This progress report on the status of a survey of adult education in the public education system summarizes the findings of a State survey. The report of the survey, conducted under the auspices of NAPCAE and the National Council of State Directors of Adult Education, is scheduled for publication by the U.S. Office of Education this fiscal year.…

During 1971-72 the State Education Department approved categorical urban aid for 297 specialized projects in 30 of the State's largest cities. There were 183 Quality Incentive Projects or grants, 83 Community Education Centers, and 31 Administrative Budgets (ABs) to administer the projects. All projects were evaluated on management and…

In this paper, trends in the occupational mobility of black and white men are compared. Emphasis was placed upon the effects of occupational origins on the changing occupation distributions of blacks and whites and with the possibility of convergence between the occupational mobility of blacks and whites. It was found that there has been some…

Composing this document are 15 research-based speeches presented at the North American Conference on Labor Statistics by students and leading authorities in the field. Among the prevailing themes were: (1) labor statistics and their relationship to life styles, (2) women laborers, sex discrimination, and provisions for working mothers, (3) recent…

In order to compile a population profile of actual writing skills demonstrated by first-semester freshman composition students during the opening and closing weeks of their courses, a pre- and post-test survey was made of 16 classes of freshmen among eight community colleges and three universities in the greater Los Angeles area. Theses and…

In spite of societal and economic changes, our schools still operate as they always have. Career education models will become a major tool in resolving educational problems and needs, and in reordering priorities for North Dakota. Educational and socioeconomic statistics confirm the current inadequacy of vocational preparation by our public…

How Tennessee County Extension personnel spent their time in Fiscal Year 1970 and 1971 and how they planned their time in Fiscal Year 1971 are discussed in this master's thesis. Information on planned and expended time was retrieved through TEMIS (Tennessee Extension Management Information System). Wide variations were found to exist between time…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a study about the world's illiteracy. The writer recalls that the gap between underdeveloped and industrial nations is particularly wide in the field of education. About two fifths of the world's adult population, nearly 800 million people are unable to read or write. The…

The Division of Indian Education of the Arizona Department of Education distributes Federal funds under the Johnson-O'Malley Act. These funds are provided to public schools and counties in Arizona with 3% or more American Indian children to help pay the cost of educating Indian children living on tax-exempt reservation lands. The host school…

This report is intended to provide information to answer questions most frequently asked about Florida's public community colleges by members of the legislature, state agencies, external agencies, citizens, administration, faculty and students. The data are presented in two sections: (1) a description of the history, organization, goals and…

This report presents comprehensive statistics on the organization, staff, pupils, and finances of the regular full-time public elementary and secondary day schools in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas of the United States. Detailed data are given for the survey year 1967-68, as well as historical trend data for…

The study was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of Plans A and B of the Public Service Careers (PSC) Program, based on data collected from a number of the earliest projects at two points in time over a period of approximately a year. Volume 3 (of three) presents the data from the second, or follow-up, round of interviews with…

The focus of this study was to identify schools, located on the Island of Montreal, which may be called "disadvantaged area schools", or, in other words, to identify schools in which a considerable proportion of the students come from disadvantaged areas. Three factors are discussed which are said to produce considerable difficulties in…

In order to study the relationship between students' educational plans and deeds, questionnaires were administered in spring l976 to two groups of University of Hawaii (UH) community college students who entered in fall 1975: continuing students in their second semester at Hawaii, Honolulu, Maui, and Windward community colleges, and non-continuing…

The Fact Book is compiled annually to help meet statistical information requirements for planning and analysis at all levels of the university. Its definitions, formats, and contents have evolved over the years in response to changing campus information needs. This seventh edition contains historical data on student enrollment, faculty and support…