Using as a data base a sample of 1,939 projects dealing with research and development, a comparison was made to determine the qualitative differences in types of projects funded by the National Institute of Education (NIE) and the United States Office of Education (USOE) for children and youth. Variables of interest include type of research,…

Computerized analysis of current statistical data and projected declining enrollments in Metropolitan Toronto show that the decrease in staffing requirements over the next ten years will increase the average salary of teachers in uninflated dollars mainly through the increase in teachers' average experience. Boards with lower than average teaching…

The report summarizes data related to funding and implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act, Title VIB New York Program, a statewide educational effort with a goal of aiding handicapped children to become as self-sufficient as their handicaps permit. Following an overview are chapters focusing on fiscal characteristics (sources of…

This report summarizes the accomplishments and activities of the project during the second quarter. An intensive search of the literature continued for data elements, outcome measures, and background information. A great deal of time and effort were devoted to the location, compilation, and comparison of extant data elements employed in collecting…

This annual report is the first to be written since the middle 1960's. In order to provide a sense of progress, the problems, and the trends which have occurred during the intervening years, this report is organized around a series of major library concerns including: (1) collections; (2) physical facilities; (3) internal organizational…

The statistical report on public employment in 1974 briefly summarizes the trend of increasing public employment (especially at the State and local level), increases and variations in average monthly earnings of government employees, the distribution of State and local government employment by type of government and by State areas, and the sources…

In recent years colleges and universities have undertaken programs designed to interpret themselves to the larger community on an unprecedented scale. It is clear that the University of Tennessee is an important economic force on the local economy, accounting for some $123,787,021 in direct and $42,235,596 in indirect income created for a total…

The front matter of the annual report of career education developments in Arizona's elementary and secondary schools consists of a synopsis of Arizona career education activities with bar and pie charts depicting various aspects of the overall career education effort in the State's public schools. The report's first section analyzes the following…

This report reveals that federal research and development obligations are scheduled to rise from $17.4 billion in fiscal year 1974 to an estimated $18.9 billion in fiscal year 1975 and to $21.7 billion in fiscal year 1976. The gains in funding are 8.4 percent for 1975 and 14.5 percent for 1976, both of these the largest relative rises in the…

An analysis of U.S. Census data regarding race, age, education, occupation, and income of the male civilian labor force in 1960 and 1970 yields four major conclusions. (1) There have been large reductions in occupational discrimination at all ages, with the change clearest for young men. (2) The reduction of occupational discrimination is clearest…

The data in this report were obtained from the survey of "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred Between July 1, 1971 and June 30, 1972" conducted by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). This survey was part of the seventh annual Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). Contained in this report are…

Geographic labor force data from the 1974 Current Population Survey (CPS) is presented and provides annual unemployment, demographic, and occupational estimates for large States and metropolitan areas. Section One contains the 1974 total unemployment estimates for 27 large States and 30 large metropolitan areas, with two tables. These estimates…

The statistical data contained in this report were compiled from the 62 percent of Ohio's school districts that responded to a survey conducted by the Ohio School Boards Association. The report contains statistical information on personnel, grievances, evaluations, the newly employed, retirements, terminations, leaves of absence, strikes,…

The Street Academy is an alternative school specially designed for students aged 12 to 18 who cannot acclimate to the regular public school system. The purpose of the evaluation is, generally, to see if the program is serving the students for whom it was established. The evaluation is also concerned with such areas as academic skills development,…

Summarized are data gathered during phase 1 of a state survey of administrators, funded under Title III, to determine the number of handicapped children receiving or in need of special education services in Indiana. The following are among survey results highlighted in the first chapter: 19,061 pupils were estimated by public school principals to…