOTHERS' LANGUAGE STYLES AND THE CONCEPT ATTAINMENT OF THEIR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN. SPEECH SAMPLES WERE OBTAINED FROM 160 URBAN NEGRO MOTHERS OF FOUR SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS (MIDDLE-CLASS, UPPER-LOWER, LOWER-LOWER, AND…