This document reports demographic information about mentors, the faculty of Empire State College (ESC), a new, nontraditional college without a campus of the State University of New York. Results show ESC mentors statistically like any faculty, though perhaps more oriented to private education than most state college faculties and more varied in…

This document reports results of a spring 1973 survey of library use by students at two of the four regional centers at Empire State College (ESC), the new, nontraditional college without a campus of the State University of New York. Because ESC is mandated not to duplicate the resources of the State, students must use existing public and academic…

In assessing the impact of Oregon's program of state assistance of independent colleges, this study examines two critical dimensions of the receiving institutions: (1) the impact of their financial health; and (2) the subjective reactions of their administrative personnel in terms of how the funds are used and what, if any, special problems or…

Female university student and staff perceptions of rape at the University of Maryland were examined with the aid of an anonymous questionnaire on attitudes and perceptions of rape. A randomly selected sample group included 100 female students and 25 female classified employees. Results showed a 64% return rate was achieved despite many follow-up…

This document compares the financial resources of University of South Carolina (USC) freshmen for the fall 1968, 1970, and 1972. A questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education was administered to incoming freshmen at USC and 527 other institutions of higher education including 2-year colleges, 4-year colleges and 42 universities.…

Multidimensional scaling of the decision patterns of 20 university boards of trustees placed them on two dimensions that differentiated among boards showing the following general patterns: (1) decisions concentrated on highly specific personnel matters; (2) decisions spanning a range of policy levels, from those setting broad policy through…

This study determines the preferences of college teachers for the associative, replicative, interpretive, and applicative uses of knowledge. Those preferences are seen as inputs to t curriculum development system and their relationship to outputs, curriculum and instruction decisions, are shown. Adherents of the generalist (associative and…

This publication presents a series of national profiles of salaried medical school faculty. It covers the faculty's demographic characteristics, major areas of professional activity, recent employment history, sources of recruitment, and volunteer service. (Author)

This annotated list of Educational Testing Service research reports includes 1) investigations in which creativity is the major subject of the study, 2) ones in which creativity is a variable, and 3) studies concerned with the development of methods or instruments for use in creativity research. Included are studies, or phases of studies,…

This project began as a united effort by Georgia Southern College, Savannah State College, Armstrong State College, Augusta College, and Middle Georgia College, all located within 100 miles of the headquarters at Statesboro. The project was designed to improve teacher education programs by making research an integral part of the work, assisting…

This study examines the distribution of applicants for small grants, the consequences of being funded, and the processing of proposals. The sample included every applicant submitting a proposal in fiscal 1968. The following data were collected: 1) questionnaires from applicants, both funded and not funded; 2) factual material from proposals…

This document provides an assessment on a national scale of academically individualized degrees. Thirty-four institutions returned a completed general studies questionnaire; however, a number of institutions indicated the questionnaire did not fit their particular program. An Interdisciplinary Degree Follow-up Questionnaire was developed and sent…

The purpose of this study was to determine if a) "Folklore" about a teacher contributes to his ratings on a course evaluation questionnaire and b) changes in students' attitudes during the course of instruction can be determined with a course evaluation questionnaire. Multivariate techniques and discriminate analysis were employed. The results…

This is the eighth edition of a summary of current educational research in Sweden. The summary contains concise one-page descriptions of the 215 projects and studies in progress as of June 1, 1971 at departments of educational research and psychology in schools of education, and institutes of education (and other disciplines) at universities.…

The purposes of this study were to identify the criteria that are used for evaluating the competencies of biology teachers, to determine the relative importance of these criteria, and to determine if the occupational status of judges affects the way they value specific criteria. The study group consisted of 220 selection committee members of the…