An anonymous questionnaire was administered to 593 (310 female, 283 male) freshmen entering the University of Maryland, College Park. Their responses were analyzed by analysis of variance, Scheffe post hoc tests and chi square, all at the .05 level. Results showed that women looked more favorably upon women's studies as an academic discipline than…

This report presents a summary of recent trends in school and college enrollment based on the October 1977 Current Population Survey (CPS) and earlier surveys. Enrollment statistics representing growth and decline at various educational levels are evaluated in written summaries. Comparative and distributive enrollment statistics of the population…

This report presents an analysis of the statistics concerning the status of education for students with special needs in member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Special needs students are defined as those who have disabilities with clear biological causes, or who are experiencing learning difficulties, or who…

An update, as of 1977, of four National Center for Education Statistics reports concerned with changing patterns in degree awards to women is presented. Separate chapters are devoted to bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first-professional degrees. Each chapter consists of an overview, an examination by field of study of the percentage…

This study examined the stereotypes held by American native English-speaking students at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) about gender and language. Captions from 14 cartoons in 1993 issues of "The New Yorker" magazine were used to elicit subjects' stereotypes. The issue of whether there would be a difference…

This paper outlines the development of techniques for computer-based personality assessment from sentence completions. The One-Word Sentence Completion (OWSC) instrument was designed to elicit data suitable for machine processing, while retaining most of the advantages of a free-response format. Two operative scoring systems are described. The…

Suicide rates of college and university populations are found to be lower than sex-matched comparison groups based on the 20 to 24-year-old population. (JMF)

Analyzes 2,250 responses to employee questionnaires that measured seven variables related to employees' perceived centrality of work. Statistical analysis of the data generally supports the conventional wisdom that males generally consider work more central than females. (JG)

One of the purposes of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of a three-choice situation that displays payoffs in a simple, direct and flexible manner for discriminating social motives. (Author/RK)

This report presents information on juvenile court processing of youth in the U.S. during 1974. It is based on data gathered under the National Juvenile Court Statistical Reporting System. Findings can be summarized as follows: (1) 1,252,700 juvenile delinquency cases, excluding traffic offenses, were handled by courts in the U.S. in 1974; (2) the…

Traces development of Danish secondary school during last one hundred years. Notes learning differences and educational achievements between boys and girls. (DS)

In September 1969, a random sample of 160 3- and 4-year-olds was selected from a larger group of individuals in 3 Early Childhood Education Program treatment groups (television only; television + home visitor; and television + home visitor + mobile classroom), along with a no-treatment comparison group, for the purpose of analyzing intelligence…

Pattern changes in science education are analyzed for the years 1962-77 in relation to pure science subjects studied by students. Numbers are analyzed of boy/girl entrants involved in (1) a balanced science course and (2) at least one pure science subject. (CS)

The purpose of this study was to test the learning ability of a class of second graders in a mining camp in Southwest Virginia in the heart of Appalachia. On the basis of family income, 20 second-grade children (12 boys and 8 girls) were divided into 2 groups--poor and non-poor. The children were tested during the third 6 weeks and again during…

The purpose of this paper was to analyze the place of residence projections and attainments of selected Louisiana rural youth and to ascertain the nature of racial and sexual differences. More specifically, the objective was to replicate selected residential projections in a study of Texas rural youth and to extend the analysis to subsequent place…