Although enrollment is one of the bases by which the state funds its segments of higher education, different assumptions and calculation methodologies exist between the California State University and Colleges and the University of California in determining the enrollment statistics reported for budgetary purposes. The state legislature therefore…

As one segment of a larger study of the barriers faced by women in the schools of eight health professions, the study on dentistry had as its central purpose the identification of any characteristics of the profession that affect the role and status of women in dentistry and in dental schools. Information was gathered through interviews with…

As part of a larger study of the barriers to women in the schools and practice of eight health professions, the study on women in public health involved extensive interviews with administrators, faculty, and students in the professional schools. From this and other data gathered emerge the three components of the report: (1) an overview of the…

An overview of the Title I Migrant Education Program is provided through summaries of its legislative history, program administration and management, Title I Local Projects/Title I Migrant Education Projects, program goals and objectives, instructional services, supportive services, Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), formulas for…

This fourth report of the Institute for the Study of Educational Policy examines the status of black Americans in higher education from 1970 to 1979, with special consideration to a discussion of a basis of parity which takes into account the rapid growth of the black population and to enrollment patterns in traditionally black institutions of…

This report is based on the responses of 61 urban school districts surveyed in 1979. Statistical tables cover the following areas: student enrollment, staffing, finances, selection and organization of school boards, school board-community relations, collective bargaining, alternative instructional programs, and profiles of school board members and…

The activities presented in this Work Incentive (WIN) program report are those designed to assist the movement of employable Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients from welfare to work and economic independence. The first of seven sections presents statistics on WIN programs, including (1) intake, (2) individuals employed, (3)…

An evaluation was conducted to determine the characteristics and attitudes of students in attendance at the University of Maryland's Non-Technical Career Convocation that was attended by 70 employers interested in recruiting non-technical majors. A total of 296 students representing all classes and colleges in the non-technical areas were…

Crow people want their resource decisions to benefit and strengthen the tribe socially and economically and to minimize damage to the tribal way of life, culture, and reservation environment. Based on a survey of 1016 reservation and non-reservation Crow families, conducted as part of a study of the impact of resource development on the…

The 4,987 freshmen who entered the Bloomington campus of Indiana University in the fall of 1977 were used to establish two schemes for predicting first-semester grade point averages. Three sets of prediction equations and a graphic scheme for determining probable grade point averages were provided. Entering freshmen norms were included for SAT…

As in any very large survey, the sample that provided data for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) differed from the random sample of the study design because of nonresponse from 226 of the 1,200 schools in the primary sample, and a small amount of other missing data. Part A of this report, briefly describes the…

A STUDY WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY, IN THE POSTTRAINING PERFORMANCE OF TWO GROUPS OF GRADUATES OF A TRAINING PROGRAM, DIFFERENCES THAT MIGHT BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO BASIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCES. NINETY MEN--45 IN EACH GROUP (COMBINED GENERAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, GROUP A, AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ALONE, GROUP B)--COMPLETED MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING…

A NEW CONCEPTION OF ADULT EDUCATION, CLOSELY LINKED WITH TECHNOLOGICAL, POLITICAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS CENTURY, HAS BEEN EMERGING IN THE FRENCH SPEAKING AREAS OF BELGIUM. THIS FORM OF EDUCATION ("EDUCATION PERMANENTE") IS IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY AS A MEANS OF HUMANIZING AND DEMOCRATIZING THE WHOLE…

IN THIS STUDY, THE THIRD IN A SERIES EVALUATING PROGRAMED AND CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING COMMAND, A COMPARISON WAS MADE BETWEEN TWO VERSIONS OF THE AIRBORNE RADIO CODE OPERATOR (ARCO) COURSE. IN THE CONVENTIONAL VERSION, MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES WERE TAUGHT BY MEANS OF LECTURE DISCUSSION…

THIS SURVEY, COVERING ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND WALES, AND EXCLUDING NORTHERN IRELAND, WAS MADE BY THE WORKING PARTY OF THE 1964 CONFERENCE OF THE WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION (WEA). THE DUTIES OF THE WORKING PARTY WERE TO EXAMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THE PRESENT STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION, FINANCING, AND STAFFING OF THE ASSOCIATION (ESPECIALLY AT THE…