This report provides the results of a survey of safety and security at colleges and universities in Minnesota, along with policy recommendations to improve safety and security at Minnesota post-secondary institutions. It is based on campus security reports voluntarily submitted by 60 of the 110 Minnesota post-secondary institutions, personal…

This report provides information about the cost of attending Pennsylvania colleges and universities, including tuition, required fees, and room and board charges for the year 1995-96 as well as trend information for the past 10 years. The main source of the data was an annual survey of 145 Pennsylvania colleges and universities. Comparative…

This report contains the results of a survey sent to 2,883 librarians throughout Pennsylvania, both members and nonmembers of the Pennsylvania Library Association (PLA). The nonmembers of PLA were members of the American Library Association (ALA), however. The total response rate was 21% (n=620). There were recurring themes in the responses from…

In view of the extremely high turnover among corporation recruits, there is growing and justified interest in having organizations identify the causes of turnover and possible ways of reducing it. Many studies have examined different variables related to turnover, including organizational commitment, career commitment, job satisfaction, and…

This report summarizes a study of Virginia superintendents, which was undertaken to determine their perceptions of instructional technology and the factors that facilitate or hinder the implementation of technology. A brief discussion of the survey mailed to 134 superintendents examines their attitudes on the: (1) usefulness of computers in…

This study examines the characteristics and work environments of approved family day home providers in Alberta. Family day home agency coordinators from across Alberta completed questionnaires, as did approved providers who contracted with 12 agencies in central Alberta. Typical providers were married, had children, and had lived in their present…

A survey of Virginia's local school divisions was conducted to obtain data on the number of students in Virginia with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the nature of the services provided to them. A definition of traumatic brain injury is presented, and disorders resulting from TBI are listed, followed by a list of services required by this…

This study attempted to identify efforts to evaluate programs for gifted and talented students in 122 Texas school districts and to compare these practices with those recommended in the literature and with Texas Education Association guidelines. Areas examined included informal and formal assessment of student and teacher identification practices,…

Most teenagers learn to drive through a combination of classroom instruction, simulated driving experiences, and road driving. As part of a larger study focusing on public opinions of traffic safety education, parental views on safety education effectiveness, the licensing of teenage drivers, and parental involvement in driver education in the…

The report describes and provides selected findings from Project REA (Research in Accrediting Efforts), which studied various aspects of manpower training under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in Illinois. The first section outlines the goals of Project REA in identifying avenues for job training, methods for granting academic…

The report summarizes a needs assessment in the area of inservice training for teachers of behaviorally impaired students in Nebraska. Procedures for conducting the needs assessment are described in terms of three functions: planning (involving collaboration of a number of agencies), data collection (a Professional Development Needs Survey was…

Iowa State vocational agriculture instructors compiled a list of job and personal activities priorities at their annual summer conference. Top priority went to teaching local day school classes and spending time with the family. Lowest priority went to working with the Future Farmers of America Alumni Association. (LH)

The article is a report of a two-phase project designed to determine the employment opportunities for persons who have knowledge and skills in agricultural subjects and the community resources available to programs of vocational agriculture in Connecticut. (Author/BP)

This report analyzes the administration of student financial aid programs in Florida's state universities and community colleges. The analysis was conducted by reviewing documents, receiving public testimony, conferring with state-level agencies and institutions, surveying directors of financial aid offices, and surveying students. An introductory…

The first in a three-volume set on the geographic origins of students attending institutions of the State University of New York during the fall 1988 term includes three distinct types of summaries and uses the individual institution as the unit of analysis. It includes all credit course students and all institutions of the State University…