In its second phase this project continued the development of demonstration models of library projects and activities for the elderly at sites in Hazard, Somerset, Lexington, and Louisville, Kentucky. Accomplished were the completion of the site profiles; administration of the Survey of Leisure Time activities and transformation of the data to the…

Recent trends in full-time equivalent enrollment (FTE) at the Coast Community College District to the contrary, the District should anticipate a reduction in FTE enrollment growth rates over the next few years and, perhaps, a reduction in FTE enrollments absolutely. Evidence leading to this conclusion consists of reductions in population, high…

The document presents tables showing participation in nationally sponsored Future Farmers of America (FFA) activities for the western, central, southern, and eastern regions of the United States in 1973-74. (BP)

Because of the dramatic increases in nonmedical drug use in the 1960's, hundreds of surveys have been conducted to gain perspective on its extent and nature. This compendium is a compilation of quantitative information abstracted from studies on drug use, published since 1971. It examines methodological questions essential for interpreting and…

This publication is one of two reports of the data acquired in the survey of Employees in Institutions of Higher Education that was included in the second Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) conducted in the 1967-68 academic year. Though the survey was concerned with all employees in higher education, particular emphasis was placed…

This paper introduces a model for describing outliers (observations which are extreme in some sense or violate the apparent pattern of other observations) in linear regression which can be viewed as a mixture of a quadratic and a linear regression. The maximum likelihood estimators of the parameters in the model are derived and their asymptotic…

The review and evaluation of 1966-1970 Community Service programs in Florida dealt with the office of the State Coordinator, the Advisory Committee, and the processes of communication, review, selection, and administration of Title I funds; and referred to projects and all aspects associated with these. Projects were classified into five problem…

Created to develop recommendations in alternative means of organizing and financing adult education in European countries, this course was preceded by a preliminary survey of delegates concerning financial arrangements in their respective nations: the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Norway, Sweden,…

The history and development of the Kansas public community junior college system is traced from 1917 to 1967. Topics discussed include accreditation, course standards, institutional philosophies, enrollments, organization, finance, curriculum, and legislation. The appendixes provide a 20-year statistical summary of junior colleges, both public and…

Based on a survey of higher education institutions in the United States, academic classroom data are presented in tabular form. Tables 1 and 3 (for public and private institutions respectively) show state and regional distribution of classroom data by--(1) number of classrooms, (2) total assignable area, (3) classroom size, (4) number of student…

In order that it might compare the levels of salaries paid its professional staff members with salaries paid for somewhat similar positions in other states, the Connecticut Commission for Higher Education requested these data from other states having higher education coordinating commissions or boards of regents. Two tables are included. The first…

At the present time there are two graduate programs in anthropology in Ontario. An examination of the 3-year plans submitted in 1972 revealed that several universities in Ontario were proposing master's work in anthropology. It was decided to place master's work in anthropology under provisional embargo until a "mini-planning assessment"…

This document reports on a study of the professional tasks of Wisconsin junior-senior high school industrial arts teachers. It presents data which show the frequency with which the teachers perform their professional tasks and the importance which they attach to these professional tasks. The data are presented and analyzed in a series of tables…

This document presents data on the frequency with which senior high school industrial education teachers perform their professional tasks as reported by the teachers in a study during the 1971-72 academic year. Also presented are data which show the importance which these senior high school industrial education teachers attach to their…

This study reports the frequency of professional tasks performed by all Wisconsin secondary school industrial education teachers and the importance of those tasks. Data are presented in seven tables and two appendixes. Tables include data on teaching experience, interpretation of median values of frequency ratings, and tasks receiving low…