The globalization of business has led to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) around the world. Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a roadmap for IFRS implementation starting in 2014, with earlier adoption permitted. Yet according to recent surveys, few U.S. universities have a strategy in place to…

IN ORDER TO DEVELOP ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS FOR USING SPONSORED FILMS, A SURVEY CONCERNING PRACTICES IN THE SELECTION AND USE OF THE FILMS IN HIGH SCHOOLS WAS MADE. FOLLOWING A GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF SCHOOLS (GRADES 9 THROUGH 12) IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TEACHERS WERE INTERVIEWED. FILMS COVERING SIMILAR MATERIAL BUT HAVING DIFFERENT TITLES AND…

In 1966, the Research Department of the California Teachers Association sent a questionnaire to a stratified random sample of California teachers. Of 2,400 questionnaires distributed, there were 2,061 (85.9 percent) usable returns. The questionnaire asked about the professional status of the teacher and his professional judgments regarding teacher…

NOR CAL, the Northern California Research and Development Group composed of 28 California community colleges, aims at identifying problems in community colleges and alternatives for solving them. This paper is a review of the NOR CAL Attrition Project, a 3-year study of potential drop-outs in California community colleges. The purpose of the…

Purpose of this study was to investigate how music supervisors spend their time. (Author)

This study examines various factors that contribute to assaultive behavior in school. We focused on the differences between youth whose behavior was not problematic and those who admitted to threatening, stealing from, or physically assaulting students, teachers, or staff. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to a random sample of…

This study examined the extent to which a one-year difference in age can influence college students' reported communicative behaviours in both the USA and South Korea. Korean students differentiated themselves far more than their American counterparts from other students one-year older or younger than themselves. The former reported that students…

Marlborough School, which was founded in 1889 in Los Angeles, is an independent college preparatory day school for young women. When the author arrived in Marlborough School in 2005, she found that the school was an exciting place to learn but the library was not. However, head of school Barbara Wagner described her vision of the school's future…

Little research has focused on tobacco use among deaf and hard of hearing youth. Findings are reported from a first-ever tobacco-related survey, completed by 226 California middle and high school students using either a written questionnaire or the Interactive Video Questionnaire, an interactive multimedia computer video technology. Rates for…

In this study, the author examines the results of questionnaire given to 92 teachers in community-based Chinese schools (CCSs) in Southern California. Information was sought from the teachers on their academic background and aspirations, the reasons for them to choose to teach in the CCSs, and their views on the quality of the education provided…

Adequate response to mail health surveys by minority populations has proved problematic. The impact of mail survey design features utilized to promote Orthodox Jews' responses (N = 138; 82 eligible synagogue member households) to a mailed questionnaire used to measure walking behavior are described and assessed. An examination of response…

The attitudes of educators of the deaf and other professionals in deaf education concerning assessment of the use of American Sign Language (ASL) and other sign systems was investigated. A questionnaire was distributed to teachers in a residential school for the deaf in California. In addition to questions regarding the availability of sign…

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between Sedlacek's (2004b) student noncognitive variables (positive self-concept, realistic self-appraisal, successfully handling the system, preference for long-term goals, leadership experience, presence of a strong support person, community service, and knowledge of the…

THIS STUDY DETERMINED TEACHER AND STUDENT REACTION TO ENRICHED AVAILABILITY OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON USE OF MORE TRADITIONAL MEDIA IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. DATA COLLECTION BEGAN SIX MONTHS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE MATERIALS. IT INVOLVED SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL SCALES COMPLETED BY TEACHERS, SOCIOGRAPHS COMPLETED BY STUDENTS, AND…

In spite of the social trust placed in junior college boards, we have no published research on the members' characteristics. Since California has led in setting up a legal basis for junior college growth, this study analyzed certain attributes of the state's trustees. Assumptions were that trustees (1) formulate basic policy, (2) act out of…