This report summarizes findings of the Colorado Lifelong Learning Project regarding learning needs of Colorado adults and resources currently available to meet those needs. It is divided into three sections. First, demographic and socioeconomic trends along with adult role responsibilities and life transitions that imply learning needs are…

Applicants for a paraprofessional counselor training program were assigned to one of two training conditions: brief, leaderless reflection training or a simultaneous control experience. Applicants then participated in Goodman's Group Assessment of Interpersonal Traits (GAIT). Reflection-trained applicants used more reflections but fewer questions…

A study investigated the characteristics of 43,307 participants 55 years and older in the 3 percent set-aside program of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) during program year 1987. Information sources included 37 states, the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Council on Aging, and state and community-based…

Voluntarism has played, and will continue to play, a major role in helping run small New England communities. A study of voluntarism in local government for an eight-town area in New Hampshire--conducted during late 1978 and early 1979--revealed characteristics and motivations of volunteers as well as costs and benefits of these services to local…

This study explored the relationship between the setting of a teacher center and the ways in which the center is used by persons who participate in the activities offered there, focusing on the Workshop Center for Open Education of City College, New York. A description is given of the facility itself--the physical plant, location, educational…

This volume presents the results of a data analysis of an employer survey to investigate uses of subsidies to provide jobs and training for unskilled and inexperienced workers and to examine the impact of those uses on employers. Chapter 1 introduces the subsidy programs and the data set and tabulates how participation in each program varies with…

A study examined cultural factors affecting the participation of black people in vocational education. Analysis of the way in which black people process information suggests that, unlike white people, blacks tend to view things in their environment in their entirety rather than in isolated parts. Furthermore, they seem to prefer intuitive rather…

This study of gender differences in the sport socialization process of high school varsity athletes examined: (1) the primary and secondary patterns of sport involvement by significant others; and (2) the primary sources of motivation for athletes' entrance into sport and continued sport involvement. A 96-item Sport Participation Inventory was…

The 1982 and 1985 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) produced a national audience profile for classical ballet and explored factors that predispose participation in this art form. This monograph analyzed data from these surveys in terms of: (1) audience size and composition for live ballet performances; (2) television's role in…

Initiated by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), this project analyzed the public's desire to attend performing arts events and art museums and also reviewed barriers to such attendance. Goals of the study were to identify the characteristics of persons who stated: (1) a desire to increase their attendance at arts events; and (2) different…

Research on feedback acceptance in sensitivity groups has consistently found that subjects rate positive feedback more credible than negative, a phenomenon referred to as the "credibility gap." To assess subjective distortion versus actual differences in credibility as an alternative explanation for the different ratings given positive and…

This document presents a summary of the characteristics of applicants and participants (teaching load, number of times applied for NSF support, geographic distribution, major educational assignment, subject matter responsibility, level of assignment, and name of school where employed) in National Science Foundation (NSF) funded institutes and…

This document presents a summary of the characteristics (age, previous participation, geographic distribution, major educational assignment, subject matter responsibility, level of assignment, and name of school where employed) of applicants and participants in National Science Foundation (NSF) funded institute and research participation projects…

This document presents a summary of the characteristics (age, previous participation, geographic distribution, major educational assignment, subject matter responsibility, level of assignment, and name of school where employed) of applicants and participants in National Science Foundation (NSF) funded institutes and research participation projects…