This directory is designed as a reference for the educator on the activities of the new social studies research and curriculum development projects. It is not an analysis or an evaluation; it merely reports the information supplied by the 100 various projects --name, director, address, purpose, grade, subject, and products. These projects cover…

This report presents data obtained from Project Talent (a longitudinal study designed to achieve a better understanding of the career plans and career development of young adults). In 1960 400,000 students in grades nine through twelve were administered a battery of specially constructed tests and inventories which collected data about their…

This interim report on 1 project at the Berkeley Center for Research and Development in Higher Education deals with the construction of a theoretical model of the curricular-instructional subsystem. The relationship between student unrest and the poor quality of education in American colleges has long been evident to educational researchers. The…

American colleges and universities have long been deeply involved in research sponsored by the federal government. The total cost of such research, which is conducted primarily in the service of government missions, has been borne jointly by the government and the universities. In recent years, a growing concern with the costs of…

Activities undertaken by the Office of Institutional Research at Northern Michigan University during the 1968-1969 fiscal year are summarized in this report. Projects that were completed include a faculty salary survey, a comparison of academic performance and persistence in college between low-achieving students who had taken an early entry…

This report covers the period from the approval of the Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) by the Office of Education in June 1966 to its termination on June 30, 1969. An introductory section treats the historical background and the establishment and development of the RCU. Other sections deal with: (1) activities and accomplishments in the areas of…

This publication includes two reports of the Wisconsin Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education (RCU) for the respective periods January 1966-September 1968 and October 1968-August 1969. The general objectives of the RCU were stimulation, coordination, and dissemination of research. Some major activities were related to stimulating…

This annual summary provides information about research programs which have been developed and administered by the Office of Manpower Research to June 30, 1969. The first section contains data about all projects in progress at the end of the 1969 fiscal year. Section 2 contains brief summaries of research projects completed during the year and…

A mailed survey was conducted of students' opinions on issues relevant to the university's policy toward the consumption of alcoholic beverages on campus. Responses were received from 402 members of a random sample of 496 students from the Twin Cities Campus of the University of Minnesota. Key findings include: A majority of respondents believed…

Several predictors of occupational choice derived from a theory of careers (Holland, 1973) were examined. Hypotheses that a person's competencies, activities, self-estimates, interests, and vocational choices can be organized by a six-category typology to understand and predict subsequent choice were tested. Samples of 894 men and 989 women took…

Sixty-two women religious were administered the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16-PF) and the Personal Orientation Inventory in 1969 and again in 1972. The Pearson product-moment correlations on the 16-PF ranged from .18 to .77; the mean correlation was .36. Statistical significance was reached on 14 to 16 factors. In a "t"…

This document presents the full report of a study of 66 colleges that agreed to use the author's cost-effectiveness strategy. Drawing on real-life examples, it is shown how other colleges can use cost analysis to bring expenditures in line with income. Necessary data collection forms and comparative tables that make implementation an uncomplicated…

Questions regarding changing professorial values are examined from three sources and methodologies--historical, sociological, and humanistic. Each approach contributes to an answer to the issue although each method has limitations. (The historical record is spotty. Socioeconomic status and religious background data are cross-sectional, not…

This project studied the effects of personality, motivation, and reward on the learning process in two main ways: (1) a long term study, which examined school achievement and gain in school achievement over a 1-year period, utilizing four major representative areas of school study; and (2) a short term study, which utilized a single lesson period…

In order to gain some perspective on the present status of higher education facilities and maintenance activities, the Higher Education Panel recently conducted a survey of the opinions of college administrators with respect to their physical facility planning. The survey was designed to elicit opinions on the perceived adequacy of an…