Reports results of several surveys by the National Center for Educational Statistics. Data include amount of regular school completed, type of sponsoring institution, distribution of the number of courses by length of course, staff involved by type of activity and pay status, and illustrative charges by noncollegiate schools. (Editor/JT)

The paper examines the quantitative dimensions, causes, and consequences of the "new depression" in the college job market due to the changes in the industrial structure and continued growth of supply. (Author/BP)

This study analyzes determinants of two dimensions of the supply of physicians' services: the number of hours physicians work per week and the number of weeks they work per year. Data indicate that physician supply in the short run is affected by physician's nonprofessional income, age, sex, and employment situation. (Author/JB)

Potential implications of the "Privacy Act of 1974" as well as related issues from the perspective of the federal statistical system are discussed. Journal address: DUALabs, 1601 N. Kent St., Suite 900, Arlington, Va. 22209. (RC)

Reprint from "State Universities and Black Americans, issued by Southern Education Reporting Service, Atlanta, Ga., 1969 (

The project was designed to investigate sources of available data on the incidence, prevalence, diagnostic conditions, functional limitations, and activity restrictions of the disabled population in the United States, and to design a comprehensive data system. Difficulties, both conceptual and practical in estimating incidence and prevalence are…

In this appendix to the study of subcounty allocation of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, state by state profiles of subcounty allocation are provided. The allocation formula and procedures used by each state for fiscal year 1977 are explained. Other data for each state, such as number of school districts and counties which…

Many states overutilize some kinds of tax and underutilize others. Where tax utilization is unbalanced, additional revenues may be garnered from an underutilized tax. This study compares the relative shares of total state or local tax burdens that are borne by the three most important taxes: property taxes, sales and gross receipts taxes, and…

This report contains the New York State regents' proposal for improving state aid to elementary and secondary schools for 1979. The regents' program is designed to meet inflationary pressures on school districts, offer greater equalization, provide a modest amount of property tax relief, eliminate inequities in several aid areas, and reduce paper…

Twenty per cent of 8400 questionnaires distributed in 1977 to a representative sampling of public libraries throughout Massachusetts were returned and analyzed. Those returned were entirely representative of the state's population and of the size of library services represented, although communities with the most "active" library…

This interim report is an updating of the 1977 Statistical Profile of Children and Mothers in Afghanistan. The interim report reflects the significant changes in policies brought about by the Saur Revolution establishing the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1978. A comprehensive revision of the report is expected when the new government's…