Article supplied data for the school year 1973-74 on the transportation of public school pupils' in the United States. (Author/RK)

Although wages rose slightly more than prices in 1977, inflation left workers with generally smaller real income. The article examines various factors affecting wage movements and summarizes 1977 wage changes in the economy as a whole and under collective bargaining agreements. (MF)

Presents two models for statistically analyzing occupational mobility. The models show how the destination distribution is shifted for each shift of one or more steps on the scale of occupational origins. (Author/AV)

Two computer programs (one batch, one interactive) are designed to provide statistics for a weighted linear combination of several component variables. Both programs provide mean, variance, standard deviation, and a validity coefficient. (Author/JKS)

A statistical report on 218 public library building projects completed in the USA during the year ending June 30, 1978. Data details on 218 projects are listed in the two tables; nine libraries occupying newly leased space during the year are listed in a third table, but data totals for the leased space are not included in the summary…

The Unesco data collection system is described. Data suppliers and national publications on educational statistics are listed, as well as 57 publications on education by Unesco's Office of Statistics since 1974. A progress report on the implementation of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) concludes this issue of the…

The author discusses the state of unemployment in the 1970s among teenagers, some reasons for its existence, the long-term consequences, and the net impact of the teenage experience on joblessness. (RK)

Statistics for 1977 enrollments in pharmacy degree programs are presented, and comparisons are made with 1976 enrollments. Most of the tables list figures by schools and states. Increases have occurred in overall enrollment and in female and under-represented minorities enrollment in the Pharm D program as a second pharmacy degree. (SW)

Statistics for 1977 enrollments in graduate level pharmacy degree programs are presented. Tables indicate full- and part-time enrollments in masters and doctoral programs and enrollments in speciality areas. Enrollments of minorities and women, enrollments by state and school, financial support information, and degree programs of different schools…

This model is designed to determine the optimal resource mix necessary to meet a set of educational goals within a set of technical and physical resource constraints. (Author/IRT)

Of the groups surveyed (faculty, students, and administrators/professional staff), tenured faculty tended to be the least supportive of innovative programs. (Author/IRT)

Examines the impact of formal collective negotiations on six levels of the Illinois teacher salary schedule in the absence of comprehensive bargaining legislation. Results indicate a significant positive relationship between negotiations and teacher salary levels attributable to negotiation activity. (Author/IRT)

Black male and white female managers were perceived as exhibiting more consideration behavior than white male managers do. (Author)

Explores usefulness of a two-stage diagnostic system. The proposed diagnostic system warrants trail application in a real-life setting, although 85 percent of the initially unclassified subjects and 79 percent of the random data records were also identified. (Author)

Published research productivity of 97 sociologists from a variety of types of institutions is evaluated quantitatively for both the pretenure period and the post-tenure period in the person's career. Data consist of vita and supplementary information, coded into a weighted index that takes journal prestige into account. (Author/LBH)