A survey was conducted to obtain accurate information on graduate school enrollments between 1976 and 1977. Enrollment data were gathered from the membership of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States, which grants 99 percent of the earned doctorates and 85 percent of the Master's degrees. Of the 359 graduate school members, 304…

Presenting detailed statistics illustrating trends and the numerical status of one-teacher schools, this U.S. Office of Education bulletin spans a 30-year period describing, by states, the overall decreases in the number of 1-teacher schools, their proportional relationship to all public schools and teachers, and the number of students attending…

Data in this statistical summary relates to the students, staff, and the financing of provincially-assisted postsecondary educational institutions in Ontario. The 1975-76 edition of this book indicated continued stabilization of growth in full-time postsecondary enrollment at both colleges and universities. The data show an enrollment increase…

This report provides detailed social and economic statistics for the population of the United States below the poverty level in 1974 based on the March 1975 Current Population Survey (CPS). Data are presented by selected characteristics such as race, family status, education, work experience, type and source of income, and residence in poverty…

The need to develop managerial and technical personnel in the cement, fertilizer, pulp and paper, sugar, leather and shoe, glass, and metal processing industries of various nations was studied, with emphasis on necessary steps in developing nations to relate occupational requirements to technology, processes, and scale of output. Estimates were…

The State of Washington ranks fifth nationally in total urban American Indian population. There were 13,126 Indian students enrolled in Washington public schools in school year 1972-73. Of all the racial groups in the State, Indians are the most socioeconomically disadvantaged on the basis of educational level, income level, poverty status, and…

Twenty-one appendices to the final report of "A Comparative Study of Proprietary and Non-Proprietary Vocational Training Programs" comprise this volume. The appendices are as follows: (A) Eligible Training Programs; (B) Student Questionnaire; (C) Administrator's Guide; (D) Alumni Questionnaire; (E) Interview Record Form; (F) Introductory…

Effects are reported of a Durham, North Carolina Education Improvement Program (EIP), a five-year compensatory education program, on social, intellectual, linguistic, and academic development of disadvantaged children. Regarding socialization, changes in social behavior are found to be more a function of specific setting variables, especially…

A 1977-78 annual report on the first substantial decline in applicants to U.S. medical schools during the past quarter century is described. Comparisons are made with activity in 1974-75--the peak year for medical school applicants--to measure the impact on individual medical schools, geographical regions, and applicant subpopulations. (Author/MLW)

This paper summarizes results of followup-surveys of 1994, 1991, 1988, and 1984 graduates of Illinois public universities to determine whether baccalaureate graduates found jobs; to what extent they pursued additional education; whether they found work in areas related to their majors; and how satisfied they were with both the university and their…

This report examines the issue of sexual discrimination within British higher education and argues that further and higher educational services as a whole are discriminatory environments for women. The report's first section involves interviews with six women who had achieved notable success in the field of further and higher education management.…

This 1989 report provides a statistical overview of followup surveys concerning college freshmen (in 1985 and 1987) students attending two- and four-year colleges and universities. The report's purpose is to contrast college freshmen responses with those given 2 and 4 years later to better examine how students change during the undergraduate…

This 1990 report provides a statistical overview of followup surveys concerning college freshmen students entering two- and four-year colleges and universities in 1986 and 1988. The study's purpose was to compare student responses as freshmen and later in their college careers. Additionally presented is a description of the methods used in…

This report provides a statistical overview of followup surveys concerning college freshmen entering two- and four-year colleges and universities in 1987 and 1989. The study's purpose was to contrast college freshmen responses with those given 2 and 4 years later to examine how students change during the undergraduate years. Additionally presented…

New York State's prisons today are a brooding omnipresence hanging over poor African American and Latino communities in the large urban centers of the state. On any given day, nearly 1 in 4 (over 23%) of young African American men is under control of the criminal justice system, which is 2 times more than all full-time Black male college enrollees…