This study proposes relationships between job satisfaction, affective commitment (organization, supervisor and workgroup), and exchange relations with supervisor, organization and workgroup members among extension personnel. Perceived self-esteem (SE) is hypothesized to moderate relations between the social exchange foci and the corresponding…

Access to initial teacher education (ITE) across the United Kingdom continues to be significantly determined by selective entry requirements, based on prior academic qualifications. While a number of alternative routes to teacher education exist, several barriers to participation in higher education, including teacher education, still exist.…

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects data on crimes that are not reported to the police as well as those that are reported. Because some crimes are difficult or impossible to examine in a general population survey, the NCVS measures only the personal victimizations of rape, robbery, assault, and theft, and the household crimes…

This report provides and analyzes financial statistics on physical plant assets (land, buildings, and equipment) and institutional indebtedness on physical plants in institutions of higher education for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. The data come from the "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey conducted…

This is the first of a planned series of investigations of the media habits and other cultural activities of 3- to 8-year-old Swedish children. Diagrams show the percent of children who use the various media on an average day and the frequency of their participation in such activities as visits to the theater, museum, or library. The amount of…

This National Science Foundation (NSF) publication of 1963 contains statistical descriptions of the one-half million persons working as scientists, one million engineers, one million technicians, and one-quarter million teachers of science and mathematics in secondary schools. Employment profiles by sectors of the economy are provided. (CP)

THIS REPORT PRESENTS NATIONAL NORMATIVE DATA ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTERING COLLEGE FRESHMEN OF 1966 AND COMPARATIVE DATA ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS ENTERING DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS. THE METHOD USED FOR SELECTING THE SAMPLE OF 251 INSTITUTIONS IS BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED. A STUDENT INFORMATION FORM WAS GIVEN TO 254,480…

THE DATA PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT WERE COMPILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PROGRAM OF LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH INITIATED BY THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (ACE). THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE SAMPLING TECHNIQUE AND OTHER TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS WERE PRESENTED IN AN EARLIER REPORT (ACE RESEARCH REPORT, VOLUME 2,…

A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF MODERN LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS FOR THE FALL OF 1958 AND 1959. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON (1) NATIONAL DATA, (2) BREAKDOWN BY LANGUAGES, (3) COVERAGE OF THE SURVEY, (4) STATISTICAL TABLES, (5) CRITICALLY NEEDED LANGUAGES, (6) DATA ON PUERTO RICO, AND (7) SURVEY TABLES. THE REPORT SHOWED THAT IN 1,039 INSTITUTIONS DURING…

Approximately 2,000 titles of journals and other periodicals which have published articles in the language sciences have been collected and examined. A determination has been made of the extent of their relevance to the language sciences. In addition, behavioral data identifying journals selected by linguists as those of greatest current interest…

This study encompassed the following areas: (a) need for adult education, (b) knowledge concerning adult education, (c) motives for wishing to participate in adult education, (d) obstacles to participating in adult education, (e) plans for participation in adult education, and (f) experience of adult education. The pilot survey, carried out in…

Statistics on brodcast and production hours of public television stations and licensees in the United States, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for fiscal year 1971 are compiled. The major objective is to provide the public boadcasting community--including legislators, administrators, and researchers, as well as the communications industry as a…

This report summarizes the number of educational personnel prepared by institutions of the State University of New York. The period covered by the report is July 1, 1966, through June 30, 1971, with a detailed description of the last 3 years of this 5-year period. The data of the report may underestimate the number of educational personnel for…

The statistics presented were principally compiled from forms submitted to the State Library Commission by public libraries. Major headings by region are: income, operating expenditures, resources, circulation. Data for individual libraries are presented under each heading. (DAG)

Examines some factors that have hindered development of comparable data on the prevalence of handicaps among school-age children, reviews and evaluates some popular prevalence studies, and discusses the potential value of a national survey of the school-age population recently completed by the National Center for Health Statistics. (Author/JG)