This paper contends that the conventional ways in which art is accounted for exclude all but the interests of the dominant social group and effectively defeat many of the initiatives that have been taken in the field over the last three decades to account for the values, aspirations, and beliefs of minority groups. The paper attempts to show how…

This methodology report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) outlines the need and rationale for a two-year postsecondary classification system and the methodology used to produce this classification system. The system was created based on information from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) database that…

This paper establishes a classification for the different types of ephemeral publications that are common in museums (e.g., educational, commercial, internal). To this purpose, it sets forth an elementary system of automated technical treatment that provides a secure system for storage, retrieval, and diffusion of this data by using MARC format in…

Super bookstores have entered into many communities across the United States, and they have caused library professionals to defend and debate the similarities and differences between the bookstores and libraries. Most of the literature on the topic consists of editorial or opinion articles focusing on the differences in services provided by the…

The third installment of a Building Cost File points out the necessity of providing a framework for overall cost control during design. A cost analysis (see EA 504 571) illustrates how the use of construction elements or subsystems provide a suitable means. Other related articles are EA 503 949, 950, 951, and EA 504 578-579. (MF)

Assessed was the degree to which classification of mental retardation levels based upon a measure of adaptive behavior (the Vineland Social Maturity Scale) differed from the classification based upon IQ for Negro and Caucasian children, 4 to 17 years of age. (Author)

Critical analysis of Fan-Kuei Li's article which appeared in "Journal of Chinese Linguistics", v1 n1 p1-13 Jan 1973. (DD)

The power of school boards to classify pupils for the purposes of admission to or expulsion from school and school activities was restricted in four recently decided federal court cases: two involving discrimination against new-wed students and two involving discrimination against female students. Decisions limit the power of school boards over…

A careful study of the conditions affecting the cataloging of nonbook media today reveals a situation of interacting and conflicting factors. (Author)

Three steps in urban land use analysis, fieldwork mapping, processing of data, and classification and delimitation of zones in an urban area, are described. An appendix presents a classification of buildings by function. (KM)

Author suggests means to help researchers deal with factor analysis as a tool for construct validation of educational objectives. (HB)

Taken together, these five studies using structurally different kinds of conceptual problems provide evidence for qualitative developmental and cultural differences in classificatory behavior. (Authors/CB)