Current formula funding practices in the South and implications for the future are analyzed. Formula funding systems are used in 12 of the 14 states belonging to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Changes that have occurred in the formulas of each state since 1973-74 are described. Data from 1977-78 academic year are compared to the…

Data are presented on awards made under authority of the Higher Education Act, Title VIII, for cooperative education programs from 1972-77. Legislative highlights of the cooperative education program and specific information about eligibility requirements and application and award procedures are provided. Maps show first through fourth year…

Results of the 1979 Comparative Performance Study of the National Association of College and Business Officers are presented. The study is designed to aid administrators in evaluating the performance of their investment pools. The report covers comparative performance information and related investment performance statistics and other endowment…

Information on doctoral degrees awarded in 13 western states is presented for 1967, 1972, and 1977. Tables indicate the distribution of doctorates awarded in the West by field for the three years and the increase or decrease in doctorates awarded in each field irrespective of changes in other fields. Additional information includes the…

THIS REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS, THE EIGHTH IN A SERIES PUBLISHED ANNUALLY, SHOWS THE LANGUAGE ENROLLMENT DISTRIBUTION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS (GRADES 7 TO 12) WHICH, IN 1965, WAS 85.8 PERCENT ENROLLED IN SPANISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, AND ITALIAN, 13.9 PERCENT ENROLLED IN LATIN, AND 0.3 PERCENT IN "OTHER" LANGUAGES.…

STATISTICS OF 1964 AND EARLIER FROM 49 STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE COMPILED IN THIS REPORT OF DATA ON HANDICAPPED CHILDREN PROVIDED PHYSICIANS' SERVICES UNDER TITLE FIVE, PART TWO, OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. PART ONE PRESENTS NATIONAL SUMMARY TABLES AND BREAKDOWNS BY STATE AND REGION. IN PART TWO…

VARIOUS METHODS AVAILABLE FOR A PROJECTION OF OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF A STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (SMSA) ARE REVIEWED, AS WELL AS THE DATA AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT THESE APPROACHES. TWO "NAIVE" MODELS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR USE AS BENCH MARKS AGAINST WHICH TO COMPARE MORE SOPHISTICATED APPROACHES--THE "NO CHANGE"…

IN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC NONCOMMON CARRIER COMMUNICATION SATELLITE FACILITIES BY NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS URGED CREATION OF A NATIONWIDE, NONPROFIT "SECOND SERVICE" SERVING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL…

THOUGH THE PROPORTION OF DROPOUTS IN THE U.S. IS SLOWLY DIMINISHING, THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS DURING THE PRESENT DECADE IS EXPECTED TO SOAR UNPRECEDENTEDLY. OF 26 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL GO FROM SCHOOLS INTO THE LABOR MARKET, 7 1/2 MILLION WILL BE DROPOUTS, AND 2 1/2 MILLION OF THE DROPOUTS WILL HAVE HAD LESS THAN 8 YEARS OF SCHOOLING. UNTIL…

DATA WERE ASSEMBLED CONCERNING THE MANY FACTORS AFFECTING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY. THE DATA WERE ANALYZED AND ESTIMATES WERE MADE OF FUTURE ENROLLMENT TRENDS. THESE DATA AND ANALYSES WERE RELATED TO THE DISPOSITION OF OBSOLETE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND THE NEED FOR NEW SCHOOL FACILITIES. DETAILED CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO…

During the 1976 fall term, the 39 public community college districts of Illinois reported a combined total of 2,959 educational curricula in 183 fields of study. Student enrollment numbered 344,601. Curriculum offerings ranged from 34 to 444 instructional programs at the district level, with enrollment varying from 1,347 in the smallest district…

In the 1960s teacher demand and supply increased rapidly to match the increasing school enrollments of those years in Pennsylvania. But due to declining enrollments and lower than normal teacher replacement needs in the 1970s the demand for teachers began to fall faster than the supply. Rather conservative projections indicate that teacher supply…

A profile of the socio-economic characteristics of the permanent residents of Canada holding an earned doctorate is presented. In 1973, there were 27,410 Canadian residents who had obtained an earned doctorate. (Holders of such professional doctoral degrees as Doctor of Medicine are excluded from this study.) Only 9 percent of the Ph.Ds were…

A study was conducted in 52 African countries to determine the extent of braille facilities for the blind, with the aim of choosing a location for a central braille producing facility. To make the selection, the factors of ease of communication (i.e., central location), political stability, and extent of already existing organizations for the…

The 105 institution libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) now have over 238 million volumes in their collections, employ 35,000 personnel, and spent over $625 million in 1976-77 to support their programs. Additional data presented in this report include (1) statistical tables for each member concerning its collections,…