This research note reviews an analysis of Moraine Valley Community College nonpersisting students for fall 1977 and spring 1978. Information is provided on trends in transfer and occupational student retention by semester from spring 1970 through fall/spring 1977-78, and on fall 1977 and spring 1978 persister and nonpersister characteristics. Of…

The report describes the background, functions, and activities of the National Advisory Committee on Black Higher Education and Black Colleges and Universities during 1977. It also gives a statistical overview of blacks in American higher education, and proposes a plan of action to attain goals of access (increasing participation), opportunities…

The report presents data on demographic, social and economic characteristics of 2.8 million persons 14 years of age and over who did farmwork for cash wages or salary in 1976, and summarizes some of the more pertinent changes in the size, composition, and employment patterns of hired farmworkers. Data, taken from a survey conducted by the Bureau…

This report forecasts U.S. public school enrollments and instructional and operations expenditures by state for each year from 1978 to 1982. Enrollment predictions are for preprimary and kindergarten, elementary, secondary, special education, and ungraded classes. Instructional expenditures include textbooks and workbooks, library materials,…

To calculate the economic benefits of schooling and compensatory education, a statistical model estimated the effects of schooling and literacy on earnings and employment. The literacy measure was obtained for a probable sample of the U.S. population in 1972, from the National Reading Survey. The measure was administered with a background…

A summary report is presented of the first of two interviews with a random sample of parents of kindergarten and third grade students in the project. Undertaken as part of the evaluation of the Parental Involvement Component of the ESAA Bilingual/Bicultural Project, the interviews had a twofold objective: (1) to measure the degree of home support…

The project was designed to assess the effects of full-credit semestering, half-credit semestering, and trimestering on the intellectual, social, and emotional growth of students in selected secondary schools in Ontario. The research focused on four major areas--the utilization of instructional time, interpersonal relationships, student…

This paper describes a method of analyzing audio-taped communicative events recorded in the fall and winter of a school year (1975-1976) in two kindergarten classrooms, and reports the results of an investigation of classroom communicative process. Three levels of analysis were developed to measure (1) number and kind of recorded conversational…

A bilingual and bicultural organization, CISCO (Chicano-Indian Study Center of Oregon) assists students to escape the poverty cycle through vocational training, academic programs, and general guidance counseling. A major CISCO goal is to provide vocational training in the health care industry in conjunction with a program meeting the health needs…

Technical notes are presented from a study that examined the degree to which cooperative education is a viable educational and/or financial aid mechanism for institutions of higher education to adopt. This volume gives graphs and tabular data on cohort selection, construction of net benefit streams (including graduate earnings and student…

The way in which the academic community perceives the pedagogic behaviors associated with women's effective teaching at the college level can have widespread ramifications for women who hope for careers in postsecondary education. One of the major purposes of this investigation was to compare how faculty in masculinely- and femininely-stereotyped…

A comparison was made among 640 high school seniors who requested that their Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) results be sent to Los Angeles Community College (LACC), national SAT results for college bound seniors reported by the College Board in 1977, and enrolled students at LACC, where applicable. These 640 seniors are termed LACC applicants,…

The project was designed to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of providing faster, more relevant, and more comprehensive diagnostic services to vocational rehabilitation clients with a wide range of disabilities. The improved services were provided by an Experimental Unit (E) and compared with those of a Control Unit (C). The random…

The report examines the use of student activity sheets in evaluating the performance of students in the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program. All activity sheets completed during the second semester of 1972-73 for selected participants in the following subject areas were examined and are analyzed…

The evaluation summary covers the first year's operation of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program. The report's first section describes the student, employer-related, and parent-related goals of the program; program operation and costs; and replication concerns (transportation, costs per…