This report provides data on the geographical distribution patterns of federal research and development and other funds to colleges and universities, information on federal programs established in the 1960's to strengthen academic science, and factors accounting for progress by universities in competing for federal funds. Summarizing statements…

This article describes a model which incorporates social, economic, and political variables to explain change in the level of white enrollment for a large number of cities for the period from 1968-1974, with special focus on the impact of school desegregation. (Author/AM)

Statistics are presented that indicate that the period of rapidly changing student populations (increased numbers in general and females and minority groups in particular) has come to an end. Changes continue to occur but at a much slower rate. (LBH)

The University of Minnesota Medical School has developed a clinical education experience for third-year students that involves working directly with and supervision by general physicians practicing in rural areas. As of 1986, 57 percent of former program students in practice were in rural communities, most in Minnesota. (Author/MSE)

Presents a checklist of school enrollment forecasting issues and techniques applicable to British schools. Proper resource allocation depends on the geographical distribution of pupils, pupil and school characteristics, future primary level intake, new housing developments, consistency between forecasts, policy criteria, and other factors.…

Describes the present state of the Basque language within the educational field in Spain and France. The article also discusses legislative issues, the number and geographical distribution of speakers of the language, the population's linguistic attitudes, and the different models of bilingual education and its results. (Author/SED)

A review of the literature before 1966 on racial preference among black children showed that black children, in a variety of geographical, social and methodological settings, prefer to play with white dolls and white playmates. However, since 1966, black children have indicated a preference for black dolls and black models, across geographical,…

The Rural Externship Program in an interdisciplinary approach provides health science students with an eight-week summer living-working experience in a rural environment, supervised by practitioner-preceptors. This paper describes the project and presents measures of the externs' changes in attitudes toward rural practice. (Author/LBH)

An analysis of terminology for "canoe" in Bantu languages first gives some background information on early wooden canoes in Subsaharan Africa, then examines the origins of nominal stems for "canoe" in those languages. It is noted that a nominal stem identified early in the history of Bantu comparative linguistics is found in about 160 of the…

A cornerstone of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 was the creation of a high-stakes performance assessment program called the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS). KIRIS test results were the basis for granting monetary rewards to schools and school districts where student test performance improved significantly and…

Although it is often claimed that much current unemployment is "structural," the term is potentially misleading because it is poorly defined. The author identifies the following seven major elements in its make-up: changes in industrial structure, skill mismatch, geographical mismatch, demographic shifts, institutional rigidities,…

A statistical study is presented of the 1976 location, by region and state, of the active civilian dentists of the United States in relation to the dental schools from which they graduated. A master matrix table shows state-by-state distribution of the graduates of each school and, conversely, where each state obtained its dentists. (Author/JMD)

A study of factors influencing medical students in their choice of future practice locations shows that the majority of entering students prefer a small town or mid-size city, and that 70 percent prefer primary care. The factor that best predicts location preference is not specialty, as previous studies indicate, but form of practice organization…

The relationship between the state in which a physician practices and the location of residency training was studied using 467 subjects from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Findings suggest that additional residencies filled by medical graduates from the same state might increase the retention rate of medical practitioners.…

The Medical School of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, includes a required six-week rural rotation for medical students during the fourth year of their five-year program. Results of an opinion survey show that 63.4 percent are willing to work in rural areas. Implications for change in medical schools are discussed. (LBH)