For the purpose of the study, the local economy of Malaspina College in Nanaimo, British Columbia was defined as the school district. The variables used to assess the college's impact were: (1) income injected into the local economy as a result of the expenditures of the college, its employees, and its students; (2) college-related revenues…

This report takes a look at libraries, their facilities and services in the South Western Oklahoma Development Authority (SWODA) district. To provide additional planning data, the population of the SWODA area is analyzed in terms of age, ethnicity, employment, income, education and growth trends. The results of inventory of all existing libraries…

The statistical almanac makes up two of Project Baseline's fourth national report, a study of vocational education programs based on State and Federal records and other sources. A series of 75 tables are presented in three sections. Section one contains 37 one-year tables based on State data collected in fiscal year 1974. Tables are divided into…

The educational system in Bangladesh is unique in its finance and management structure. Elementary and higher education are mostly publicly financed, while secondary and intermediate education are mainly private organized. This study concentrates on private schools at the secondary, intermediate, and college level; and the difference in access…

Presenting a 45/15 extended school year plan for one New Jersey elementary school, this study includes plans, strategies, and materials used to provide public information; surveys of community attitudes; and evaluation of a pilot project. The school year calendar, pupil and teacher schedules, teacher inservice, and problem issues are presented…

The bulk of this volume is comprised of the statistical report forms submitted to the state library by all of the academic libraries in the state of North Dakota. The data presented for each library includes: print resources (books, documents, serials, and microforms); audiovisual holdings; collection use in terms of in-library usage, circulation,…

This report is based on a survey of the 168 bilingual education programs operating in the U.S. in 1971-72. Of these, 157 responded to the Consolidated Program Information Report survey, which collected data on specific programs and target populations. The report provides some brief background information on Title VII of the Elementary and…

This publication, the 10th in a series of annual projections of data on education, incorporates projections of elementary and secondary enrollments based on revised projections by the Bureau of the Census. Because significant changes in enrollment patterns have occurred during the past few years in institutions of higher education, this edition…

The basic research design reported in this paper includes technical substudies of the principal factors that affect a State's school finance program. Factors considered in this document include educational need and cost differentials among school districts, State and local taxation, the cost of delivering education, public school personnel,…

The book consists of the major background documents which the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) used in 1970 to examine the Japanese educational policy at all school levels. The reports, which form the major part of the book, were prepared by the Planning and Research Department of the Ministry of Education of Japan.…

This brochure presents 30 reprints of short articles selected from American Education from November 1971 through November 1972. (EA)

This paper examines several major State finance revisions and the procedures used to analyze their impact on school district per pupil expenditures, State aid, and local tax rates in New York, Massachusetts, and California. Policy alternatives include utilization of measures of educational need, municipal overburden factors in the general formula,…

This book describes Nevada's system of education, its historical development, how the schools are organized and financed, what is taught, and who is qualified through what procedures to teach. Seven chapters cover the following subjects: (1) Nevada's natural resources--geography, climate, people, schools and countries and school enrollments; (2)…

This paper synthesizes the issues, problems, research, and current best practice in secondary education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Overall, Latin America and the Caribbean enroll much lower percentages of school age children in secondary education than the region's chief competitors, and the region's secondary education is inadequate by…

This handbook is written specifically for Early Childhood Services (ECS) operators in Alberta, Canada, applying for Program Unit Funding for students with severe disabilities. It is also designed to enhance the understanding of how assistance is provided to ECS children with severe disabilities by teachers, special needs assistants, parents, and…