Interviews with a random sample of 345 day and evening students and 45 staff members were conducted at Santa Ana College (SAC) in March 1981 to determine perceptions of the SAC college community toward the Rancho Santiago Community College District Police Department. The interviewees were asked to indicate: (1) if they had ever interacted with a…

This guide describes estimates of the cost of raising a child made by the Family Economics Research Group of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The guide starts with a description of what estimates are available, giving short profiles of the cost of raising urban, rural nonfarm, and rural farm children. The next section defines…

This document explores risks to the health and lives of women and children that can be avoided or reduced by family planning. Emphasis throughout is on case studies and statistics from developing nations. Data are presented in expository and chart form. Information is presented in four chapters. Chapter I, Child Health and Family Planning,…

This study, conducted by the Bernard Van Leer Foundation Project for Early Childhood Education (PECE), presents the results of a survey which was carried out to identify home deficits in socioeconomically disadvantaged children's preparation for schooling. The study was conducted in Jamaica during July, August, and September, 1970, and was…

Even though their diversity makes comparison with public schools difficult, American private schools should voluntarily provide data about their students, teachers, and their students' academic abilities to the government's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). NCES' private school data will increase the schools' visibility and help…

Projected declines through the 1980s in Australian elementary and secondary school enrollment imply a number of changes in school finance and educational facilities and personnel, according to this report. Elementary enrollments will decline sharply until 1987 and then rise, while secondary enrollments will rise slowly until the mid-1980s before…

Six tables present data on nationwide school enrollment among various socioeconomic and demographic groups in 1980 and earlier years. The data reveal no significant changes from 1979, according to the authors, except for an increase in preprimary enrollment and a decrease in college enrollment among people over 35. The major educational trends of…

The development of an operational model that would enable a college institutional research unit to improve administrative decision-making by expanding its data base to include new activities not widely recognized throughout the institution is considered. Attention is directed to institutional research as a function within an institution,…

Steps in a class action suit charging prejudicial treatment of a minority group by a college or university are summarized, and attention is directed to how the plaintiffs can use the institution's own data to establish a prima facie case for disparate treatment. The key legal issues are indicated, and typical data and statistical exhibits that an…

Black Hawk College policies and programs were examined to determine their effectiveness in responding to the needs of returning women students, one of the most significant groups in the "new student" population. Literature was reviewed, college documents studied, key personnel were interviewed, and 225 women students aged 25 or older…

This report presents the procedures and activities of a year-long Public Education Project conducted in Region J of North Carolina to help citizens of this region learn what Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are available, how to obtain them, and when to call upon them. Previous reports provide the sampling methodology used to survey the…

The purpose of this study was to collect data concerning the handicapped students who are enrolled in home economics and to determine the type of training that should be provided for home economics teachers in Missouri. Survey instruments were sent to all home economics teachers in consumer and homemaking programs and occupational programs in…

By showing how the addition of three universities to the State University System of Florida affected enrollment projections for the six older universities, a tool was developed that may be of use for enrollment projections in other settings, when the system changes. County population and K-12 school enrollment project reasonably well the…

Reported are the impacts of a series of workshops for instructional improvement conducted by the Faculty Development Organization of Wittenberg University, a private, undergraduate institution of 2300 students. The impacts delineated are the results of an evaluation of these workshops. The impacts examined were extracted from the expected outcomes…

After tracing the development of the 13-campus community college system in Kentucky, which is governed by University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, this document outlines enrollment, instructional programs, financial support, and student characteristics throughout the system. Headcount enrollment is presented by class, sex, residence, and year for…