This document presents a general overview of day care services in Canada. This study is part of a continuing process by the National Day Care Information Centre to obtain information concerning day care services and degree of unmet need, and to provide a basis for evaluating the impact of federal policies in the day care field. The National Day…

Though 1.3 times the U.S. rate, American Indian mortality has decreased 17% since 1955. About 225 fewer Indians died of tuberculosis in 1974 than in 1955. The incidences of cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes mellitus are both far above the U.S. rates. Otitis media may have peaked at 50,000 new cases per year, but Indian health continues 25 years…

Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of key punch operator students, this instructional package is one of three for the business and office occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology,…

This publication is a part of a series of reports on public broadcasting. Statistics on financial, employment and broadcast and population activities of 155 public radio stations in the United States and Puerto Rico are included. The first section covers total funds, direct operating costs, capital expenditures, and other financial topics. The…

Data drawn from audited financial statements of the individual county colleges of New Jersey for fiscal years 1975 and 1976 provided the basis for this report on the county colleges' finances with regard to sources of current income, full-time-equivalent (FTE) student enrollments and costs, educational and general expenditures, and physical plant…

This manual, developed by Mercer County Community College (MCCC), prescribes a step-by-step, systematic approach for conducting student follow-up surveys. As data are required from both students who graduate from the institution and from students who are classified as non-returning, follow-up procedures are listed for each separately. Types of…

This volume, part of the interim report on the National Home Start Evaluation, includes cost of the 16 Home Start projects and outcome data from the six summative sites. Findings and recommendations are presented on the intra-project cost-effectiveness of Home Start and the cost-effectiveness of Home Start as a Head Start option. Home Start, a…

This booklet presents a brief, informal summary of key events related to early childhood education which occurred in the United States during 1976. Personal comments by the author accompany a potpourri of items on such topics as developments in various states, new federal legislation, current programs and publications, health care, television and…

This publication, part 3 of a three-part report, presents hourly wage rates and salaries or annual earnings actually being paid in the school year 1976-77 by 1,060 public school systems to personnel employed in 10 selected support positions. It provides data on the lowest, highest, and average hourly wage rates actually paid to individuals in each…

Defining rural youth as the 14-25 age group (literate or illiterate and employed or unemployed) and as residents of localities with less than 5,000 people, this paper addresses Ghanaian rural youth and its relationship to: the total population; youth policy and organizations; rural-urban differences; and societal improvements. Major points of…

This report examines the data processing services provided to Eugene (Oregon) School District 4J by the Oregon Total Information System (OTIS) and provides recommendations to the district administration to aid policy-making and planning in the area of computer services. The report focuses primarily on the use of the computer for management…

Two different approaches to cost analysis (cross-sectional analysis and mock-school analysis) both indicate savings under the 45-15 year round school plan used in Loudoun County, Virginia. These methods of cost analysis were used to compare traditional school schedules with 45-15. One middle school and three elementary schools in Loudoun County…

Presented is the 1975 status report on education of handicapped students in Colorado. Statistical information is presented in both narrative and table format in the following areas: the number of handicapped students served, the means for serving the handicapped students in Colorado, staff required to serve handicapped students, costs and revenues…

This book reports on a study of 850 pairs of twins who were tested to determine the influence of heredity and environment on individual differences in personality, academic ability, and interests. It presents the background, research design, and procedure of the study, tabulations of the test results, and extensive analyses of the findings.…

The population from which the sample was systematically drawn was defined as those students enrolled in courses for graduate credit during the Winter 1973 semester, including 3,106 on-campus students, 1,051 taking courses off-campus, and 88 taking work both on- and off-campus. The questionnaire contained 10 sections: background and demographic…