A study was made to assess the needs and opportunities of members of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to continue their education in Ohio. Questionnaires were returned by 2,569 AAUW members from Ohio branches giving data on personal and socioeconomic background, educational motivation, preferred kinds of programs and fields of…

A study of the Ph.D., financed by the Danforth Foundation and conducted by the Modern Language Association's Advisory Committee for the Ph.D., is based on responses to 3,623 questionnaires sent to department chairmen, directors of graduate study, graduate teachers, and recent recipients of the Ph.D. in English and American literature. Two chapters…

Arkansas' evaluation of 1967 programs funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, is based on data from 398 public school districts with about 170,000 disadvantaged students. This evaluation presents information on major achievements and includes descriptions of activities and methods, pressing educational needs, objectives,…

This bulletin on the Puerto Rican migrant consists primarily of (1) a review of research which examines the social science literature dealing with the island background of the Puerto Rican immigrant as well as his life on "La Vida" which questions whether the family described by Lewis is representative of slum dwellers in urban San Juan…

A detailed study of Alaskan education and population reports and statistics, and evaluation of regional sites has resulted in recommendations for a two-phase facilities implementation plan: (1) construction of 6 large regional secondary schools (by 1974) and a center for Arctic Education and Research (by 1969) and (2) completion of a total of 14…

A follow-up job placement study of the 228 persons who either graduated or left Johnson County Community College (JCCC) with marketable skills in 1975-76 produced 191 interview respondents. Findings included the following: the average age of respondents was 28 and 34% were 30 years or older; 53% were male; 64% had enrolled to acquire job skills…

The master's thesis discusses values orientation and career choice of male and female non-Anglo American college students. A review of sociological literature related to value schemes of Black Americans, Mexican Americans, and Oriental Americans revealed that previous research is based almost entirely upon inferences made from studies relating…

At the time of the First Followup Survey of the members of the High School Class of 1972, approximately 18 months after graduation, sixty-five percent were unemployed, and eight percent were out of work. Forty-two percent were taking academic courses in a college or university. Graduates of the vocational high school curriculum were employed at…

Montana's Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) funds provided services for 6,094 and 7,613 Indian students respectively in 1973 and 1974. JOM funds were channeled into special projects, i.e., home-school coordinators, tutors, counselors, special transportation, special teachers, Indian teacher aides, Indian studies classes, summer programs, field trips,…

The unit contains a teacher's guide, student reading materials, and data sheets about a variety of worldwide demographic and economic variables. Designed for students in junior high through college, its goals are to encourage students to analyze the causes and consequences of world population and economic trends, and to detect interrelationships…

The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills were administered to over 600 black and white students in grades six through nine, to determine if the test showed bias against minorities. Outliers were identified from test results. Outliers are items which differ from the central core of test items because they fall outside the range expected from a random…

In its summary of the literacy situation in thirteen Asian countries, this report analyzes the problems created by illiteracy and makes recommendations to aid in its eradication. Recognizing that illiteracy prevents people from participating in or contributing to their nation's development, part 1 in its general report develops a model national…

As a followup to an earlier study, this report examines the numbers, motivations, characteristics, and labor market behavior of legal immigrants to the United States. The data used is from published and unpublished government statistics, a survey of 5,000 1970 immigrants, and interviews with 254 of the 1970 cohort. The first three chapters provide…

Selected characteristics of the Spanish origin population (Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, and other Spanish) and labor force in the United States are presented in this chartbook, compiled from the March 1976 Current Population Survey. Divided into four sections, the chartbook looks at the size and composition of…

Because public opinion polls have become important sources of information for legislators and politicians, public opinion pollsters should carefully consider the relationships between gender wording of polling questions, measurement errors, and validity and generalizability of survey findings. Findings from numerous research projects indicate that…