This report consists of data describing participation in adult education in 1981. Estimates in the report are based on supplementary questions in the May 1981 Current Population Survey conducted and tabulated for the National Center for Education Statistics by the Bureau of the Census. Examined first are the following characteristics of…

Changes in occupational status and income were examined among former participants in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs that had an educational focus and the purpose of providing short-term employment. Telephone interviews were conducted with 62 percent of individuals who terminated from CETA programs in a selected state…

Intended to raise race and sex compliance issues to be addressed by the National Institute of Education (NIE) in its congressionally mandated study of vocational education, this paper defines Title VI (Civil Rights Act of 1964) and Title IX (Education Amendments of 1972) compliance issues regarding the level of minority (black Americans) and women…

This research project set out to provide information to young people about which occupations would provide them with the most valuable experience, valuable being defined in terms of later earnings. The project attempted to measure the value of on-the-job learning in terms of future income and to identify sequences of occupations which would…

A project is described that attempted to formulate a meaningful concept of adult performance levels, to devise instruments to measure performance at those levels, and to use those instruments to assess the functional competence of a representative sample of the population of the United States. Three levels of competence are defined in terms of…

This secondary distributive education performance-based instructional unit on preparation for career promotion contains seven lesson plans, each based on a fifty-five minute period. The lesson plans cover the following information: (1) the different roles of an effective manager, (2) the manager's responsibilities to subordinates and supervisors…

A model of administrator development was tested in the 21 colleges, graduate and professional schools of a major state university system. Data were gathered from 494 administrators. Administrator development was measured in three ways: (1) individual rate of advancement, (2) perceptions of mobility and "success," and (3) perceptions of…

In 1964, and again in 1966, a survey was made of sample populations of families living in a public housing project in St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose was to find family characteristics, their homemaking practices, and the effects of extension classes in home management and family economics, clothing, and food and nutrition. In 1966, it was found…

The Negro population in California increased sevenfold from 1940 to 1960 due principally to in-migration from other states. Settlement of immigrants occurred in urban areas. Educational attainment of Negroes in California is lower than that of white Californians reflecting social, economic, and educational restrictions. Employment statistics show…

A special survey of South Los Angeles (predominantly Negro) and East Los Angeles (predominantly Mexican-American) was taken by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in November, 1965, and the results were compared with 1960 census statistics. Although total population declined in both areas, further "ghettoization" took place as percentages of…

Distinct questions come up concerning industrial seniority practices and higher education. (1) Would retrenchment by seniority--rank or institutional--destroy academic tenure as such and institute instead a new system? (2) Can "bumping" be used in academe? (3) Would seniority discourage academic transfers? (4) Would seniority effect disciplinary…

In response to the large quantity of material recently produced relating to the situation of the modern woman, the Federation Employment and Guidance Service has evaluated relevant and mainly free and inexpensive material to produce the annotated bibliography, which it is hoped will prove useful to mature women and those serving them. About 100…

This document contains the reports of two studies concerning the graduates of the University of Minnesota Technical College (UMTC) at Crookston. The first report analyzes the results of a survey of all graduates (1966-72) and of 1972 graduates in particular. It was found that most of the graduates were employed; of these, 82 percent were employed…

Post high school occupational level and job success were correlated with variables such as sex, race, school achievement, further educational training, and parental educational-occupational levels for 265 urban slow learners (IQ range 70-90) who graduated in either 1969 or 1972. Data on academic achievement demographic factors and students'…

This followup study dealt with the third graduating class (April 22, 1969) of the Jackson County (Iowa) Adult Evening High School Completion Program. Background data were gathered on age, sex, employment status, family and marital status, occupation when enrolled, and present occupation and employment. There were 58 tuition and 42 nontuition…