This document contains the budget recommendations for Illinois public community colleges and the Illinois Community College Board for fiscal year (FY) 1978, reviews the funding history and problems of Illinois community colleges and provides a statement of need for the FY 1978 budget request totalling $132,196,218. This figure compares to the FY…

In 1973, from the 291 public high schools, there were 40,956 graduates, or 70% of the 58,544 ninth grade enrollment in 1969-70. From the 46 non-public high schools, there were 3,481 graduates, or 71.5% of the 4,870 ninth grade enrollment in 1969-70. This report provides data on the holding power and graduates of Kentucky public and non-public high…

In 1975, from the 321 public high schools, there were 42,975 graduates, or 68.4% of the 62,822 ninth grade enrollment in 1971-72. From the 59 non-public high schools, there were 3,277 graduates, or 83.4% of the 3,930 ninth grade enrollment in 1971-72. This report provides data on the holding power and graduates of Kentucky public and non-public…

Focusing on the migrant farmworkers in eight South Carolina counties which employed a large number of migrants, the situational study examined some of their socioeconomic characteristics and problems. A questionnaire was administered to obtain data on: the number and location of migrants, racial and family composition, family economy, housing…

This study investigates preferences of public support for allocation of expenditures toward environmental controls or toward economic growth from 1973-1975. The author considered four previously noted correlates of environmental support--education, family income, place of residence, and political orientation. Two state-wide surveys were conducted…

The efficacy of small group instructional activities dealing with transitive inference, conservation, and class inclusion of length was investigated in a sample of kindergarten (N=44) and first grade (N=45) children (mean ages of 5 years, 7 months and 6 years, 7 months respectively). The two instructional sessions (10 to 15 minutes each) employed…

Recent developments and emerging trends in Soviet education, as reflected in legislation and statistical reports, are reported. First, the structure of Soviet secondary and higher education is outlined. Then, a description is given of the July 1973 Fundamentals, a legislative statement of principles focusing on the Soviet ideal of the education…

This paper is one of several reports being prepared by the Energy Task Force on the impact of energy supply and cost trends on nonprofit educational institutions. This particular report focuses on the need to render educational facilities more energy-efficient through a program of capital investments focused on the rehabilitation of existing…

Two aspects of student charge assessment are examined: (1) assessing students on a full "per-credit-hour-enrolled" basis, and (2) assessing more advanced students at higher rates. Questionnaires were sent to 39 major public universities believed to assess students in either of these ways. The national office of the National Association…

The methodology employed in an analysis of expenditures on academic programs at McMaster University is presented. The general procedure was to provide expenditure data for instruction programs, research programs, and professional activities/public service programs. The results are aggregated to give expenditures per student by program and year…

Enrollments in Oklahoma higher education, fall semester 1976, are compared with the previous fall semester enrollments. A 1.3 percent increase in main and branch campus enrollments was found. Statistics are provided for various categories, including: geographic origin of students, distribution of enrollments in public and private institutions,…

The 1975-76 program aimed to: raise or maintain the rate of gain in computational and communicational skills of each student in the tutorial program; improve the computational and communicational skills of each student in the "Career Development" program; increase each "Career Development" student's awareness of, specific…

Data on medical student indebtedness and career plans that were collected as part of the AAMC's "Survey of How Medical Students Finance Their Education, 1974-1975" is analyzed. The data sample consisted of anonymous questionnaires received from 15 percent of the total enrollment at 110 U.S. medical schools. The variables included in the…

This report provides a brief summary and description of the full-time professional staff employed by the seven Hawaii community colleges. There was a total of 1,045 full and part-time staff in fall 1976, an increase of 9% over the previous fall. The number of staff at each campus ranged from 68 at Windward to 265 at Leeward Community College. Of…

To determine what resources are available to community health nurses, a survey was conducted of 345 agencies in WICHE's 13 western state region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Major findings were: (1) only two percent of responding agencies had a full-time…