A study was conducted to determine if the tendency for faculty members of higher rank to receive the highest ratings on the Illinois Course Evaluation Questionnaire (CEQ) remained when variables such as class size and course level were taken into account. The relationship between CEQ ratings and instructor's rank, class size, and level of course…

To determine the present adequacy and future trends of the dormitory arrangements on each of Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned higher education institutions, a survey of administrators and students was conducted. The survey instrument, a four-part, 44-item student housing questionnaire, was developed and disseminated to the appropriate respondents at…

This report presents the results of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Survey of Scientific Activities at Universities and Colleges, 1971, dealing exclusively with the employment of scientific and engineering personnel and the financing of scientific activities in U.S. institutions of higher education. The survey was conducted by mail…

This study investigates the present state of sabbatical leave policies and practices in 4-year colleges and universities in New Mexico. A questionnaire was mailed to the Academic Affairs Dean or Academic Vice-President of nine New Mexico institutions. Follow-up letters were sent and responses were received from eight of the nine institutions.…

This compilation of research in agricultural education contains abstracts of 13 studies completed during 1971-72 in the Pacific Region. Studies are ordered and presented alphabetically by author and include the purpose, methodology, and findings. Eleven studies are on master's degree research, one is on doctoral research, and one is a staff study.…

This study was developed and approved as a pilot project preliminary to the major task of abstracting, classifying and assessing approximately one thousand dance research studies. Most of these studies are university sponsored, date from 1901 to the present, and are found on library shelves or in department files as master's theses. When the major…

The present study is a continuation of a series of studies dealing with predictions of future daily behaviors. Because of the finite nature of time, people have to make choices among activities, bearing in mind the duration of such activities. The dimension of "discretion", which deals specifically with the duration of time a person spends on an…

In an attempt to further analyse the status backgrounds of participants in the student movement by utilizing the concept socioeconomic-ethnic status inconsistency as it is used in the studies of voting behavior, it was discovered that the more actively mobilized students were recruited from low ascribed/high achieved status backgrounds while the…

The annual report of the Educational Research, Development, and Reference Group at the American Printing House for the Blind summarizes research and development activities conducted during fiscal year 1972 and those planned for fiscal year 1973. Reviewed is progress on individual projects in five major areas: aural study systems for the visually…

In this paper the belief is stated that researchers need to develop some type of conceptual frame for improving continuity of studies and specificity of treatment. This paper describes such a conceptual frame and its implications for research. The paper states that the framework was designed to help researchers identify, classify, and/or quantify…

This compilation of research in agricultural education presents abstracts of 76 studies completed during 1971-72 in 12 of the states of the Central Region. The abstracts are arranged alphabetically by author and indexed by subject. A list of studies in progress in 1971-73 is also included. Abstracts of research completed in 1971-72 were reported…

The Baltimore Placement Program is unique in that it serves all students in the city's public secondary schools. It is available both to graduates and to dropouts, and the service may be used by a graduate or dropout for as long as one year after he leaves school. The goals of the program are to place students in jobs that are compatible with…

The facts and opinions regarding pass/no pass grading at Berkeley discussed in this report are based on three sources of information. These sources include a survey of faculty conducted in the spring quarter 1970, a survey of undergraduate students in the winter quarter 1971, and the records routinely generated in the Registrar's Office for the…

During the summer and fall orientation of 1972, a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education was administered to incoming freshmen at the University of South Carolina (USC) and 527 other institutions of higher education. The resulting summary data on entering freshmen included information on the entering freshmen at USC and…

The purpose of this study was to explore and compare the self-perceived roles of black and nonblack administrators who have comparable institutional affiliation and who hold similar positions in selected predominantly white institutions of higher education. The population for the study consisted of 98 black administrators and 110 nonblack…