DETAILED TABLES, FIGURES, AND RELATED REPORTS DESCRIBE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AS OF MARCH 1967. DATA ARE COMPARED WITH REFERENCE TO THE POPULATION'S AGE, RACE, SEX, AND RESIDENCE IN NONMETROPOLITAN AND METROPOLITAN AREAS AND IN AND OUTSIDE CENTRAL CITIES. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS IN 1947 AND 1967 ARE ALSO COMPARED. THIS…

This is one in a series of technical reports presenting summary statistics derived from the University of Washington registrar's office quarterly scholarship lists. Two types of tables are included: first, for each class, the mean cumulative grade-point average, standard deviation, and number of students enrolled in autum, winter, and spring…

The article gives data on the age, sex, income, geographic region, and ethnic composition of the visually disabled population of the United States (taken from the National Center for Health Statistics records for 1977). (PHR)

Nearly 4.3 million workers held two jobs or more at the same time in May 1973. Multiple jobholders were 5.1 percent of all employees, about the same as in most years in which surveys were made. Four-fifths of all moonlighters were men. The difference between the multiple jobholding rates of Negro and of white workers was not statistically…

This study of numbers of female academic and administrative staff at universities in British Commonwealth nations was based on staff data collected during 1997-98 for the "Commonwealth Universities' Yearbook." The survey covers 30 nations. Survey results are presented separately for academic staff and administrative staff. For academic…

This interim report summarizes ongoing research reported from the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia on the relationship between matriculation through the Tertiary Education Entrance Project Series A Test Battery and university performance. In view of the preliminary nature of the findings, the tables are…

This report presents statistics on the Negro population, cross-classified by various social and economic characteristics for the U. S., regions, selected States, standard metropolitan statistical areas, and cities. Selected housing characteristics also are given. The data are based on the 1970 Census of Population and Housing. The text of the…

This report presents results of the fourth triennial national survey of college and university faculty conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute in the fall and winter of 1998-99. Results are based on responses of 33,785 full-time faculty at 378 institutions (two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and universities). Data are reported…

Analyzes data from a 1983 poll among West German university teachers to determine whether changing attitudes toward the role of women in teaching and research has influenced the structure of the employment of female professors. Comparison with earlier statistics shows that some traditional patterns of employment of female academics have persisted.…

National victimization survey data for 1972-76 are examined in order to investigate the extent to which they are in accord with Uniform Crime Report arrest data regarding the offender's sex. Results indicate that proportionate female involvement has been relatively stable except that larceny has shown a slight increase. (Author/GC)

This report presents data on dietary intake obtained to assess the nutritional status of the United States population, aged 1-74 years. Age, sex, race, and income level differences in dietary intake are among the variables considered. Data are analyzed for certain groups at high risk of malnutrition (e.g., the poor, preschool children, women of…

In the late 1960's, educators and researchers became concerned with the dropout problem in large urban school districts. In Philadelphia, the Division of Pupil Personnel and Counseling (PPC) is responsible for collection of this data and reports this information to the state. The process has been computerized to cope with the large volume of data.…

The attributes of 1973-74 graduates (such as age, sex, and attendance pattern) from Grand Valley State Colleges (GVSC) is examined. It was found that: the proportion of males versus females graduating appeared to be the same as the proportion of males and females in the total student enrollment except at William James College; less than half of…

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…

The 31st annual report of national normative data on college freshmen is part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's longitudinal study to assess the effects of college on students. Data are based on 251,232 entering students at 494 of the nation's two- and four-year colleges and universities in Fall, 1996. The normative data are…