This document presents a longitudinal view of the Student Loan Program and the Tuition Grant Program, including both statistical and survey information. Tables one to three contain statistical information on the 1972-73 and 1973-74 Student Loan Programs. Tables four and five cover statistical information on Tuition Grants for 1972-73 and 1973-74.…

The bulletin presents selected results of the first followup survey of the national longitudinal study of the high school class of 1972, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. Information is presented, in percentages (weighed national estimates), on the personal characteristics, postsecondary schooling, and civilian work…

This report provides an overview of fiscal year 1974 federal and agency research and development activities related to adolescence and summarizes the work done by the Interagency Panel on Adolescence. The purpose of the report is to identify, with empirical authority research gaps and overlaps in currently funded projects. Cataloging and listing…

A study was conducted of the production, size, growth, and composition of the serial and monograph literature of the social sciences, together with some comparative data from the sciences and humanities. Data on the social science serial literature was obtained by analysis of the Check List of Social Science Serials--a machine readable data base…

A total of 687 children, aged 7 through 11, was interviewed in fall, 1974 to determine the extent to which the Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine television programs communicated "pro-social" messages to its audience. Viewers of four different episodes of the Globetrotters were questioned about the program they had seen. Among the…

Thirty-nine tables of statistical information which summarize results of completed District Administrator Forms prepared by the Bureau of Statistical Services for the Bureau of Foreign Languages Education are presented in this report. The tables provide data pertaining to the following categories of information: (1) the Foreign Language Survey in…

This survey was designed to determine the academic background, extra salary, released time, duties, and responsibilities of the foreign language and science supervisors employed by the public secondary schools in Western New York and to identify the role they play in the improvement of instruction. More than 70 completed questionnaires serve as…

Presents findings on public attitudes toward educational policies pursued by the Reagan Administration from the 1987 Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll. It is a 13-page report with statistical data and an explanation of how the research was conducted. (MD)

In order to highlight the importance of identifying children with elevated blood lead levels, the Illinois Department of Public Health produces its surveillance report to present state and county level data on the number of children screened for and identified with lead poisoning. In Illinois, all children between 6 and 84 months of age must be…

This KIDS COUNT report examines trends in the well-being of Vermont's youth. The report balances at-risk youth data with survey results related to "positive youth development," an approach that promotes beneficial attributes of youth and their communities. Following an introduction and discussion of positive youth development and youth…

Provides a summary of research and graduate study activities at 227 U.S. and Canadian engineering colleges. Included is information on the number of faculty and students; degree requirements; degree granted; research areas; and research expenditures of each institution. Presents indices by fields of graduate study and areas of research. (YP)

Two groups of students enrolled in Georgia technical college diploma programs were studied: one group matriculated in fall 1992 (n=9,463) and a second group matriculated in fall 1997 (n=12,467). Z?scores and logistic regression were used to determine differences and relationships in attrition, completion, and graduation rates before and after the…

This study identifies and empirically tests factors that may influence learners' use of a computer-based training support system (TSS). The areas of research and theory were drawn from human-computer interaction, information and business management, and adult education. The factors suggested in the literature that may affect learner's use of a TSS…

We analyze why child poverty rates were much higher in Britain than in Western Germany during the 1990s, using a framework focusing on poverty transition rates. Child poverty exit rates were significantly lower, and poverty entry rates significantly higher, in Britain. We decompose these cross-national differences into differences in the…

Many educators and researchers are trying to define statistical literacy for the 21st century. Kimura, a Japanese science educator, has suggested that a key task of statistical literacy is the ability to extract qualitative information from quantitative information, and/or to create new information from qualitative and quantitative information.…