This document discusses priority problems and identifies possible solutions with regard to the existing system for delivery of services to children and youth. The study involved 250 individuals representing child and youth services throughout the state of California. Each task force study focuses on one major subject area relating to young people:…

In order to identify long-obscured patterns of concentration in grants made by large private foundations to various types of colleges and universities in this country, a computer program capable of annual trend analyses was developed and utilized with data from the currently most comprehensive and accessible source, the grants index of "Foundation…

This study presents an analysis of the responses of University of California, Irvine freshmen to the 1973 Student Information Form, a questionnaire developed by the American Council on Education. Part 1 compares UC Irvine freshmen with freshmen attending other universities. Part 2 analyses responses by school or program of enrollment. Data…

The purpose of the study is to test the notion that job reinforcers and occupational values are related to vocational maturity. The importance of 21 reinforcers and 11 values were rated by 207 vocational rehabilitation clients and 59 graduate students. The dependent measure was the Adult Vocational Maturity Index. Older subjects with more…

The University Opinion Poll conducted a two-stage survey of campus bicycle usage and opinions toward campus bicycle facilities. In the first stage, 952 persons, 78% of a random sample of students and staff reported their commuting habits and opinions about campus bicycle lanes. In the second stage, 139 persons, 84% of a sample of student and staff…

This study is a secondary analysis of data from recent surveys of faculty and students in 89 American colleges and universities. It explores undergraduate socialization in academic departments, focusing on the impacts of student and faculty norms concerning the desirability of liberal vs. vocational education as outcomes of college, and primary…

While granting college credit by examination seems to be increasing in popularity, few educational researchers seem to be assessing the effect of proficiency credit on student educational variables. For this purpose, the transcripts of 349 students who had graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the academic year…

This study related selected preadmission data obtained on first year freshman students admitted to the University of Southern Mississippi in the fall of 1971-72 academic year to the subsequent grades they received in freshman English courses 100 and 111. The subjects of this study were 71 first year freshman students at the University selected by…

The preceding report provides a limited view of 60 percent of the initial group of students in the Hofstra University Without Walls (UWW) program. Results from the two tests and the Background Questionnaire suggest that these students, in spite of their average age, are not significantly different from the average New College entering freshman in…

Data on college plans of high school seniors are presented for October 1973 based on census reports. Statistics indicated a slightly lower proportion of high school seniors attending school in October 1973 were planning to attend college after graduation than were seniors enrolled a year earlier--42 percent in 1973 compared with 45 percent in…

This report examines the college records of students at the University of South Carolina who had previously been incarcerated. Records were available for 40 students with varying types of criminal backgrounds who had been admitted to the university during the period 1965-73. Only one of these students had graduated from the institution, and the…

This study provides information on the current practice of grading, recording, and averaging. Five hundred forty-four institutions of higher education returned a survey form, a 73 percent return. Two- and four-year institutions, public and private, in all states were included in the survey. Conclusions suggest: (1) Institutions in higher education…

The present investigation attempted to assess the psychological aftereffects of mastectomy in women. An edited version of the Berscheid, Walster, and Bohrnstedt Body Image Questionnaire (1972) and a focused interview were administered to three groups of female surgical patients both pre- and postoperatively. Significant differences were found…

Kenya and Ghana provide interesting case studies of the theory that women who have access to roles other than mother and whose status does not depend largely or solely on the number of children they bear will have fewer children. Kenyan and Ghanaian women have among the highest desired and actual fertility in the world. They also, relatively…

This study was designed to extend discussion of fear of success beyond the college population, using Horner's original coding scheme to examine the thematic imagery of TAT stories told by a cross-section of the public during a survey interview. The data collected from this sample of the general public contrasted in several ways with data gathered…