In the past decade, many colleges and universities have reduced or eliminated the number of required general education courses, which had the original purpose of assuring a 'well-rounded' liberal education. The important question is how such curriculum reforms, which increase student choice as opposed to university choice of courses, affect the…

Seven small college libraries in the state of Utah were surveyed to determine collection size, fiscal status, orientation of clientele and services, organization and staffing, cooperative activities, and automation and planning. The survey used statistical data collected by the National Center for Educational Statistics and questionnaires sent to…

Sweden, like most European countries, never set out to be an immigration country. Since its Government and Parliament have subscribed to the principle of maximum mobility across national frontiers, more than 400,000 foreign citizens and 200,000 former aliens reside in Sweden today. Immigration to Sweden is not completely free, though. A policy of…

Providing relevant data, analyses, and observations, with particular reference to the cognitive and affective development of bilingual children, the 1973-74 Grants Bilingual-Bicultural Program evaluation determined the personnel's attitudes and perceptions about program components and operations and the children's responses to bilingual-bicultural…

The socioeconomic characteristics of the Rural Delmarva Counties, defined as those non-SMSA (Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area) counties located on the Delmarva Peninsula, are presented. These counties include: Sussex and Kent in Delaware: Accomack and Northampton in Virginia; and Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Annes, Somerset, Talbot,…

This document presents the annual report and recommendations for the Maryland Council for Higher Education. Chapter I, recommendations, covers additional funding priorities, public aid to private higher education, transfer accreditation functions for higher education, charge back for community colleges, alternative ways for students who have…

Statistical data is presented concerning the degrees conferred in Virginia public and private institutions of higher education, 1972-73. Section I indicates degrees conferred by all Virginia institutions of higher education. Section II indicates degrees conferred by state-supported institutions of higher education and Section III reviews degrees…

Presented in this document are statistical tables concerning the enrollment of minority doctoral students by institution and program in the business field. The data is divided by subfields in business and by institution. The minority groups represented are: American Indian, Black, women, foreign nationals, and Spanish surname. The data is for the…

Two open plan elementary schools were chosen together with the two traditional schools that most matched in size, location, and socioeconomic backgrounds of pupils; and standardized tests of curiosity and creativity were administered to students in grades 2 and 5. The results of the analyses show that some differences exist on a few of the tests…

The data collected for this report can be divided into three segments: a 14-year collection, 1950-51 through 1963-64, on which analyses were performed and the original predictions generated; a six-year follow-up stage, beginning in 1964-65; a twenty-year collection, 1950-51 through 1969-70, from which new predictions were generated; and a…

This study assesses correlates of the use and non-use of illicit drugs and medicinal substances among 6,405 secondary school students in an entire district. Responses to a questionnaire administered to the students were analyzed separately by sex and grade level (7-9 vs. 10-12). Some findings were: (1) about one-third of the high school students…

This statistical report compares school expenses against the total maintenance and operation expenses for general governmental departments in cities, of over 50,000 population, that include school system expenditures within city government costs. Reported in tabular form are (1) total payments for major functions, (2) total payments for schools,…

The twelfth in a series of test reports presents summarized data for all tests given for the school year 1970-71 as part of Hawaii's statewide testing program. Information regarding the number of pupils tested, the type of statistics reported, use of test data, and publisher's national norms is given in the introduction. The following test results…

Due to the belief that written communication about a deaf blind child among professional examiners and treatment agencies can be more accurate and precise, the experimenters developed and evaluated a video tape protocol for the examination of the communication skills of 20 multiply handicapped deaf blind children, who ranged from 3 to 8 years in…

This document is the report of hearings before the Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the United States Senate, held in June, July, and August, 1970. The hearings relate to the Emergency School Aid Act of 1970, specifically, Senate bills 3883 and 4167. Bill 3883 sought to provide financial assistance to…