By comparing a large and small school board in Ontario, this paper, in part 1, seeks to draw conclusions about the effects of declining enrollment on administrative functions and labor-intensiveness and, in part 2, analyzes educators' views on curriculum services and quality programs using the Delphi technique. The data for part 1, derived from…

This paper seeks a plan for financing education in Ontario that minimizes the disruptive effects of declining enrollment and changing enrollment patterns, is sensitive to the limitation of resources, and provides clear channels of authority and responsibility between citizen and policy maker. The author considers the alternatives for placing the…

Through the descriptive use of statistical data, this paper explores inequalities between men and women teachers that may be exacerbated by the problem of declining enrollment in Ontario. Defining education in Canada as an internally segregated profession, the authors assess role differentiation between men and women, the situation of women in the…

During 1978, a study was conducted at Amarillo College (AC) to determine: (1) selected demographic and socio-economic characteristics of AC students; (2) selected academic background characteristics, AC enrollment classifications, and educational goals of students; (3) students' motivations for attending AC and for choosing their major programs;…

The purposes of this project were (1) to conduct a follow-up study of the first fifty graduates of the External High School Diploma Program at Waukesha County (Wisconsin) Technical Institute in order to ascertain program strengths, weaknesses and impact; (2) to conduct a follow-up study of program terminations and identify reasons for…

An attempt was made to determine if high school seniors based their decision to pursue a college education upon cost-benefit considerations. The sample of 409 male and 319 female seniors attended 12 high schools in the greater Los Angeles area. A questionnaire asked the students to: indicate their plans after high school; report the importance of…

This annotated resource review cites 99 works or programs with particular relevance to educational opportunities for women at community colleges, community college equity research, and the administration of equity policies. After introductory material noting the increased proportion of women in community college enrollments and discussing their…

This report is intended to be the vehicle through which the total results of a two-year planning effort by institutional personnel and Tennessee state board of regents staff are summarized and synthesized. By itself, this report provides little detail about the individual institutions; but, combined with the planning reports of the individual…

The findings are presented of a study conducted for the California community colleges to describe and analyze accurate baseline data against which sex equity in vocational education programs could be measured. The components of the study are described first, including: (1) the use of Vocational Education Audit (VEA) form #48 to collect statistics…

This 1979 report, prepared from data supplied by Educational Research Service, Inc., deals specifically with 1978-79 comparative data about salaries paid to principals and assistant principals in approximately 1,100 public school districts. Section 1 compares the lowest and highest 1978-79 salaries paid to principals and assistant principals,…

At the end of September, 1978, 37,000 low-income youths in seventeen competitively selected communities across the country were enrolled in Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects which guaranteed them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary…

In order to provide a fall 1976 student profile and to determine the college's market penetration, William Rainey Harper College drew a random sample of 400 traditional credit and 194 continuing education students, representing respectively 3.2% and 2.4% of the total student population. Traditional credit students averaged 27 years of age; 57.8%…

These five papers represent different aspects of John Jay College of Criminal Justice's efforts in the area of professional career development, with special attention given to the concerns of minority group students and young and mid-career professionals. The introductory paper summarizes the College's history in the area of career development.…

The expansion of doctoral education in the western United States is discussed. Changes that have occurred in the number and type of institutions conferring the doctorate degree and in the number of degrees conferred in each field of study are documented. The number of doctorate degrees, percentage increase over the previous period, and percentage…

Information concerning college and university admissions and enrollment in New York State for fall 1978 is compiled in this document published annually by the New York State Education Department. Enrollment data are tabulated by type of institution, level of study, sex, institutional classification, attendance status, and credit/noncredit status.…