Data relating to population and family planning in ten foreign countries are presented in these situation reports. Countries included are Burma, Chile, German Democratic Republic, Indonesia, Jamaica, Poland, Singapore, St. Christopher/Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Information is provided, where appropriate and available, under two…

This problem-assessment study sought answers to the problems of why there are relatively few women in mathematics, what encouraged or discouraged contemporary women mathematicians, and what can be done to attract more women to the mathematical sciences. A questionnaire was developed and sent to members of the Association for Women in Mathematics…

Provides statistics on the 1975 enrollments for various engineering branches and for women and minorities in engineering. (MLH)

Suggests that the continued growth of services in learning resources programs has necessitated both new construction and major remodeling. Tables show the types of services offered in new and remodeled learning resource center buildings, and detailed data for 23 institutions in 11 states. (VT)

Discusses collection and analysis of social statistics in developing nations. Concludes that all social statistical programs should stress an approach of integrated and limited improvements related to issues of major concern and aiming to produce timely and reliable information. For journal availability, see SO 506 201. (Author/DB)

The author answers a critic (AA 529 005) and defends the pamphlet, "11 Million Teenagers: What Can Be Done about the Epidemic of Adolescent Pregnancies"? (RK)

Argues that innovation attributes, together with policies associated with the diffusion on an innovation, account for significant differences in diffusion patterns. An empirical analysis of this thesis focuses on the diffusion of computer applications software in local government. Available from Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Box 211,…

In this discussion of recent theoretical and methodological developments in three selected areas of the social sciences--social indicators, social experimentation and evaluation, and longitudinal studies, attention is given to the growing availability of machine-readable data sets and to special archives and resources of interest to librarians.…

The results of investigating some specific and systematic relationships between incentive plans and the reduction of absenteeism and sick leave use are examined. (Author)

By demystifying traditional rational accounting perspectives, the work of Ginsberg (TM 508 964) offers a basis to develop notions of accountability in relation to meaningful work processes. (BW)

Findings of empirical examination of author productivity data to determine conformity to Lotka's law indicate that: most data didn't fit inverse square function; two constants in Lotka's formulation (slope n, constant c) must be derived from observed distribution; inverse square law was special case of inverse exponential relationship. (37…

Serials publishing and distribution, with emphasis on subscription agencies, cost and marketing factors, bidding practices and problems, and the impact of cooperative acquisitions programs. (LS)

The first task force meeting, co-organized by the Center for Education Statistics and CCSSO, was convened in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 13?15, 1988. The purpose of this meeting was to explore alternative strategies for a cooperative federal-state education statistics program that would be broad in scope, encompassing the Common Core of Data…

Data from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights showing that Indiana ranked first in the nation in expulsion and ninth in the nation in expulsions in the most recent available statistics cannot help but raise questions concerning why this is so. At a preliminary presentation of that data before the Indiana State Legislature in…

This CD-ROM focuses on basic descriptions of the main characteristics of the organization and functioning of national education systems. Originally, WDE reproduced the national reports on the development of education that the International Bureau of Education (IBE) asked UNESCO member states to present at each session of the International…