Although there has been a widely held impression that net benefits decline as more people seek and attain higher levels of education, investigations indicate that the rates of return have held roughly constant over a long period in the face of the universalization of secondary education and growing participation in tertiary education. The paper…

Reviews various Danish legislative actions leading up to the lifting of the ban on pornography, and discusses possible consequences of such liberalization by analyzing police statistics from a five year period. (MH)

Data clearly indicate that size of subunit and work system interdependence exert direct, independent effects on the absenteeism of elementary teachers. (Author/IRT)

A total of 116 medical students entering the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1975 were given the Jackson Personality Research Form (PRF) during their medical school orientation period. Mean scores are shown and differences between student group and resident group are noted. (LBH)

The results of a 1976 study of American whites' attitudes toward racial integration of blacks into U.S. society are reported. Improvement in racial attitudes, and the continuities and discontinuities in the rate of improvement are discussed. Some of the causes for the trends observed are examined. (Author/GC)

Presents data on the French examination for the secondary school certificate: number of candidates, their teachers, sub-tests, method of correction, the results and the proposed changes in the tests. (Text is in French.) (MLA)

This paper provides empirical, relatively assumption-free, estimates of the private costs of participating in postsecondary education. The data base is the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Previous attempts to make such estimates are examined. (Author/IRT)

A grouping procedure which systematically combines objects to satisfy a criterion specified by the investigator and groups those objects that are most alike first is discussed. Two such methods that can be easily demonstrated in the classroom setting with the aid of electronic calculators are presented. (MN)

Distortion of data is caused by purposeful, goal-oriented activity of people who produce data, as well as by attempts to cheat or manipulate social service delivery systems. Failure to recognize a constructive motivational component is attributed to an over-reliance on positivism in the social sciences. (Author/CTM)

Criticizes a discussion of the reformation of post-TUCE learning equations by John Soper, which were presented in an earlier issue (see EJ 152 358). Claims that the author's manipulations from one equation to another essentially repackaged the same information. (Author/DB)

Discusses recent protest concerning the conduct of survey research. (SL)

Selected statistics and findings from HEW's Safe School Study are summarized here, revealing that the secondary school principal is a key figure in reducing school crime and violence. (Author)

Attributes peculiar to master's degree graduates from DePaul University's School of Education from 1966 to 1969 are examined in order to adequately judge the quality of the graduate program. Data are reported on student birthplace, residence, undergraduate study and degree, admission status, GPA, specialization, age beginning and ending, degree…

In a replication study the Learning Style Inventory was given to over 200 practicing physicians and medical students. Contrary to previous findings, the results suggest that there is no association between learning style and career choice in medicine. (Author/LBH)

Research on 115 colleges and universities tests hypotheses about the relationships between organizational characteristics--including size, horizontal and vertical differentiation, complexity, and the qualifications of the faculty--and decentralization of authority in four areas: new departments, dean appointments, salary raises, and leaves of…