The purpose of this survey is to identify and describe existing and contemplated projects in the Smithsonian Institution which make use of non-conventional means to store and retrieve information. These techniques range from electronic machine processed to a simple visual, color-coded system or a key-sort device. The 49 projects investigated were…

General personal, occupational, and school experience data were gathered from students who enrolled in the Orange Coast Junior College District in the fall 1968, but failed to return in the spring. These data became part of the storage and retrieval system of Project Follow-Through, a joint study sponsored by the Junior College District and the…

Differences between returning and non-returning students in the Orange Coast Junior College District (California) are the focus of this first in a series of similar reports. Data were initially obtained from students enrolling in the district during the fall of 1968, and have been continuously gathered from new, continuing, and non-returning…

This is the second progress report on an information storage and retrieval system that will gather data from junior college students while they are enrolled and after they leave college. Problems that have been encountered are discussed, and the general system procedure is documented with program descriptions. The first progress report of this…

Elementary and secondary school curriculum development and implementation in Ontario is guided by pamphlets (curriculum guidelines) from the Ministry of Education. The diverse nature of these pamphlets caused the Ministry to initiate the design of instruments to determine the meaningfulness and effectiveness of the guidelines throughout the…

This factbook is a pocket-sized looseleaf notebook containing blank statistical tables where data may be recorded concerning institutions. Eight major sections, which include tables, provide a place for information about the school's history, academic constituents, admissions and enrollment, academic programs, finances, physical resources, student…

This paper briefly describes one model for interinstitutional cooperation in a continuing program of institutional research activities involving planned patterns of data collection and analysis (surveys, tests, follow-up data on student progress, etc.). Some of the advantages of continuing collaboration by several colleges with a central resource…

In this report the National Science Board presents the first results from a newly initiated effort to develop indicators of the state of the scientific enterprise in the Unite States. The ultimate goal of this effort is a set of indices which will reveal the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. science and technology, in terms of the capacity and…

This document reports individual State activities involving governance and administration of education. Data were collected from State departments of education, legislative service agencies, State school board associations and state offices of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. States are identified by the…

This study was conducted as part of Project PRIME (Planning Resources in Minnesota Education), which is a 1-year project to test implement the CAMPUS simulation model in 3 institutions of higher education in Minnesota. The purpose of this study was to explore a self-sampling method of collecting data on faculty to determine if there were any…

This report is concerned with the enrollment of children 3 to 5 years old in organized educational programs. The data are based upon information collected by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in its October 1971 Current Population Survey. This survey covers a sample of 50,000 households distributed over 449 areas comprising 863 counties and…

A report on the economics of Wisconsin outdoor recreation industry, including characteristics of private recreation enterprises, financial components such as investment, gross recreation income, costs, net recreation income, and return to family labor and management. Other management aspects, such as rate determination, outside employment,…

Discusses measurement techniques which can provide useful data for the educator concerned with designing learning environments and associated instructional materials. (SF)

Hispanos have an important part to play in the 1980 census. The Spanish-speaking population needs the information provided by the census and the census needs the help Hispanos can give. It is a two-way street that can be mutually beneficial to everyone involved. (Editor/NQ)

Describes the Library Space Utilization (LSU) methodology, which demonstrates that significant information about the functional requirements of a library can be measured and displayed in a quantitative and graphic form. It measures "spatial" relationships between selected functional divisions; it also determines how many people--staff…