This report presents a brief summary of data gathered from the Survey of Earned Doctorates during fiscal year 1972. The Survey is conducted annually by the National Research Council. Questionnaire forms, distributed with the cooperation of the Graduate Deans, are filled out by the graduates as they completed all requirements for their doctoral…

The activities of the Hawaii State Senior Center during its fourth year of operation are discussed. The center, which is sponsored by the Honolulu Community College, provides health services, counseling, adult education, community service, and recreation and leisure-time activities. Enrolled membership of the center is 1,776. This annual report…

This is the first of a series of reports based on the 1972 Professional, Technical, and Scientific Manpower Survey, which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Included in this report are preliminary data highlighting selected information on employment status, age, sex, and education of persons…

In order to clearly identify the target population of Federal activities in adult education, the Research Committee gathered State-by-State demographic information from the 1970 U.S. Census. This compilation of over 3,700 separate figures provides a profile of adults relating to an eligible population for a Federal-State-Local partnership program.…

A descriptive analysis is provided of institutional activity and characteristics of 20 four-year institutions that converted to a two-year status during the last 25 years. Institutions included in this study were identified from the annual issues, 1948-49 through 1972-73, of the "Educational Directory, Part 3." The information is profiled as to…

The present volume is one of a series intended to provide a comparative view of the educational systems of member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The purpose of the series is to assist OECD member countries in the development of their educational statistics and to provide a basis for the collection of…

A concise review of statistics concerning the expanding volume and user needs of scientific and technical information is presented. It is intended to describe the magnitude of the so-called "information explosion" problem and illustrate how the various forms of communication play a role in meeting the needs of the technical community.…

A pilot project will be established in the city of Amman, Jordan, and its outskirts. Guidelines include: (1) Project activities should be centered around functional literacy; (2) Efforts should be directed to persons engaged in productive activity; (3) The curriculum should be oriented towards the specific work in which the worker is engaged; (4)…

This is the report of hearings on a bill to extend to June 30, 1978, the authorization for programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for related programs. The statements of state and local officials, teachers, and other educators are included, as well as statistical data about and evaluations of the programs.…

Data contained in the report were collected by the Annual Survey of Hearing Impaired Children and Youth on 25,363 hearing impaired children enrolled in participating special education programs during the 1968-69 school year. Data describe the following characteristics of such children: additional handicapping conditions, age at onset of hearing…

The tables of statistics on residential institutions for emotionally disturbed children which constitute the volume are based on data assembled through the National Survey of Residential Child Care Facilities, covering all institutions in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands known to have been operating in September 1965. Tabular…

A typology of incentives and the general effects of incentives for family planning are discussed in "Incentives in the Diffusion of Family Planning Innovations," the first of three studies in this monthly publication of The Population Council. A brief review of the history of incentives and their present status in the fields is given, together…

The sixth in a series of eight reports on mental retardation in a Canadian province recorded in detail the research methodology used in acquisition of epidemiological data (incidence and disease control) and in depth knowledge of mental retardation as it occurred in the target population. In addition to attitudinal, demographic, and other…

This report summarizes abortion information received by the Center for Disease Control from collaborators in state health departments, hospitals, and other pertinent sources. While it is intended primarily for use by the above sources, it may also interest those responsible for family planning evaluation and hospital abortion planning. Information…

The study investigated the 'payoff' to investments in the human capital of nonwhite urban workers, taking account of whether they live in a core city ghetto, in the non-ghetto central city, or in the suburban ring. Three measures of 'payoff' were specified: weekly earnings, average annual unemployment or the conditional probability of being…