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Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. – 1977
The report contains a comprehensive graphic collection of statistical data selected and organized to describe current social conditions and trends in the United States. Eleven chapters examine major social areas: population; the family; housing; social security and welfare; health and nutrition; public safety; education and training; work; income,…
Descriptors: Crime, Education, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns
Filby, Nikola N.; Dishaw, Marilyn – 1975
Achievement tests that are maximally sensitive to effective instruction in reading and mathematics for grades 2 and 5 were developed and refined. Important considerations regarding the tests' validity were: its coverage of instructional content (opportunity to learn), and its reactivity to instruction. Student ability must be minimally related to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
PDF pending restorationHummel, Roger G. – 1976
Data on professional and support personnel are presented, arranged according to the variables of institution type, occupational activity, employment status, and sex. Variables for data on faculty are institution type, academic area, sex, and employment status (full-time, part-time, and full-time equivalent). Salary and fringe benefits data are…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Church Related Colleges, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Download full textGovernment Studies & Systems, Philadelphia, PA. – 1980
This supplement to "Postsecondary Student Terminology," a National Center for Education Statistics handbook, examines postsecondary education policy issues relevant to information needs about students, procedures used in identifying information items needed to statistically evaluate the issues, and an illustrative database for postsecondary…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, Databases, Education Work Relationship
Kentucky Council on Public Higher Education, Frankfort. – 1977
The geographic origin of students enrolled in Kentucky colleges and universities for the Fall of 1977 are detailed in charts, tables, and maps compiled by the Kentucky Council on Higher Education. The data were gathered from colleges and universities accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or by the American Association of…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Demography
A Longitudinal Study of the Role of Cognitive Styles in Academic Evolution During the College Years.
Witkin, Herman A.; And Others – 1977
A longitudinal study designed to test hypotheses about the relationships between academic achievement, cognitive styles, and verbal competence is described. One entire class of 1,548 students of a large municipal college was followed from college entry in 1967 through entry into postgraduate and occupational training. Data were taken from tests,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Bibliographies, Career Choice
California State Univ. and Colleges, Long Beach. – 1977
Phase I of the Task Force on Temporary Faculty study of the utilization of full- and part-time temporary faculty in the California State University and Colleges (CSUC) is presented. The study, which involved the gathering and analysis of data, the identification of problems--many of them detrimental to faculty morale--and the development of…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Employer Employee Relationship
Ramist, Leonard – 1978
Data from the college Board's Admissions Test Program (ATP) Summary Reports are used to analyze the student market attraction for ATP report designations, the application rate, the acceptance rate, the enrollment yield, and the dropout rate for 254 different student groups for 25l colleges. Student groups are defined in terms of their College…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Rating, Cohort Analysis, College Admission
St. John, Edward P. – 1979
Presented are data on student financial aid in Missouri collected as part of an annual state survey of higher education. In this first annual report the data are limited due to reporting limitations and inconsistencies, and the report is called preliminary. An introductory section discusses these limitations. In subsequent sections, supplemented…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Students, Community Colleges, Federal Aid
Kentucky Research Coordinating Unit, Lexington. – 1978
Intended for use by educators and the public, this report interprets the findings of two research studies on competency-based vocational education (CBVE) in Kentucky secondary schools: "The Development of an Instrument to Measure Student Attitudes toward Competency-Based Individualized Instructional Modules," by John C. Thomas, and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Romero, Fred E. – 1979
Chicano human resources have never been properly utilized in the labor markets of the Southwest. The slow rate of Chicano economic growth can be attributed to underdevelopment of their skills, knowledge and talent and underutilization of their energies and capabilities. This book, a factual presentation of that underdevelopment and…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Demography, Educational Background, Educational Problems
Peng, Samuel S.; Lantz, Lynne R. – 1979
Volume II of a study of program management procedures in the campus-based and Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) programs examines the overall pattern of program funding levels, the distribution of these funds to students and institutions, as well as variations in student participation in postsecondary education and loan-work burdens in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Eligibility
TRENAMAN, J.M. – 1967
A SERIES OF BRITISH IMPACT STUDIES DEALT WITH ADULT AUDIENCE CHARACTERISTICS (COMPREHENSION, KNOWLEDGE, INTERESTS, ATTITUDES) AND FACTORS WITHIN THE MEDIUM THAT MAKE FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUBJECT MATTER WERE PRESENTED TO MATCHED SAMPLES OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY MEANS OF RADIO, TELEVISION, AND PRINTED ARTICLES. THE…
Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension
Collier, Douglas J. – 1980
The results of a 1977 assessment of the value of uniform financial data for the Oregon community college system are described. The utility of both programmatic data and auditable accounting data is also addressed. Business managers, presidents, and governing board chairmen at four community colleges and representatives of six different state…
Descriptors: Accounting, Case Studies, Classification, College Administration
Harvey, Mary Anne – 1959
Composite statistical data was collected on the education in all the rural counties of the United States. Data were drawn from the findings of two major surveys conducted by the Office of Education as a part of its 1954-56 "Biennial Survey of Education in the United States": (1) the Rural County Survey covered multi-district…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Average Daily Attendance, Comparative Analysis, County School Districts
