The sixth annual report of the Alabama Council on Vocational Education presents 21 objectives for performance analysis of the State's 1975 vocational education program. Also presented are the group's evaluation findings (examining effort, performance, adequacy, and efficiency) and a summary of findings from other Council Studies. The Council…

The report contains national summary data compiled from fiscal year 1974 annual reports submitted by all States in the administration of vocational education. The data presented include statistics relating to expenditures, enrollments, program completions, teachers, and teacher training. Contents of the report consist of tables showing: (1) total…

This monograph analyzes public educational expenditures in Australia for the five-year period 1969-74. For purposes of comparison, all the tables also include data for 1964-65, the first year in which the Commonwealth government made educational payments to the individual states. Statistical data on educational expenditures were drawn from…

The sixth in a series of reports on scholarship grades at the University of California, Berkeley, this report describes the percent distributions of grades by department for fall, winter, and spring quarters. Distributions are given for lower division courses, upper division courses, graduate division courses, professional courses, and graduate…

The directory portion of the Montana Library Directory is divided into three parts: public libraries; academic, institutional and special libraries; and school libraries. The sections are alphabetically arranged by city. Information for each entry includes city, library name, address, county, librarian, hours of operation (for public libraries…

General documentation for the Enrollment Projection Model used by the Maryland Council for Higher Education (MCHE) is provided. The manual is directed toward both the potential users of the model as well as others interested in enrollment projections. The first four chapters offer administrators or planners insight into the derivation of the…

The 1974-75 annual report of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) provides statistics, tables, and narrative information about OCLC's operation, particularly its on-line cataloging services. A detailed financial statement is included. Members as of June 1975 are listed, as are the OCLC trustees. (LS)

The 1974 update of the research study on "Population/Enrollment Trends in Iowa and Implications for Iowa's Area Schools" consists of charts, graphs, and tables displaying the most recent statistical data in the area. Most figures and tables are interpreted briefly and are followed by questions relating to further interpretation by the…

To identify the essential core of statistical data needed to plan improvements in library and information services in the United States, one must examine some recent trends in public administration methods and their potential applicability to the library field. Public administrators increasingly regard planning as a cycle: perception of needs,…

The principal uses of statistics in library planning may be illustrated by examples from the state of Illinois. State law specifies that the Illinois State Library compile and publish statistics on libraries. State agencies also play an important and expanding role in this effort. The state library now compiles statistics on all types of…

A description of the general characteristics of Lake Land College students is presented. Academic and socioeconomic characteristics and special educational needs and educational aspirations are included. The first item analyzed was the net family income, which was found to be slightly lower for vocational-technical students than for college…

An overall analysis is made of the impact of Grade 3 Title I reading programs in the State of Michigan. An attempt is made to estimate the effectiveness of particular reading programs for low-scoring, middle-scoring, and high-scoring pupils for the purpose of identifying exemplary programs. In addition, a rank ordering of the various programs…

This bulletin is a digest and interpretation of some of the main findings reported in Chapter V, "Nature and Extent of Current Practices in Educating Those Who Teach Reading," by J. Richard Harsh in "The Information Base for Reading: A Critical Review of the Information Base for Current Assumptions Regarding the Status of Instruction and…

Twelve colleges participated in a cost quality study. These colleges were: Allegheny College, Bryn Mawr College, Buchnell University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Chatham College, Dickinson College, Franklin and Marshall College, Gettysburg College, Haverford College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, and Swarthmore College. The study is an…

More than eight million adult education students were serviced by almost 230,000 instructors in fiscal 1969; more than nine million students were taught by 250,000 instructors in fiscal 1970. For both years, the programs were offered by public elementary or secondary schools or by community or junior colleges. The nationwide survey identifies…