This study examines the consumption of resources by retired persons by distinguishing between institutionally controlled resources (social security, medicare, prescription discounts, medicaid, heating subsidy, supplemental security income, veterans' benefits, disability income, and meals-on-wheels) and personally controlled resources (gardens,…

The usefulness of two computer-based guidance systems--SIGI (System of Interactive Guidance and Information) and ENCORE--in meeting the career planning needs of adults was explored. Another area of study was how these systems fit into the differing career resource centers of an employer, a college, and a public library. Participants who used SIGI…

Results of a survey of riders of wheelchair-accessible buses at the University of Minnesota are summarized. Handicapped and nonhandicapped riders were surveyed in May 1981 to determine their personal characteristics and their reactions to the service. Responses from 1,236 riders indicated support for the concept of accessible transit and…

Teachers and teacher center personnel were used to gather evaluative information on Awraja Pedagogical Centers (APCs) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Teachers discussed their access to center facilities and services, and ratings of center materials and personnel. APC staff discussed their work, hours of center operation, procedures followed in the…

Data from the first year of a developing plan to implement a bilingual/bicultural mental health service network within a large urban Latino metropolis were gathered from Manos de Esperanza, a Spanish speaking family outpatient/crisis clinic funded by the Van Nuys Community Mental Health Center. First year of planning evolved from a community…

This report shows fiscal year (FY) 1983 actual achievements in relation to goals, objectives, and proposed utilization of funds, as contained in the "FY 1983 South Carolina State Plan for Vocational-Technical Education." An introduction is followed by an overview of vocational-technical education in South Carolina. Section III presents…

This working paper focuses on methods for developing a study program on scientific and technical information users that could serve as a subject of study in the academic preparation of librarians, archivists, and scientific and technical information specialists. Recognizing that in most schools for training specialists of scientific and technical…

The process by which Hispanic students move from two- to four-year colleges was studied. Based on interviewing, case studies are presented for two Hispanic females and two non-Hispanic Caucasian females attending De Anza College, California. Each of the students aspired to eventually transfer to a four-year college. Students' decisions to attend…

Undergraduate academic advising services available at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was studied in 1979-80. One survey was sent to 114 deans, directors, and chairs of undergraduate and graduate programs, centers, and administrative units involved in academic advising to identify faculty and staff involved in academic advising. A…

Views of students at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus concerning five services that receive the largest amounts of student services fees were surveyed in 1979. Telephone interviews were conducted with three subsamples: 162 students were questioned about the Boynton Health Service and the "Minnesota Daily"; 156 students were…

This bibliography is designed to help teachers and administrators effectively address the problems facing them in a time of financial rigor. The citations have been drawn from material appearing over the past five years in ERIC's Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), and they address such topics as…

In-depth interviews with a randomly selected sample of 192 University of Washington faculty members who reported conducting scholarly research investigated their need for and utilization of a number of university support services. Users were asked to evaluate the services they had used, to identify any problems encountered, and to suggest…

Presented as part of a 4-volume comprehensive report of a Florida project designed to understand rural poor and their information-seeking and information-utilization behavior patterns, Volume III reported data collected in a pre-test, used to determine the awareness and utilization of seven anti-poverty programs. Low income rural residents (N=840)…

This paper describes the effect of a person's social network upon his or her use of health services. A "social network" consists of complex strands of affiliations radiating from an individual to his/her close associates (kin and friends) and then to the larger society beyond. Health services include hospitals, clinics, doctors' offices, and…

This report describes an experimental system for remote direct access to files of computer-stored information which has been indexed by the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). The data base for the experiment consisted of references from a single issue of Nuclear Science Abstracts. The Special Subject Edition of UDC for Nuclear Science and…