A statistical study of Brazilian education reveals that children of high-income, well-educated groups enjoy better educational opportunities and a usually higher rate of return on their educational investment than do the children of low-income groups. Poorer regions of the country, however, have a higher rate of return than do regions with a…

This report attempts to answer the questions most frequently asked by legislators, state agencies, external agencies, citizens, administrators, faculty, and students about Florida's 28 community colleges. Introductory sections describe the Florida public community college system history, philosophy, goals, and organization. Material on financial…

Of the 27 million poor people in the United States in 1970, 10 million lived in the 11 Southern states. This was 38% of the nation's poverty population, making the South's poverty rate twice that of the remaining 39 states. This study, essentially a statistical analysis of regional poverty data derived from the 1970 Census, identifies the South's…

Current data for the State of New York and the nation as a whole are reviewed to determine the status of women in postsecondary education in New York. Areas of progress are noted and other areas where problems still exist are described. It is hoped that this paper will serve as a background document for reviewing statewide policy and will assist…

The 1966-67 faculty salary study charts and tables based on salary data reported by 64 schools are presented. Data are reported separately for the major clinical departments, and in combined form for the basic science departments. Separate salary distributions are also provided for "strict" full-time salaries and "geographic"…

The tables present faculty salary data in academic year 1967-68, including for the first time an approximation of the total annual income of geographic full-time faculty. The report is based on the salary information reported by 61 U.S. medical schools, of which 51 reported salaries for strict full-time faculty, 27 reported the base salaries paid…

Data are presented in tabular form on faculty salaries for the 1968-69 academic year, derived from salary information report by 89 U.S. medical schools. A series of 3 tables is provided for each major clinical department and for the combined basic science departments, presenting the frequency distributions of strict full-time salary, geographic…

This report summarizes the results of a conference on declining enrollment sponsored by the Arizona State Department of Education. Topics covered include school closing, budget implications of declining enrollment, staffing problems and reduction in force, board of education and community support, problems of small school districts, and…

As part of a larger study of the success of women as applicants to and students in the schools of eight health professions, the study of women in medicine has three purposes: (1) to give a brief introduction to the profession, with a sense of the profession's history, work focus, organization, and women's roles and status in it; (2) to give…

As part of a larger study of the success and problems of women as applicants to and students in the schools of eight health professions, the study of osteopathic medicine involved interviews with administrators, faculty, and medical students. Its central purpose was to identify any characteristics of the profession--in its history, organization,…

Statistical tables are presented on college and university enrollment in New York State, fall 1976. This preliminary report covers: (1) degree-credit enrollment and first-time students in institutions of higher education by level of program and institutional classification; (2) degree-credit enrollment and first-time students by level of program…

Tabular data are presented for degree-program institutions authorized by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees on a program basis. Public and nonpublic institutions are included. The tables cover: trends in degree-credit enrollment; percent distribution of degree-credit enrollment by levels of study; first-time student degree-credit…

Information reporting at traditionally black colleges and universities was reviewed, based on the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) files for 36 institutions. The objective was to determine the quality of the data submitted by seven of these institutions, and to suggest actions for improving the quality of the HEGIS information…

This document focuses on the history and organization of physical planning in the Netherlands. It is part of a series of bulletins on the human and physical geography of the Netherlands. Information, presented in expository, tabular, photographic, and cartographic form, is arranged in four major sections. Section I, which contains the bulk of the…

During the fall of 1976, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) initiated a statewide study of educational needs as they related to the missions of the DPI. Part of this study, called the Statewide Assessment of Educational Needs (SWAN), was a citizens' opinion poll designed to review state-level priorities. Three topics were…