Statistics on application and registration patterns of applicants wishing to pursue full-time study in first-year places in the Ontario universities were obtained throughout the admission cycle from the processing of applicants by the Center and from the universities themselves. All application and registration statistics presented refer to…

CVRP Patch Panel is the bi-monthly newsletter of the California Video Resource Project (CVRP) which has interests and activities in video and cable technologies in libraries. Its January/February 1976 issue headlines an article on the American Library Association's midwinter meeting in Chicago, with emphasis on the new Video and Cable…

The purposes of the study were to: (1) determine the extent of advisory committee activity in vocational and technical education in the State of Florida, (2) measure the effectiveness of the committees as perceived by members, and (3) discover practices characteristic of effective advisory committees. Two types of committees, a general and a…

This statistical report provides data on revenues, staffing, and attendance for the 89 school districts in the 6 counties of western New York. Data for two separate years are included. Section A reports data on actual revenues and expenditures for the 1974-75 fiscal year and is based mainly on state final budget reports for each district in…

Statistical data on the status of state scholarship programs are presented. A history since 1969-70 of state funded need-based undergraduate scholarship/grant programs is reviewed briefly, followed by tables of dollars and number of awards by state. The awards are for state residents to attend either public or non-public colleges or universities.…

Institutional and individual determinants of adult participation in higher education are examined. By means of an ordinary least squares regression, the 1970 degree-credit college enrollment of a sample of 57,689 married men and women 25 or older living in metropolitan areas was predicted. Being a Vietnam veteran tripled the likelihood of a male's…

Statistical summaries are presented of AID-financed university contracts as of June 30, 1974. The data covers type of service, number of countries, number of U.S. universities, number of contracts, and dollar amounts. Names of action officers and campus coordinators are included in the tables. (LBH)

The data tables contain responses to the 200 College Student Questionnaire (CSQ) questions and nine local option questions for four categories: total sample at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro (n=496), freshmen dorm residents (n=442), by sex (n=496), and by student subculture (n=480). Preceding the tables are commentaries on (1)…

A study was conducted to observe the behavior and problems of the users of University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) dictionary library catalog. The study group's activities included: (1) a literature search and the abstracting of catalog use surveys; (2) personal interviews with representatives of library units to obtain information about…

This State of North Carolina annual evaluation report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized in eight parts. Part 1, "Basic State Statistics," includes information concerning the total number of operating local educational agencies (LEA) in…

This State of Iowa annual evaluation report for fiscal year 1973 on programs, projects, services and activities funded in part or in whole under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into seven sections dealing with the following topics respectively: basic state statistics, needs assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation,…

With Circular H.S.1 1972/73, the Ministry of Education directed Ontario's secondary schools to provide an increased range of course offerings and to allow students as much freedom as possible to choose their own courses. To identify the effects of the individualized "credit system" established by this controversial circular, a number of…

Persons of Spanish Origin are the second largest minority group in the United States. In 1970, they numbered 9.1 million people; 2.4 million of whom were in poverty. These 9.1 million persons are a diverse group of people, from divergent areas of the world, and of different national backgrounds. The separate Spanish groups were designated by the…

The development of this management system begins with an exploration of what the library is attempting to achieve. After an investigation of the hierarchy of library objectives, it is concluded that the one objective which satisfies a set of specified criteria is to maximize the expected future exposure of university community members to documents…

The purpose of this study was to establish a population profile of the skid row alcoholic in Houston, Texas and also to compare his demographic and drinking patterns with those of similar groups described in earlier studies made in other cities. Primary data sources for the study were interviews with 100 skid row alcoholics and with police and…