This booklet presents the findings of an extensive survey conducted in 1971 by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) to investigate characteristics of its members and their views of AASA's organizational structure and activities. Survey questionnaires were mailed to a systematic sample of approximately 2,200 AASA members. Of…

Since the formal organization of the Michigan Library Consortium, its financial support has come through membership fees and a grant from the Michigan State Library from Title III funds. The financing of the consortium is already a complex operation and will become even more complex as new programs are undertaken, since funds have been accepted…

The Utah Public Library Service annual report for 1975 includes a financial and statistical report of the State Library Commission. Then for each public library in the state, data are given on staffs, circulation, collections, income, and expenditures. A comparative table for 1973 through 1975 shows total library spending per capita by county.…

This publication presents data on research and development expenditures in fiscal year 1975 at all institutions granting doctorate or master's degrees in the sciences and engineering and all others that spend $50,000 or more for research and development. The expenditures are characterized according to source of funds, type of R & D activity, and…

The Sherman-Kulhavy Laterality Assessment Inventory (LAI), an instrument for determining cerebral laterality, was administered to 1,000 undergraduates to determine the ability of the LAI to discriminate between right- and left-dominant groups. Each S was administered the LAI, a 45-item verbal report instrument which assesses both fine and gross…

This document is the first statistical summary pertaining to desegregation of higher education in Arkansas in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Included are statistical data relating to: (1) student enrollment, student financial aid, institutional service areas, graduates, degree programs, and degrees granted; (2) academic…

A preliminary step in implementing competency-based teacher education (CBTE) is the generation of a list of teacher competencies adapted for the local situation. One method of adaptation is to have selected competencies ranked in order of importance by professional educators within the school district or college. A less expensive and…

This report summarizes available data on tax-based state appropriations in support of health professional education in the 50 states and Puerto Rico for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1971 and ending June 30, 1972. The appropriation figures were obtained through a detailed review of all state budget documents and fiscal reports available to the…

The report summarizes research on the development and standardization of objectively scored language and adjustment scales for five cards of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) used in the Health Examination Survey of a subsample of 1,398 youths 12-to 17-years-old. Described is the development of cognitive and personality measures derived from…

This study presents results from the last year of a three-year adjunctive evaluation of classroom process measurement and pupil growth. A total of 289 classrooms involving eight experimental programs, ranging from open classrooms to contingency management classes, along with a comparison sample, were observed. Four observation instruments were…

This three-part report presents the results of an analysis of data collected in the first year of a two-year Teacher Corps study. The study attempts to answer management-oriented questions regarding the development of effective Teacher Corps projects and the assessment of quality and effectiveness of the projects. The report (a) provides an…

Data relating to population and family planning in twelve foreign countries are presented in these situation reports. Countries included are Ghana, Guyana, India, Japan, Kenya, Khmer Republic, Nepal, Niger, Republic of Vietnam, Senegal, Thailand, and Trinidad and Tobago. Information is provided under two topics, general background and family…

This monograph concerns two problems that arise persistently at the Track Committee of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association annual meeting: (a) types of relays--with many coaches favoring distance events while others prefer sprint events, leaving the problem of agreeing on the balance to be reached between these two types of events, and (b)…

The data presented in this pamphlet are from the survey of salaries and tenure of full-time instructional faculty for 1974-75. Tables 1-4 show mean salaries of instructional faculty by rank, sex, and level of institution; table 5 shows the percentage of women among the full-time instructional faculty by control and level of institution in the 50…

This report represents the National Science Foundation's third projection analysis of science and engineering doctorate supply and utilization. This 1974 study incorporates several new elements. New data have been used, such as the results of the 1973 Survey of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers, and different methodologies were developed, such as…