This annual summary provides information about research programs which have been developed and administered by the Office of Manpower Research to June 30, 1969. The first section contains data about all projects in progress at the end of the 1969 fiscal year. Section 2 contains brief summaries of research projects completed during the year and…

A mailed survey was conducted of students' opinions on issues relevant to the university's policy toward the consumption of alcoholic beverages on campus. Responses were received from 402 members of a random sample of 496 students from the Twin Cities Campus of the University of Minnesota. Key findings include: A majority of respondents believed…

Several predictors of occupational choice derived from a theory of careers (Holland, 1973) were examined. Hypotheses that a person's competencies, activities, self-estimates, interests, and vocational choices can be organized by a six-category typology to understand and predict subsequent choice were tested. Samples of 894 men and 989 women took…

Sixty-two women religious were administered the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16-PF) and the Personal Orientation Inventory in 1969 and again in 1972. The Pearson product-moment correlations on the 16-PF ranged from .18 to .77; the mean correlation was .36. Statistical significance was reached on 14 to 16 factors. In a "t"…

This document presents the full report of a study of 66 colleges that agreed to use the author's cost-effectiveness strategy. Drawing on real-life examples, it is shown how other colleges can use cost analysis to bring expenditures in line with income. Necessary data collection forms and comparative tables that make implementation an uncomplicated…

Questions regarding changing professorial values are examined from three sources and methodologies--historical, sociological, and humanistic. Each approach contributes to an answer to the issue although each method has limitations. (The historical record is spotty. Socioeconomic status and religious background data are cross-sectional, not…

This project studied the effects of personality, motivation, and reward on the learning process in two main ways: (1) a long term study, which examined school achievement and gain in school achievement over a 1-year period, utilizing four major representative areas of school study; and (2) a short term study, which utilized a single lesson period…

In order to gain some perspective on the present status of higher education facilities and maintenance activities, the Higher Education Panel recently conducted a survey of the opinions of college administrators with respect to their physical facility planning. The survey was designed to elicit opinions on the perceived adequacy of an…

The research was designed to determine whether: (1) ninth-grade male and female students differ in their perceptions of job characteristics which would be important to them in choosing an occupation, (2) ninth-grade male and female students differ in their perceptions of what constitutes job "success," and (3) counselors and teachers can predict…

This report describes the fourth in a series of annual conferences of doctoral candidates who have received dissertation research grants from the Manpower Administration. These conferences are designed to provide opportunities for the candidates to discuss their work with each other and to meet senior manpower specialists. In the 1970 conference,…

This study examines the relationship between the graduate student's political self-characterization and his responses to attitude questions, and tests the influence on his relationship to the variables of political interest and academic contest. Part one, ideological consistency, discusses the sample group, selection of indicators, analysis of…

The ADVISOR (revised form) was used to obtain student ratings of instructors and courses for classes offered in spring 1971. The classes were divided into nine groups according to the beginning time of class meeting to assess possible differential ratings by time. The first two subscales of the ADVISOR, Overall Evaluation of Course and Instructor,…

This study examines characteristics of parents in most, moderate and least agreement with their collegiate children. The sample consisted of the parents of 354 undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). Eighty-one percent of the parents completed questions about their backgrounds, methods of influencing their…

This report presents the preliminary results of an effort to identify and measure the benefits stemming from one kind of departure from the dominant departmental structure of the modern university. Because money costs of programs in higher education are easier to identify than benefits, a successful effort of this kind is a prerequisite to…

This study was designed to obtain estimates of what opportunities are now available, via organized courses and degree offerings at the undergraduate level, for students to gain a better understanding of certain ethnic and racial groups, and to determine the extent to which students avail themselves of these opportunities. A questionnaire was sent…