Reports on recent survey of 266 faculty views on undergraduate information skills in university setting, which covered evaluation of students' library skills; use of card catalog, bibliographies, and reference tools; assignments requiring student use of library resources; faculty explanation of literature tools in field; and librarian role in…

Highlights a survey which examined the extent/variety of current university/industry research interactions, characterized principal cooperative efforts, identified factors appearing important in their formation, and which provided perspectives on the current state of university/industry relationships. Concludes that interactive efforts to support…

Analyzes questionnaire responses from a survey of 139 teachers of educational anthropology courses in colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The survey focused on the goals, content, instructor background, student profile, and bibliography associated with such courses. (GC)

This article reports on the nature of and reasons for the forthcoming changes in presentation, classification, and estimating procedures in labor force data derived from the Current Population Survey. Changes involve resident armed forces, new occupational classifications, conversion to Black-only data, and revision of first-stage ratio estimator.…

Presents results of a survey of supervisors and managers in business and industry which was undertaken to identify topics for supervisor training programs. A table showing importance ratings of program topics by occupational groups is included and implications for the design of continuing education programs are discussed. (SK)

Evidence that opinion in favor of working women was actively solicited in the 1940s and intentionally discouraged in the 1970s illustrates the argument that polls and surveys are used to shape, as well as measure, public opinion. Respondents should be given adequate alternatives through which to express their opinions. (Author/GC)

Reports results of a study identifying effective behaviors for preventing technology accidents, and ineffective behaviors that cause technology accidents in the schools. Offers technology use guidelines for principals and for school media specialists to promote the safe use of technology. (SR)

A technology integration consultant for the Roseville, Minnesota, school district surveyed two electronic mailing lists, LM-NET (Library Media Network) and ED-TECH (Educational Technology), to identify the top educational resources on the Internet. Fifteen educational resources are described and e-mail subscription information is provided. (AEF)

A random sample of 300 financial officers at public and independent 4-year and public 2-year institutions reveal their projected fiscal 1992 year-end expenditures and 1992-93 budget allocations. Summarized in chart form are the findings on changes in growth rates on salary and wage allocations for a variety of institutional functions. (GLR)

Indicates that, despite all of the attention focused on environmental problems over the past 20 years, the U.S. public has not taken the issue to heart and fails to recognize individual responsibilities necessary to becoming part of the environmental solution process. (Author/JJK)

This paper is a status report and an extension probing further into the issue of internationalizing the undergraduate business school curriculum. The research analyzes the responses (n=123) to a 1992 survey of business schools and programs that were members of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) to determine to what…

A two-part report presents the results of the 16th national survey of American high school seniors, and the 11th national survey of American college students. This volume contains the results from high school seniors. Chapter 1 explains the purposes and rationale for the research, and content areas covered in the report. Chapter 2 presents an…

The 1983 North Carolina Dropout Study and the 1988 North Carolina Follow-Up Dropout Study were conducted to provide baseline dropout data for North Carolina public high schools, to provide estimates of dropout rates, and to explore possible factors contributing to a student's decision to leave high school. The results of the 1983 study indicated…

The report presented here is a follow-up and complement to a first report, which was submitted in 1978 to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alaska (Fairbanks). The general question underlying this report concerns the adequacy or inadequacy of this university's program offerings with respect to foreign language (FL)…

The National Science Foundation (NSF) publishes information on R&D expenditures by American industry based on data collected by the Bureau of the Census. Other organizations publish data on the same issue collected by surveys or derived from secondary sources. Differences exist between these two data. In an effort to understand the reasons…