Selected data from three of the latest summary reports of the College Board's Admissions Testing Program (ATP) are presented. They are: College Bound Seniors, 1980-National, Midwestern, and Indiana. Data including Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, the Test of Standard Written English (TSWE) scores, and information from the Student Descriptive…

The argument is advanced that tertiary education in Australia, which comprises three sectors--universities, colleges of advanced education, and colleges of technical and further education--is hierarchically structured. Although the colleges were proposed to be of comparable status to universities, the new colleges of advanced education, which have…

The results of a survey of 149 black and 258 white Northwestern University alumni who graduated between 1970 and 1973 are presented in this report. The survey focused on the academic and social experiences of black and white students during an era in which blacks were first admitted in significant numbers to a previously all-white elite…

As part of a plan for the development of neutral site magnet schools in Providence, twenty-four individual neighborhoods are profiled in a series of charts and tables which provide demographic, economic, housing, and social service and crime data. The information provided includes ethnic composition, age breakdowns, educational level, income,…

Attitudinal factors that hinder the economic and social advancement of women were investigated. Graduate students between the ages of 20 and 50 and enrolled in two southern institutions of higher learning were administered the Dolly-Bell Sex Discrimination Scale: Social and Economic Factors. Results indicate that sex discrimination is determined…

A public affairs information acquisition model postulated 26 causal lines among the background variables parental status, educational attainment, income, social/political participation, five communication sources, and public affairs information status. Since this sequential model had 35 possible paths among the variables but hypothesized that only…

APPROXIMATELY 60 GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN A CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS AND TO EXAMINE THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION. BACKGROUND PAPERS PRESENTED WERE (1)…

IN INDIA UNDER THE MUSLIMS FROM THE TWELFTH CENTURY ON, EDUCATION WAS AN ISLAMIC DUTY IN WHICH GIRLS PARTICIPATED. HOWEVER, HIGHER EDUCATION FOR GIRLS WAS LARGELY FOR THOSE OF UPPER SOCIAL LEVELS AND ON A PRIVATE BASIS. UNDER BRITISH RULE, ORGANIZED SCHOOLING WAS FINALLY PROVIDED WHILE MISSIONARY AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS ALSO WORKED SIDE BY SIDE. BUT…

Many of the characteristics usually used to describe the Mexican American are basically descriptions of individuals from the lower-lower socio-economic class. A second set of attributes that applies to the majority of Mexican Americans is referred to as "Structural-Demographic." These attributes are related to ethnicity, to regionality,…

THIS STUDY SOUGHT (1) TO CLARIFY THE TERM "LANGUAGE APTITUDE," (2) TO BETTER DEFINE ITS RELATIONSHIP TO INTELLIGENCE, AND (3) TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL IN THIS RELATIONSHIP. SUBJECTS WERE SIXTH-GRADE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, 93 OF WHOM WERE MIDDLE CLASS AND 39 LOWER CLASS. SOCIAL CLASS WAS DETERMINED BY THE OTIS DUDLEY…

This article discusses trends in the occurrence of out-of-wedlock births and factors which contribute to or are associated with illegitimate pregnancies. Specifically discussed are the rates of increase of such births, particularly among unmarried teenage mothers, and the ethnic, social, and psychological characteristics of unwed mothers. It is…

A cross-sectional study of 292 first and fifth grade Negro and white children examined the relationship between environmental factors and performance test scores of verbal and cognitive ability. The socioeconomic status (SES) of each subject was determined and included in a deprivation index formed by obtaining a composite score for each subject…

An attempt was made to determine relationships between certain elements of adult educatio n participation and social change in the economic regions of Canada (Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario, Prarie Provinces, and British Columbia). The five regions were measured for participation rates, for rates of change in urbanization, population growth,…

Complete career patterns for a sample of immigrant men were studied to determine what factors influenced occupational decisions and the type and status of the jobs which the men obtained. A sample of 202 Polish, Italian, and other immigrant men in Rome, New York, provided three groups for comparison. Residential and occupational information were…

This examination of the collapse in traditional discriminatory patterns in the market for highly qualified black Americans documents the World War II gain of college trained and related high level black workers, investigates the response of black college students and qualified personnel to the new market setting, and explores the factors that…