The proceedings of a meeting which focused on topics and issues related to the pipeline for scientists and engineers are presented. They include the meeting agenda, introductory comments, an overview, summaries of five presentations, the meeting summary, and a list of participants. The overview (by Betty Vetter) outlines some ways of measuring the…

This report contains statistical data on all the high schools in the Portland Public School District to provide comparable background information. All data are for the 1982-83 school year unless otherwise noted. Most enrollment data is taken from the official October 1, 1982 enrollment count. Part I displays comparisons between the 10 schools on…

Women who enrolled in college during their middle-aged years (between ages 30 and 49) were studied. Attention was directed to: the relationship between returning to school and critical developmental issues; the influence of educational experience on understanding such issues; and the stress factors experienced by mid-life university women.…

A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College to determine why off-campus students withdrew from courses at Hawthorne Center (HC) and Northeast Center (NEC). A total of 391 students who withdrew from degree credit classes and continuing education classes at HC in fall 1981, and from classes at NEC in fall 1982 and 1983 were sampled and…

A portrait of illiterates and literacy programs in the United States in the 1980s is derived from this summary of the most up-to-date, valid information that could be obtained from a literature review. The first section on adult illiterates identifies data sources, numbers of illiterates, and characteristics of the five main groups (the elderly,…

Recent trends in dental education and the supply of dentists for the South are examined to assist state policymakers and school officials. The supply of dentists has increased faster than the population over the past decade and will continue to increase through 1990; in the south the rate of growth exceeded the national rate. At the same time, the…

Interests in articulation by students and graduates of the nine medical laboratory technology programs in Kentucky were surveyed. Articulation refers to transfer between programs or institutions and increased opportunities for career mobility and advancement. The 131 respondents to a questionnaire indicated: their interest in articulation, marital…

The Stanford Curriculum Study, which provides comprehensive and systematic information about curricular choices of undergraduates, is discussed. The information can promote policy decisions, help departments regularly monitor their programs, and generate a database for research concerning undergraduate education. The study analyzes the academic…

The potential use of the preferred imaging technique by the Office of Planning and Analysis of the University of Texas System is discussed, along with the use of environmental scanning. Preferred imaging is used to get people thinking about the future and how it relates to the external environment and the planning process. Preferred imaging…

To help ameliorate the adverse effects of reduction in force (RIF), school districts facing declining enrollments should develop and adopt RIF policies before they are needed. School district officials should compile up-to-date enrollment projections and anticipated staff needs. The board of education should take care to inform the public and to…

Papers include: the role of institutional research in the managerial revolution in higher education (W. Hugh Stickler); student studies in the institutional research program (W. Hugh Stickler); needed research studies in college admissions (Cameron Fincher); an introduction to budgetary analysis (James L. Miller); future enrollments and planning…

The study reported here, the fourth of a series of studies on adult education in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, provides quantitative evidence about the magnitude and characteristics of adult education activity in nine OECD countries. The nine countries included are Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany,…

The question of tenure as an economic variable is discussed. Using data from the 1973 ACE Survey of Teaching Faculty, a statistical model is provided to estimate time from Ph. D. to tenure. Results show that the tenure rate (the chance that a nontenured faculty member will be granted tenure in any given year) did increase during the period of…

This data supplement, which covers 1976-77, updates the statistics and information contained in EA 009 930. Both parts of "Planning for Better Education in Wisconsin" were compiled by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to provide information needed by local school boards, administrators, advisory committees, and agency school…

The purpose of this guide is to furnish school districts with process guidelines for community participation in the planning of educational programs and school facilities. The information to be developed includes: (1) a prioritized set of the community's educational goals--individualized for each community; (2) the resources, both physical and…