Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores have declined during the last 14 years. Similar score declines have been observed in many different testing programs, many groups, and tested areas. The declines, while not large in any given year, have been consistent over time, area, and group. The period around 1965 is critical for the interpretation of…

Data are presented concerning the numbers of students taking the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and their mean scores for the period 1959 through l976. The implications of these results in relation to changes in the candidate group…

This study's purpose was to analyze the operation of the bargaining systems in the 16 public two-year New Jersey colleges, to compare these systems with those in other states, and to develop policy recommendations. Research covered the history and origins of bargaining, employers' negotiating structures, faculty salary and compensation analysis,…

In this publication, the 12th annual report of the Division of Federal Assistance in the Ohio Department of Education, division activities during the 1976-77 school year are summarized. Statistical, fiscal, and graphic data are presented. The purpose, size and scope of various programs administered by the division are reviewed. The impact of…

One of seven guides developed to assist vocational-technical institutions in conducting a systemized approach to local evaluation, this follow-up and cost effectiveness guide provides a suggested procedure for conducting a needs assessment from the external sources of former students. This guide also suggests various uses of extant enrollment and…

The nature and scope of the enrollment problem in Minnesota, plans and policies to deal with the problem, statewide policy implication of the problem and ways to effectively meet the challenges posed by the problem are discussed. A summary and analysis of enrollment trends in Minnesota are provided in Chapter 1, including specific projected…

A graphic and tabular summary is presented of the numbers and percentages of Vermont public and private high school graduates who were reported to be entering higher education, other education beyond high school and various other pursuits each year from 1971 through 1976. The data are classified according to numbers and percentages entering…

Although enrollment is one of the bases by which the state funds its segments of higher education, different assumptions and calculation methodologies exist between the California State University and Colleges and the University of California in determining the enrollment statistics reported for budgetary purposes. The state legislature therefore…

Instruction for faculty/staff members on the needs assessment task force to lead others in preparing, administering, and collecting questionnaires is contained in this guide, one of twelve documents describing the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) and its use. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system designed to provide…

Planning for educational programs in agriculture/agribusiness demands knowledge of future employment demand for various occupations. At present, a functional and comprehensive occupational information system for agriculture/agribusiness does not exist. Systems that do exist, such as the Occupational Information System (OIS) and the Dictionary of…

The second-year (1980-81) evaluation of the Austin Independent School District's court-mandated comprehensive desegregation remedy affecting Black and Mexican American students, focuses on broad questions relevant to the systemwide impact of the desegregation order. Chapter I presents names of persons who have been provided portions of the design…

This bulletin examines the labor market experience of youth in the United States and eight other industrial countries from the early 1960s to the late 1970s. The analysis focuses upon unemployment, the most visible and measurable form of labor underutilization. The report highlights the size of the youth unemployment problem and discusses some of…

An overview of the Title I Migrant Education Program is provided through summaries of its legislative history, program administration and management, Title I Local Projects/Title I Migrant Education Projects, program goals and objectives, instructional services, supportive services, Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), formulas for…

A case study dealing with problems arising from the steady decline in enrolments in South Australia since World War II provides comparative statistical tables on, and a discussion of, these problems. The problems addressed are: number of students enrolled; number of teachers; expenditure on education; teacher loss rate by primary and secondary…

This fourth report of the Institute for the Study of Educational Policy examines the status of black Americans in higher education from 1970 to 1979, with special consideration to a discussion of a basis of parity which takes into account the rapid growth of the black population and to enrollment patterns in traditionally black institutions of…