The study presents statistics in verbal, graphic, and tabular form based on three different population sets: the population as a whole, the volunteer population during the year ending in April 1974, and the volunteer population during the week of April 7-13, 1974. The most typical volunteer was a married white woman between ages 25 and 44 who held…

Concerned with historical patterns and with comparisons from one area to another, this report traced the growth of the Navajo and Hopi populations over the past 100 years (1870-1970). Data on fertility, mortality, and migration were obtained from the: Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Public Health Service Office of Vital…

Statistical data and commentary are offered on recent enrollment and funding experiences, as well as government and university objectives. Levels of service and quality are reported in terms of career development of highly qualified manpower, equipment and furniture, and research. Enrollment projections for 1977-78 and beyond are presented,…

The first day of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works' (CONTU) third meeting was spent at IBM processing headquarters, where commissioners learned about the history and terminology of computers, information storage methods, computer capabilities, computers and copyrights, future trends, and costs. On the second…

This study presents statistics on the demographic characteristics of the post-doctoral population, on the role of the post-doctoral fellow in the university, and on the financing of post-doctoral education. The definition of a post-doctoral fellow used is a person holding a temporary appointment intended to provide an opportunity for continued…

In recent years there has been an unprecedented development of educational systems in developing countries. However, analysis of educational and training systems in developing countries shows serious inadequacies, imbalances, and inadaptations. Thus, the remarkable quantitative expansion of educational systems has not been a satisfactory solution…

This second volume in a six-volume study of educational policies and practices in Canada covers the educational activities of the federal government. It discusses the evolution of federal support, the present federal participation, and policies for the seventies. (Author/IRT)

Supply and demand considerations will affect the labor market for doctoral scientists and engineers in the United States over the next 10 to 15 years. These changes will be due in some measure to projected slow growth in R and D funding, which will result in a lower growth rate in the demand for personnel with advanced R and D capabilities, the…

The report contains factual material pertaining to the financing of Ohio public elementary and secondary education. It reviews court decisions relating the equal protection provisions of the U.S. and state constitutions to public school finance, and identifies a legal standard formulated by several courts. It reviews three methods Ohio might…

This report is intended to provide statistical data that may be useful to organizations undertaking affirmative action programs with respect to minority groups. Its data are limited to the doctoral level (PhD, EdD, ScD and equivalent) but do not include such professional degrees as MD, DDS, DVM, or JD. It includes data on Blacks, Orientals,…

The Ohio Instructional Grant Program is a financial aid program designed to assist low and middle income students who are enrolled for full-time undergraduate study in eligible Ohio institutions of higher education. These grants are not intended to cover all college costs nor are they intended to meet the total unmet need of participating…

This volume consists of an index of questions repeated in public opinion surveys, and the variants of these questions. The questions included are drawn from American national samples (primarily of the general population) conducted by AIPO (Gallup) NORC, and Roper, and archived at the Roper Public Opinion Research Center. The basic data for over 90…

This is a report of a state-wide committee established by the Vice-Chancellor for Two-Year Campuses to develop a system of definitions and reporting for Ohio's two-year colleges. Specifically, the committee's goals were: (1) to suggest a conceptually focused glossary of terms which could be used to assure uniformity and comparability of data; (2)…

To identify discernible trends in day class enrollments, and thus assist in curriculum and course planning, detailed class enrollments for Los Angeles City College day classes were compiled over a five-year period. Over the period, total class enrollments decreased monotonically for the first four years, dropping in 1973 to about 90 percent of the…

The survey presented in this annual report of enrollment at state universities and land-grant colleges contains comprehensive enrollment data from the nation's major public universities and colleges. Responses to the annual enrollment survey from 126 institutions, representing 390 individual campuses, showed that there were 3,107,169 students…