Data for administrative and financial control are being confused with data needed for policy and planning purposes. Implications for information systems and data collection in Canadian higher education are discussed. (Author/LBH)

Discusses the need to consider those adults in America with less than high school diplomas as a national priority. Notes statistics and information on educational finance and adult educational attainment. Suggests national objectives that focus on these individuals' unalienable rights, and provides a 1- or 5-year plan for reaching these…

Presents a national compilation of statistical data pertaining to secondary level aviation and aerospace education for the 1977-78 school year. Data include trends and patterns of course structure, design, and operation in table form. (SL)

In this experiment the teaching of mathematics by individualized instruction to teacher trainees was tested. (Author/GC)

Describes recent federal legislation under which the local area unemployment statistics (LAUS) program will play an important role in allocating billions of dollars in economic aid to states and local areas. Major issues resulting from a review of the LAUS program (procedures, methods, reliability requirements) are discussed. (Editor/TA)

More U.S. foreign medical students (USFMS) than ever before expressed interest in transferring from foreign to U.S. medical schools in 1977, when COTRANS (Coordinating Transfer Application System) sponsored 1,224 individuals for Part I of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Advanced standing admissions, academic ability levels, demographic,…

Using the quartile deviation of faculty salary data as a measure of institutional quality, the authors ranked the 138 major universities designated by AAUP as Class I institutions. Since the results were similar to other ranking systems and salary data are readily available, it is argued that studies of salaries hold promise as measures of…

Based on a series of articles in the November 1975 "Monthly Labor Review," this article provides statistics and discussion relevant to expected worklife of women, working wives, and working female heads of families. (TA)

Information on state support of medical schools for 1975-76 is presented. Only those funds intended for the general operations of the schools are reported. (LBH)

As part of a forthcoming national study of the medical school admissions process, data on the number of applications for admission and acceptances were obtained from the AAMC Medical Student Information System. The data showed an average 8.83 applications per person, the reduction of which might save anxiety, time, effort, and money. (Author/LBH)

The relationship between salary increases and student ratings of teaching effectiveness was studied for a sample of 266 faculty members at Kansas State University. In general, there was a modest but significant correlation between ratings and percent salary increase, with correlations more pronounced in social science and humanities. (Author/LBH)

The potential for performance indicators for the teaching function in higher education was examined. Study of data from Lanchester Polytechnic and Loughborough University indicates that there is support for the systematic collection of data on instruction and resource utilization patterns within and across institutions. (Author/LBH)

From July 1 1974 to June 30, 1975 28,400 Korean immigrants entered the United States. This article updates the estimate of the size of the Korean population in the United States, since the 1970 Census data. It also presents an analysis of the pattern of Korean immigration from the time of the first large group arrived in Honolulu in 1903 to the…

Examines the development of statistical power as a methodological concern in the communication discipline and the effects of this concern on recent empirical research conducted by communication scientists. (MH)

Based on 1,198 responses from chairmen in 38 state universities, this study focuses on the perception of chairmen on where major decisions are made (university, college, or departmental level), characteristics of departments by academic field, and selected personal attributes of chairmen. (Author/LBH)