This document reviews the University of Pittsburgh Community Long-Range Goals project carried out in 1970-72. Emphasis is placed on introductory material and developmental history, immediate preceding events in the University, perspectives on the process, participation at the forums, notes of participant observers, questionnaire follow-up for goal…

This research is an empirical investigation and analysis of corpus of trustees meeting activity in a sample of 21 public 4-year colleges and universities. The data input instruments were the board minutes for the year 1963-64 and 1971-72, bylaws, standing orders, procedural manuals and other documents as well as copies of all state legislation…

Student enrollment in New England institutions of higher education for the fall 1972 are reported. Following introductory material, New England enrollment, first time students, residence data, institutional data, and U.S. enrollment are discussed. Appendices include statistical enrollment data for Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island,…

Student enrollment in institutions of higher education in the Boston Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) for the fall of 1972 are reported. Emphasis is placed on total enrollment, control of institution, level of students, first time students, and residence of undergraduates. Tables include statistical data concerning student enrollment…

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

This study reports the higher educational needs of the persons living in lower west Florida counties from Manatee to Collier, identifies the most feasible course of action to meet those needs and assesses the consequences ensuing from adding to the state university system. Chapters cover access to public higher education, expansion of the state…

Results of information derived from 120 household interviews in Model Cities Neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia in November and December, 1971 are presented. The primary purpose of the project was to provide data to the Neighborhood Continuing Education Program in Savannah as concerns "felt" needs and attitudes of residents it endeavors to serve.…

This study investigated what professional educators believe are the appropriate bases for judging the effectiveness of the teacher. A random sample of all public school teachers and administrators (N=264) in the state of Delaware were instructed to rate each of 16 criteria "according to its importance in determining teacher effectiveness." The…

Reported was an explanatory conceptual model for pathological left-handedness (PLH) and related hypotheses, some of which could not be tested empirically due to lack of information. The model was reported to provide an explanation for the relationship between handedness and specific learning disability, and handedness and cerebral dominance for…

This study determined if the effects of specific training in teaching strategies conducted as a part of the preservice program persisted through the first year of teaching. The subjects were first-year home economics teachers who had been a part of a previous study involving the training. They tape-recorded ten lessons. The variety of teaching…

This investigator found and reviewed fifty-one studies reported in the literature on individualized reading between 1937 and 1971. Of this number, forty of these studies were controlled at least to the extent of using control groups. In twenty-four cases the results favored the individualized reading group. Only one author reported higher reading…

A 2-phase project has been undertaken to develop a research and development planning system which consists of (1) a systematic procedure to formulate research projects, and (2) a systematic procedure to guide the selection of a subset of projects. Phase 1 of the project involves the development of a meta model which is based on a modular concept…

This compilation of research in agricultural education contains abstracts of studies completed during 1970-71 in the American Vocational Association Southern Region. The abstracts are arranged alphabetically by author and include the purpose, methodology, and findings. Studies are available on loan from university libraries and departments. In…

This compilation of research in agricultural education contains abstracts of studies completed during 1970-71 in the American Vocational Association Pacific Region. The abstracts are arranged alphabetically by author and include the purpose, methodology, and findings. Studies are available for loan from university libraries or departments. In…

The terminal progress report of the Socio-Behavioral Study Center for Mental Retardation summarizes research activities and results of the Center's three major programs. The Community Research Program studied the epidemiological aspects of mental retardation in the community, including identification and classification of retardates, investigation…