This report contains a comprehensive summary of place of class attendance statistics for Nova Southeastern University for calendar year 2000. This summary provides both collapsed and breakout statistics that offer more detail than can be included in the University's annual Fact Book. In 2000, 81% of Nova Southeastern students attended class in…

Finds that newspapers are more credible than television in some aspects of reporting such as public affairs while television is believed more accurate in news of student protest. (RB)

Employs the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity'' data to test hypotheses about differences in migration selectivity depending on the structural distance traversed in the migration process. (Author/JM)

Reviews and discusses recent Norwegian research on the distribution of public adult education resources in relation to the equality goal of the Norwegian Adult Education Act. Finds that adult education has failed to achieve social equality in Norway. (JOW)

Documents the development of two-year colleges in the United States during the 1920s and discusses the following trends: the early dominance of private institutions and the post-World War I rise of public two-year colleges, their extraordinary growth rate, and their concentration in the Midwest and the South. (GC)

Institutional and geographical decentralisations of higher education and research in Norway have mainly taken place during the last 10-15 years and represent a break with the past policy in this field. In many respects both decentralisations have turned out to be conflict-ridden processes. (BRR)

A study of physician distribution in Illinois counties from 1969-1979 showed smallest increases in low-population counties and largest in middle-sized cities. The major result of establishment of regional medical education centers is not a general diffusion of physicians but concentration in tertiary care centers with the new educational programs.…

A survey of the distribution of various kinds of libraries in the United States at different times during the last 100 years. (Author)

Places the "Journal of Documentary Reproduction", published by the American Library Association, in an historical context and defines its domain in terms of the characteristics of its contributors. Authorship characteristics include occupation, institutional affiliation, geographic distribution, and gender. (Author/LRW)

State governments will spend 14.3 percent more than two years ago on higher education. In general, farm-belt states are providing generous increases, while northeast states are preparing for austerity. (MSE)

During 1981-84, migration patterns of both the poor and nonpoor consistently reinforced preexisting spatial concentrations of poverty. High migration rates of the poor into and out of high poverty counties suggest an equilibrium condition. A locale's persistent poverty may result not from lack of opportunity but from an opportunity structure that…

The relative success of a college fund-raising campaign in the current uncertain financial climate depends on (1) whether the college is in an economically troubled area; (2) how far the institution is into its campaign; and (3) base of giving (whether corporate, middle-income individual donors, or old money in other fields). (MSE)

Using percentage of students at proficient and advanced levels for science on the Missouri Assessment Program in St. Louis area school districts, this study investigates the relationship of scientific attainment with school variables of enrollment, percentage of students receiving free/reduced lunch, instructional expenditures per student,…

Descriptions of the number and distributions of minority physicians, dentists, and pharmacists within certain geographically and demographically defined areas are provided. Data from the Bureau of the Census for the 1980 Decennial Census were used in examining distribution patterns of minority and non-minority practitioners by geographic region,…

This document presents a classification of the campus resources of higher education institutions in the United States. After the foreword, the institutions are divided into 5 categories: doctoral-granting universities; comprehensive colleges and universities; general baccalaureate colleges; 2-year colleges, and separate specialized professional…