Changes in higher education employee benefit plans brought about by the extension of the mandatory retirement age to 70 are the focus of the monograph. Chapter one summarizes the volume and presents some major recommendations that institutions may find helpful in benefit and personnel planning. Chapter two sketches the meaning of the new law (1978…

A SURVEY OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN 11 EASTERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES WAS DESIGNED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--(1) TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE RURAL SCHOOL DROPOUT DISADVANTAGED IN COMPARISON WITH THE RURAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE7 (2) IS GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL AN ADVANTAGE IF THE YOUTH REMAINS IN A RURAL AREA7 (3) IS IT AN ADVANTAGE IF HE MOVES TO AN…

IN AN ATTEMPT TO LEARN WHETHER THE HUMAN RELATIONS EMPHASIS IN A SERIES OF STUDY GROUPS INFLUENCED THE OPINIONS OF FARM OPERATOR PARTICIPANTS CONCERNING FARM LABOR, 61 OPERATORS WERE PRETESTED AND POSTTESTED WITH A 37 ITEM TEST ON WORK INCENTIVES AND MOTIVATION, PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDES, SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS, AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS AND…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH INVESTIGATION WAS TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF CURRENT AVIATION STRUCTURAL MECHANIC S (STRUCTURES) SCHOOL, CLASS A, TRAINING FOR MENTAL GROUP IV PERSONNEL. THIS TRAINING CONSISTS OF A SEQUENCE OF THREE COURSES. IT WAS FOUND THAT 50 PERCENT OF THE GROUP IV STUDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN DROPPED FROM TRAINING PRIOR TO…

The first in a series of 4 studies based on data collected from 1,844 high school students in Canada, this study examined eleventh and twelfth grade students from 2 rural Manitoba sample areas and from 2 large suburban high schools in metropolitan Winnipeg. This study focused on the educational and occupational aspiration levels and 10 selected…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO SECURE INFORMATION FROM MOTHERS OF JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS AS TO WHAT CLASSES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE UPSHUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, ADULT HOMEMAKING PROGRAM. THE QUESTIONNAIRE DREW REPLIES FROM 457 (35 PEPERCENT) OF THOSE CONTACTED. RESPONSES SHOWED A GENERAL INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN ATTENDING…

This analysis of the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) In-School Enrollee was based on a probability sampling of all the nation's youths enrolled in the program. 3,618 were studied. A comparative group of 1,143 similar line poverty youngsters in the same schools, but not in the Neighborhood Youth Corps, were also analyzed in areas where parallelisms…

The magnitude of the dropout problem among Indians was illustrated by a study which followed students registered in grade 8 as of November 1962 through June 1967. Statistics were gathered by area, state, type of school, tribal group, and majority-minority position of Indian students in the 6-state area of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, South…

In this survey of adults randomly chosen from the October 1967 voters' list for the City of Guelph, Ontario, information was gathered in individual and socioeconomic characteristics (including age, sex, marital and family status, income, education, occupation, and ethnic background); attitudes toward Guelph as a place to live and toward existing…

This annotated bibliography dealing with training and retraining of adults and out of school youth, is the second joint publication of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education, and the Adult Education Clearinghouse of the National Association for Public School Adult Education. It contains 36 indexed and abstracted entries, dated 1965-1968, and…

Based on information gathered in 1965 and 1966 for the United States Office of Education, this study of adult education in the United States begins with a definition of terms and of underlying educational philosophy, then reviews the history of American adult education, current patterns of participation, the adult education profession (including…

Migration patterns in Texas, Florida, California, the Southeastern States, and elsewhere are examined through official reports, statistical data, migrant statistics at rest camps, migrant children's registrations in New Mexico, conversations, and informal observations. It is concluded that the plight of the migrant worker will grow more dismal…

An equitable system of income distribution is needed for the many indigent persons unable to benefit from skill enrichment programs, full employment, or job upgrading. Such persons include the aged, mothers with dependent children, and physically or mentally ill individuals. Present public welfare departments, which offer a form of income…

The present work is both an operational guidebook which translates research findings into specific working guidelines for using sensitivity training and the laboratory method, and an evaluative research report on the experience of the Young Mens Christian Association in developing human resources among both adults and youth. Internal evaluations…

One of a series of studies based on data collected from 1,844 eleventh and twelfth grade students in Canada examined educational and occupational aspiration levels of youth relative to selected school-related factors. Rural and suburban youth were compared. An attempt was made to assess the utility of the variables as predictors of aspiration…