This is a classified retrospective bibliography of 839 items on the community (about 140 are annotated) from rural sociology and agricultural economics departments and sections, agricultural experiment stations, extension services, and related agencies. Items are categorized as follows: bibliography and reference lists; location and delineation of…

In 1920, farm people comprised 61% of the rural population; in 1950, however, 60% of the rural population was composed of non-farm people. This change is attributed to increased agricultural efficiency and to expansion of industry and military services. From 1960 to 1966 the net out-migration averaged 804,000 persons per year from farm to city.…

Educational enterprise must keep pace with the rest of society. Unfortunately, one by-product of the rich tradition in this field is enough inertia to make education cumbersome and slow to respond to a changing environment. There are several reasons why changes in education must be brought about: increased longevity in the lives of the population;…

This document includes reports on four subjects relevant to planned and unplanned aspects of occupational choices by youth. (1) "Toward a Morphology of Occupational Choice," by Robert A. Ellis and others, discusses intrinsic features and extrinsic rewards of work, extra-role considerations, and goal perception as major influences on occupational…

In contrast to the kind of leisurely climate that nurtured such creative artists of the past as the Brontes or Fanny Burney, today's adolescents exist in a frantic academic and social whirl in which their only leisure is often "a negative inertia against planned activity." To develop these students' potential as creative individuals and as social…

The purposes of the study were to determine whether the achievement of students enrolled in the stenographic block-of-time program is greater than that of students enrolled in the conventional stenographic program and to determine the values of the block program in secondary business and office education. The stenographic skills test and the…

The Hawaii Community College System conducted a follow-up study of the 8,979 students who enrolled for the first time in fall 1975, to determine persistence rates and to ascertain the characteristics of graduates, persisters, non-persisters, and stop-outs. Those who had attended four continuous semesters and had graduated, were designated…

The survey, conducted by a private research firm under contract to the National Center for Education Statistics, had as its purpose to provide national data about the use of part-time financial aid staff and counselors in higher education institutions. It was found that the use of part-time staff was widespread, occurring in 79 percent of…

The California community colleges represent one of the few remaining tuition-free postsecondary systems, a position strengthened by recent legislation establishing a no-fee policy for all credit classes and removing the 21-year-old "defined adult" State funding limitation. Today's community college students average 25 years of age, most…

As part of a continuing study of student flow in the Hawaii community colleges, this report analyzes the persistence patterns of 1974 entering students after six semesters for the community college total and the seven campuses. The persistence patterns of the 9,171 students showed that 29% enrolled for only one semester at their campus of entry…

Extensive data tables provide information on new, continuing, and returning student enrollments; full- and part-time students; undergraduates by college, school, or program and class level; majors; undergraduates and graduate students by department; students in the education abroad program; residence at admission; sources of new undergraduates by…

During spring 1977 registration, 3,255 or 45% of Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) registering students responded to a scheduling preferences and problems questionnaire covering enrollment status, curriculum load, program preference, ability to obtain courses, schedule conflicts, preferred times for class offerings, actual scheduling of…

Suggestions for communicating and therefore teaching college students effectively are put forth. Emphasis is on lively interactions between students and teachers, with additional focus on the instructor's need to understand student needs both in the classroom and after graduation. Specific methods are illustrated with classroom examples for…

Fall 1977 first census enrollment in the Los Angeles Community College District was 129,296, showing a 2.5% increase over fall 1976 and a reversal of the previous year's enrollment decline. Major factors suggested as contributing to this increase include more vigorous recruitment efforts, increased student retention due to special college and…

Beginning in 1973, the career placement center of the Des Moines Independent School District instituted a student employment survey in an attempt to quantify part-time student employment during the summer and school months. The data presented was collected over a two-year period and represents 2,074 senior high school student responses. There were…