Competencies of an effective adult educator were identified by surveying a sample of administrators, coordinators, and instructors in the Wisconsin vocational, technical, and adult education system and a sample of adult educators at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. The tabulated results are reviewed in tables with the median and interquartile…

This book considers the most common criticisms of the property tax as a source of government revenue and argues that, contrary to popular belief, empirical studies show that the property tax is probably a largely progressive tax. The author also examines common defects in property tax administration and concludes that these problems are remediable…

By December 1974, it appeared that the growth of faculty unionism in U.S. higher education had definitely begun to slow down. The 1975 turnabout, rejection rates, the nature of the resistance, and the public versus private distinction are reviewed. It is concluded that any future increase in the rate of public rejections and in the four-year…

The feasibility of using multiple choice questions as a reliable procedure in testing trainees is discussed, and suggestions for test construction are offered. (BP)

Investigates the causal dynamics underlying the negative relationship between occupational income and concentrations of minority (female and black male) workers: regression analyses of 1950 through 1970. Census data on detailed occupations indicate that competition and segregation are race or sex specific processes. (Author/JM)

This paper reported the results of a factor analytic study of faculty perceptions of a specific student group, senior Arts and Sciences students, and those students' perceptions of their class peers. The investigation attempted to determine the degree of congruence in the factors or dimensions along which both groups judge student characteristics.…

Describes an experiment in teaching research methods to undergraduate students in political science. The experiment centered around a data lab that met weekly and provided students with information pertaining to data processing and statistics. Information on student evaluation of the experiment is included. (Author/DB)

Examines two traditional approaches to the measurement of library service--the gathering of circulation and reference statistics--and relates them in a statistical model in an attempt to define real standards against which a library's activity can be compared. Graphs comparing reference and circulation statistics are included. (Author/JD)

Isolating the major patterns of attitudes of students living in university residence halls toward a university health service, this study attempts to determine whether there were differences among the groups with respect to their use of the mass media as sources of health-related information. (DS)

Systematic procedures are outlined for testing the assumption made on the dependent variables in a variety of statistical techniques. Specifically, procedures are outlined for testing the assumption that the dependent variables are measuring the same constructs in the same metrics with equivalent reliabilities across all subgroups. (Author/JKS)

A smoothing model was applied to the transition ratios of the number of university students in successive time periods. Each application was conditional on the department and year of student. The results may be applied to any level of aggregation in the institution. (Author/LBH)

This research was concerned with a further exploration of the adolescent's capacity to think in formal terms about the consequences of suddenly changed circumstances depicted in literature. Implications for classroom learning are considered. (Author/RK)

A new method for separating affective and denotative meaning subsystems in semantic differential ratings of any homogeneous concept domain is developed and illustrated using personality ratings data. Possible applications of this method are discussed. (Author/JKS)

Women represent almost half of the 1956-1976 increase in union membership, but their representation in official positions did not advance proportionately. The article presents and discusses data on labor force participation, union and association membership, and offices held by women. (MF)