Phase 2 of a three-phase project examined the secondary education background and employment adjustment of handicapped youth in rural counties in Florida. (Phase 1 was a pilot study.) Subjects were former special education students in five rural project counties who had been identified as needing services in the area of educable mental retardation,…

A study was conducted to identify the variables that are relevant to the admission of foreign students by institutional decision-makers. A profile of foreign students at North Carolina State University (NCSU) is provided. All academic departments at NCSU at Raleigh with enrollments of 10 or more foreign graduate students were contacted to…

Successful performance on the California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE) gives high school students the option of leaving school early with the equivalent of a high school diploma. After two years and eight CHSPE administrations, the number of participating students remains low. Possible reasons for this are given, including lack of…

To determine the posture of adult/continuing education (ACE) graduate programs, a questionnaire was developed. The questionnaire first provided comparative data for ascertaining the number of faculty members and students in ACE departments and in the entire colleges of education for autumn of 1973 and 1978 and second provided information on…

A study was conducted to examine whether age is one characteristic used by law schools in selecting applicants. Data were obtained on 76,06l registrants for the 1975-76 law school application year. Constraints of the analyses reduced the sample to 43,180. An explanatory model of decision-making in the law school admissions process was formulated…

Harvard University's effect on American life is examined through investigation of its pervasive mystique, magnitude of power, fallacies, controversies, and its ramifications on both the national and international scenes. Viewed from its modest beginning in 1638 to the present, Harvard is described as "a multinational academic conglomerate,…

An employer follow-up study was conducted by Howard Community College (HCC) in May, 1979, to determine the job performance of the HCC 1978 occupational program graduates. Only the employers of occupational graduates in full-time jobs related to their program of study were involved. These employers were asked, on a specially prepared questionnaire,…

Data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) including the 1976 follow-up were used to examine the effects of interrupting or delaying school attendance on the eventual educational attainment of white male students. Background variables include socioeconomic and other family characteristics. Achievement test…

The criminal justice curriculum at Prince George's Community College emphasizes a broad social science education, designed to prepare students for immediate employment in law enforcement or for transfer to a four-year program. Program enrollments and student credit hours showed a similar pattern of growth in the mid-1970's, followed by a recent…

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN HEALTH OCCUPATIONS WILL PROBABLY INCREASE FROM 2.8 TO 3.8 MILLION PERSONS BY 1975. RECENT SURVEYS OF HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES SHOWED THAT OVER 300,000 ADDITIONAL HEALTH WORKERS WERE NEEDED TO PROVIDE OPTIMUM PATIENT CARE. SHORTAGES EXISTED FOR MEDICAL RECORD LIBRARIANS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, MEDICAL AND RADIOLOGIC…

THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION IN VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS EXIST. INFORMATION ON MASTER'S PROGRAMS WAS OBTAINED FROM 103 INSTITUTIONS THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES, APPROPRIATE SCHOOL CATALOGS, AND A PREPARED FORM CONSISTING OF ITEMS REGARDING OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAMS,…

THE GROWTH OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL EDUCATION WAS REVIEWED AS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF RESEARCH IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. SUCCESSIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN RESEARCH IN MEDICAL EDUCATION ARE DESCRIBED IN RELATION TO THE PATTERN OF ACCELERATING CHANGE THAT FOLLOWED WORLD WAR II. THE AUTHOR REPORTS THAT THE CHANGES IN CURRICULUM INTRODUCED IN SOME SCHOOLS…

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, HELPED BY A GRANT FROM THE W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION, ESTABLISHED THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN IN 1955. THE PURPOSE WAS TO IMPROVE THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE BY AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM OF GRADUATE STUDY,…

TO HELP OVERCOME AN ANTICIPATED 3,000-TEACHER SHORTAGE DURING THE SUMMER OF 1966, THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION COLLABORATED WITH THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ON AN INTENSIVE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LIBERAL ARTS GRADUATES, RECRUITED NATIONALLY. OF 2,100 SUCH PERSONS WHO ENTERED THE PROGRAM, 1,858 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IT, AND 1,629…

This research project collected, compiled, analyzed, and disseminated information about educational administration programs offered by Canadian universities. Among the specific questions addressed were the following: (1) What programs are offered by various universities? (2) What are some of the characteristics of the context in which those…