Describes rural schools as "educational ghettos" that suffer from itinerant staffs, poor administration, insufficient financing, and community apathy. Maintains that rural students are not being prepared for modern society. (DW)

This document, intended for pilot education and flight safety specialists, consists chiefly of a review of the literature on physiological factors that affect pilot education and an examination of environmental factors that should be scrutinized in order to improve the effectiveness of aviation learning facilities. The physiological factors…

These conference proceedings contain papers on practical applications of rehabilitation and assistive technology in vocational and educational situations as well as independent living settings. Most of the papers are two pages in length. The papers are organized into the following categories, with the number of papers in each category appearing in…

This study sought to identify the degree of social mobility across generations and to develop causal models of the sponsors of this mobility. The sample for the study consisted of 7,835 young adult males from the Fourth Follow-Up survey of the National Longitudinal Study. The study analyzed the relationship between mobility and such antecedents as…

In an effort to explain the high turnover rate among family day care (FDC) providers, a study of the effects of perceived social support, job satisfaction, and the establishment of boundaries between a family day care provider's nuclear family and her FDC system was conducted. Analysis of data gathered from a mail survey of over 300 currently and…

Until the 1960s schooling in Korea was looked upon quite favorably as a means of achieving equal social and economic opportunities. In the 1970s, however, many began to raise the question of whether the expansion of educational opportunities really did reduce social inequalities. This report discusses research that analyzes available evidence…

A study examined the relation between the esteem, autonomy, job satisfaction, demographic characteristics, and expressed desire of industrial education teachers to leave the teaching profession. The study population consisted of 45 full-time industrial education teachers who taught in small, medium, and large departments (15 teachers from each…

The final report provides a detailed description of the development of the Peabody Mobility Kit for Infants, which provides programmed instruction in orientation and mobility for multiply impaired blind infants. It describes the development of the criterion referenced assessment scales and instructional activities, the empirical validation of the…

The relationship of minority groups' social class membership, their development of mobility goals, and the role of school tracking was examined through a survey of 350 Black and Hispanic high school students. A model was posited embodying the hypothesis that, among minorities, successful cognitive experiences in school contribute to the variations…

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the characteristics and current issues of the Japanese educational system by examining the relationship between income distribution and education. This relationship is not simply a one-way effect of education on income distribution, but an interaction between the two. Thus, we must consider the reverse…

Recruitment and retention of qualified teachers in three critical instructional areas--science (n=50), mathematics (n=50), and kindergarten (n=50)--were investigated. The study sought to assess and compare selected variables bearing upon teachers who decide to continue teaching in these areas and those who choose to resign (n=41). A survey focused…

A report is given of a 1987 survey of teachers in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). Data were obtained from 580 full-time classroom teachers in three elementary schools, two junior high schools, and one senior high school. The focus of the survey was on teacher attrition rates and turnover. Results indicated a high percentage of…

Plateauing is an individual's conviction that continued progress is impossible. This conviction occurs as a consequence of long periods of occupational stability. When practitioners doubt the probability of promotion or the importance of their work and find their work to be boring and redundant, they are exhibiting symptoms of plateauing rather…

A study examining the perceptions of career growth and aspirations of mid-level administrators in higher education was undertaken because, though there has been a large recent increase in the number and importance of mid-level administrators in higher education, the structure and nature of higher education organizations seem to constrain…

Project Mentor examined mentoring for career advancement to answer questions about the mentoring of women and minorities. Twenty chief executive officers and high-level administrators were selected as mentors. Mentors chose a person in their organization whom they perceived as having potential to advance to top levels of management to mentor…