In this article, the authors consider three sources of support for new teachers--hiring practices, relationships with colleagues, and curriculum--all found in earlier research to influence new teachers' satisfaction with their work, their sense of success with students, and their eventual retention in their job. They find that a "support…

Finds more nonreaders of newspapers than a study done ten years ago, but the background of the nonreaders are highly similar. (RB)

STUDENT TEACHERS FROM THE 1962-63 GRADUATING CLASS WERE FOLLOWED UP 1 YEAR AFTER GRADUATION. OF THE 535 STUDENT TEACHERS, 83 PERCENT LISTED HOME ADDRESSES WITHIN THE COOPERATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AFTER GRADUATION, 74 PERCENT BEGAN TEACHING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 54 PERCENT RETURING TO THE COOPERATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WHICH THEY HAD TAUGHT. OF THE…

Data for this study was provided by the survey of a random sample of adults in North Carolina which was conducted by the Institute for Research in Social Science. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in mid-1971. Responses to a question in the interview about public library use are analyzed here, together with data on characteristics which…

The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument to measure stress levels and to determine the occurrence of stress in a statewide sample of library media specialists in North Carolina. Data analysis revealed three factors related to sources of stress and three related to stress manifestations. (10 references) (MES)

The purpose of this descriptive research study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Web-enhanced agricultural education pedagogy as perceived by students in a collegiate agricultural education program. Overall, respondents agreed there were many benefits to Web-enhanced courses and perceived all Web site components under study to be very useful.…

Technology utilization in the schools of North Carolina was the focus of a research collaboration between the Rural Economic Development Center and the Public School Forum of North Carolina. The study was broke in to two phases. The first was to design and send out an instrument to assess how much technology is utilized in North Carolina schools,…

The status of the North Carolina public school program for educable mentally retarded (EMR) children is reported. Data obtained from state report forms and teacher completed questionnaires describe administration, teachers, pupils, and curriculum. Four tables on the administrative setting present a summary by years of numbers of teachers and…

A survey was conducted among alumni of Asheville-Bancombe Technical Institute. Questionnaires were mailed to approximately 941 alumni, and 691 or 73 percent were returned. Questions dealt with: (1) personal background information; (2) graduates' experiences with employment, military service, and post-two-year college work; (3) graduates'…

Using detailed administrative data for the public K-12 schools of North Carolina, we measure racial segregation in the public schools of North Carolina. With data for the 2005/06 school year, we update previously published calculations that measure segregation in terms of unevenness in racial enrollment patterns both between schools and within…

A survey of the medical technology profession in North Carolina was undertaken in 1981 by the North Carolina Area Health Education Center to promote statewide planning. One survey focus was institutional characteristics, including: current staff level, budget vacancies, qualifications to fill vacancies, number of resignations in the last year, and…

While 55 percent of the students in a North Carolina survey expect to have newspaper jobs at graduation, only 30 percent expect to be on newspaper staffs in five years. (RB)

This report presents data analyzed by county and multicounty planning region which indicate that North Carolina's infant mortality rate has declined by 59 percent since 1940. (In 1940, approximately 58 infants for every 1,000 live births died in North Carolina before their first birthday.) This reduction in infant deaths is comparable to that…

The needs of users and nonusers in the Piedmont area of North Carolina for nontraditional library services, e.g., nonprint materials and community information and referral, are investigated by a survey of 251 residents. (Author/KP)

Reports on the results of a survey of North Carolina community colleges to determine if the colleges' Boards of Trustees had standing committees, what their responsibilities were, and if there were written statements outlining the responsibilities of the committees. (AYC)