Claiming that current federal educational funding formulas favor those same Sunbelt states that have recently undergone impressive economic growth, some individuals are calling for removal of per capita income factors from funding formulas in order to direct funds away from the Sunbelt and towards the northern or "Frostbelt" states.…

A survey of the 5,278 students who either graduated (N=3,095) or withdrew (N=2,183) from the Manitoba community colleges during 1978 was conducted during 1979 to determine: (1) the employment status of the students; (2) their earnings; (3) the number of weeks spent in the labor market before and after college enrollment; (4) the number of weeks…

At the time of the First Followup Survey, approximately 18 months after graduation, sixty-five percent of the members of the High School Class of 1972 were unemployed, and eight percent were out of work. Forty-two percent were taking academic courses in a college or university. Graduates of the vocational high school curriculum were employed at…

The purpose of the report is to enumerate current (for the year ending June 30, 1975) data on manpower supply and demand on selected occupations and training programs in Oklahoma. An introduction explains how the data were acquired. The tables list occupations, the number of workers in demand for each occupation, and the number of workers…

Tabular data presented in this report comprise: total and black population of the U.S. for every census period from 1790 to 1970, the 50 cities with the largest black population for 1970, an index of residential segregation for 1960, selected views of age and sex, life and death, the educational profile of white and black in 1970, family income…

Statistical data regarding Federal City College students are presented in 19 charts and tables, some with accompanying commentary. The enrollment of 8202 students for Fall 1975-76 represents the highest since the college was established; fewer than half of the on-campus students study full-time. The majority of the full-time-equivalent (FTE)…

The Occupational Training Information System (OTIS) report enumerates current data on manpower supply and demand conditions (from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975) in selected occupations and training programs in Oklahoma. Data sources, which included Federal and State agencies, and the procedures used to collect and analyze the data are presented in…

The fourth report in a series of 5 yearly follow-up studies of a school district in San Jose, California, the report: (1) assists the district, and other districts with similar populations, in assessing organization, curriculum, and guidance services by ethnically analyzed responses and (2) compares the results of this study with the 3 previous…

Identifies socioeconomic correlates of labor force participation by 5,580 Kentucky metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and farm women. Data (personal/socioeconomic/family characteristics, occupations/industries of women in labor force) indicate family and status are most influential correlates of metro/nonmetro women's labor force participation; status…

Sex-related differences between the employment opportunities available in France to males and females with comparable levels of education were examined through an analysis of data from two types of sources: statistics derived from quantitative surveys conducted on broad samples of graduates 2-4 years after the end of their training and in-depth…

Continuous vocational training (CVT) in the road freight and passenger transport sectors in the member states of the European Community (EC) was examined to identify exemplary and significant practices across the EC and determine the extent of the transferability of the identified exemplary training between and among the member states. In all,…

To assist workers dislocated as Hungary and Poland move to market economies, the governments of both countries provide their labor force with unemployment compensation and various active labor programs (ALPs). ALP impacts were examined by surveying four randomly selected samples: 7,228 ALP participants from 10 counties in Hungary; 4,414 Hungarians…

The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) was used to compare estimates of the benefits of education among different levels of education and thereby identify the returns to education and training in the subbaccalaureate labor market. The study data consisted of information on the educational attainment and income of 14,537 (7,981…

Self-employment among graduates of England's higher education institutions (HEIs) was examined. The study included five elements: literature review; qualitative development stage involving exploratory interviews with 16 key players and in-depth interviews with 15 self-employed graduates from Sussex University and the London Institute; mail survey…

A survey of 194 social work graduate students investigated the effects of part- or full-time enrollment status, employment status, marital status, and other roles on psychological adjustment. Results are discussed in light of scarcity and expansion hypotheses derived from role theory, and practical implications for social work education are…