Social education in Japan is discussed as to: (1) the problems in social education for each life stage as a result of social change; (2) the present situation and direction future efforts should take with respect to the content, methods, organizations, facilities, and leaders of social education; and (3) the role and major problems of social…

The first two years of "Sesame Street" were evaluated as to their effectiveness as compensatory education. The evaluation assessed progress along some 36 primary goals of the show, as well as transfer effects, home background variables, parental attitudes, and socioeconomic status factors. Over 1,300 preschool children were tested, and…

This report is based on a questionnaire survey directed in Fall 1970 to foreign language department chairmen at 1,262 United States colleges and universities that grant the B.A. degree. Information was received from 1,034 chairmen at 822 different institutions. Detailed information from 786 institutions was supplemented by data taken from the…

A discussion providing a background sketch of theories and research specifically about, or pertaining to, the subject of knowledge utilization in the public education system in the United States is presented. The problem is defined as the question of how and why existing information comes to be considered "useful" by practitioners and how it is…

The interrelationships among the three variables of intelligence, creativity, and language in a preschool, disadvantaged Negro sample were investigated. The two main hypotheses tested were: (1) The interrelationships among the three variables are lower than the interrelationships within each variable; and (2) A factor analysis indicates a factor…

This study, the tenth in a series, presents college language registration and student contact hour data for all modern and classical language programs in the United States. The body of the report consists of 24 tables summarizing the data, and a directory of the 2,353 institutions that reported registrations in one or more foreign languages.…

The projection is made that collegiate enrollment in the South will stabilize by the early 1980's and will decline in most states by the mid-1980's unless there are increases in the admission of part-time and older students and/or the share of the region's high school graduates who enter postsecondary education. Selected statistics are presented…

A 1974 follow-up survey of college freshmen of 196l probed the job-relatedness of educational background, job satisfaction, perceptions of jobs and long-range goals, and necessity for college education on the job (especially in such subject areas as business administration and English). The relevance of the survey sample to youth affected by the…

These documents contain narrative analyses and tables of data pertaining to student enrollment and enrollment trends in Illinois public community colleges for fall 1975, spring 1976, and fall 1976. Data presented in tabular form include: comparison and trends in enrollment data from 1965 through 1975, enrollment data for fall 1975 relating to…

This document contains 33 tables of statistical data which describe aspects of enrollment, instructional programs, financial support, and student characteristics in Kentucky's community colleges during 1975-76. Total headcount enrollment was 17,362 in fall 1975, an increase of 27% over that of fall 1974. Of the total enrollment, 79% of the…

Enrollment decline is a problem in the majority of Minnesota's school districts. Declining enrollment means that school administrators must plan for the financial difficulties arising from cutting budgets, reducing staff, closing buildings, and ending programs. Written to stimulate effective planning for declining enrollment, this manual…

Results of the spring quarter 1975 Survey of Graduating Seniors conducted for the University of Washington's College of Arts and Sciences are presented. Respondents were categorized by undergraduate major, and the survey results were analyzed within these categories and compared with the previous year's survey results. In general, the two surveys…

This report summarizes information gathered by Project FORUM at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education from data collected by state education agencies (SEAs) on the provision of related services to students with disabilities. A survey asked SEAs to report on whether they collected state-level data on 13 types of related…

The 2001 edition of the Digest of Education Statistics is the 37th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. Its purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of U.S. education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes data form many sources, both government and private, and…

This brochure displays the following data for seven counties in southeastern Wisconsin for the 2004-2005 school year: (1) Total operations expenditures; (2) Property tax revenue; (3) Total enrollment; (4) One-year change in enrollment; (5) Minority enrollment; (6) Free or reduced lunch; (7) Habitual truancy; (8) 3rd Grade Wisconsin Reading and…