This is the first attempt by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning to survey a large sample of alumni to measure the outcomes of the educational process at Western Illinois University. This pilot study of alumni was conducted to gather outcome information to provide the administration and the faculty with (1) data useful in planning…

Nursing Dial Access, a taped library available by telephone to professional nurses in Wisconsin, was developed by the Department of Nursing Health Sciences Unit, University Extension, at the University of Wisconsin, under a grant from the Wisconsin Regional Medical Program. The program, available on an around-the-clock basis, provides short tapes…

The delegates of the Appalachian Legal Services Conference pointed out that the Legal Resource Foundation was not to be a substitute for any agency or professional group but to supplement existing resources, serving as a central organization to focus attention on the need of communities and states to develop sound and effective legal service…

This survey, the first of a series based on annual opinion polls, provides an objective analysis of public opinion on significant questions in American education. Based on a representative sample of adults in the nation, the report measures the kinds and amounts of information possessed by representative citizens regarding local schools and gauges…

The report reviews estimates of the number of disabled who could be brought into the labor market, and describes some of the characteristics of the vocationally handicapped. Certain critical need categories are recognized, and a model for employment services is designed to provide special emphasis to services for these critical need groups. (CD)

This report provides an overview of the developments in public elementary and secondary schools. Part I examines significant changes which have occurred in enrollments, teacher supply, pupil retention and achievement, and financial support. In 1967, education was the primary occupation of 60 million Americans. About 57 million of these were…

The Committee on Relationships with Other Educational Institutions of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASU-LGC) Council on Extension, undertook to assign 49 states to one of six categories which reflected the degree of coordination present among the institutions. The categories were delineated as follows:…

The study attempts to evaluate the efficiency of two types of alternative programs aimed at increasing the incomes of poor families. It deals with programs involving education and training as well as those which represent direct measures for increasing family income. In order to compare such programs, a common measure of efficiency is needed. The…

Recommendations are made for the establishment of new public senior colleges in Illinois and for the general location of these colleges. Included are various data and discussions which offer supporting evidence for the recommendations. The supporting evidence is categorized as follows--(1) projection of college-age population and degree-credit…

This census of a week's educational UHF-VHF broadcasting is accompanied by a survey of ITFS (2500 MHz) and closed-circuit television programing. Compared to 1966, there was proportionately more math, less foreign language on UHF-VHF. The trend toward less local production and the trend toward more weekend broadcasting continued; in 1962 78% of…

Bilingualism is defined as the ability of a person to function well in all skills of 2 languages and understand and accept the cultures of both languages, thus being a contributing member of his society. Bilingual teaching means concurrent use of 2 languages as a media of instruction in any or all of the school curriculum except the actual study…

The report describes research designed to improve personnel decisions which the Navy must make relative to the input and output of Officer Candidate School (OCS). Officers making the first decision consider all relevant applications data in deciding on men to be accepted and rejected for entry into OCS; those making the second determine the best…

Results are presented from a study of classroom and class laboratory space utilization at the University of Washington. The report is limited to space used for direct instruction in regularly scheduled classes in all disciplines except medicine, dentistry, and nursing; classes given during the day and evening are included. It does not include…

This 1967-1968 revision of an academic plan that was approved in 1962 deals with the distinctive features of the University of California at Davis, its general objectives, and the plans for attaining stated goals. The introduction presents a brief historical background of the campus, including its distinctive features, growth, and problems. The…

The purpose of the demonstration project was to promote school-parent communications and to reduce the social distance between the school and the family, by involving both parents and teachers in the common task of educating the children. This report presents a description and findings based upon data collected during the first eight weeks the…