This paper summarizes a survey of Dutch junior secondary schools which was conducted to measure their adoption of the "information and computer literacy" (ICL) concept, and to investigate how far the implementation factors identified by Fullan (1982) are consistent with this innovation. The study's objectives were twofold: (1) to collect…

Swedish consumer use of video recording equipment and software was surveyed through interviews with 10,700 people; the interviews were conducted by the field research staff of the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation's Audience and Programme Research Department between December 1981 and April 1982. The study focused on possession (ownership, leasing,…

A nationwide survey was conducted for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to determine school superintendents' planned use and implementation of Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS). Two hundred and fifty superintendants from 310 randomly-selected school districts with over 6,000 enrolled pupils responded to a postal card…

Reports findings of a survey of school district chief business officers (CBO), in which respondents were asked about the duties and responsibilities of their district's CBO. Data are summarized in ten tables, which categorize responses by size of district enrollment, as well as for all respondents. (JG)

This is a national assessment of energy awareness among young adults. A national probability sample of young adults, ages 26 to 35, was drawn and stratified by region and community size. Approximately 1,300 persons responded to each of the 76 attitudinal and 70 knowledge questions administered by trained energy assessment interviewers. Besides the…

A survey was conducted of library users of the William Russell Pullen Library at Georgia State University to determine who is using the library, how often respondents use it, how they rate the library's various collections and services, and how the library is used throughout the day and week. The survey instrument was distributed at predetermined…

This report presents in tabular form a variety of statistics on 17,849 nonpublic schools for 1965-66. Highlights of the study include: (1) 13,243 schools offered only elementary grades, 2,509 offered only secondary grades, and 2,097 taught both levels, (2) nonpublic enrollment increased 10 percent, from 5,736,000 to 6,305,000, since 1960-62, (3)…

This study investigates whether or not it is possible for communities to combine school and public libraries. It concerns itself with identifying the conditions and circumstances which appear to be most conducive to combining school and public libraries, and also with identifying certain strengths, benefits, weaknesses, and limitations of combined…

Through the use of questionnaires, this study examines the levels of satisfaction of teachers in Alberta with aspects of their conditions of employment. Relationships between these satisfaction levels and other variables including age, sex, and experience were also examined. Free responses were solicited to provide information relevant to…

This paper compares data collected in a 1974 survey of discipline problems in Georgia secondary schools with data from a similar survey conducted by the same investigators in 1961. The 1961 survey examined 20 types of student misbehavior that had been identified in earlier studies; the 1974 survey included those 20 plus 13 additional items. The…

This study investigated the relationship between collective negotiations and teacher salaries in Wisconsin public school districts. Data were collected from a random sample of 324 Wisconsin school districts with professional staffs ranging from 30 to 500 members. A six-indicator index was developed to measure the comprehensiveness of collective…

The eighth annual study of occupational opportunities in Nebraska is based on a 5 percent random sample of employers in each of the six Technical Community College Areas in the State. A computerized straight line projection technique was used to project total employment, need over the next 12 months, reason for need, and need over the next two…

Basic educational data, for fall 1974, on all public elementary and secondary day schools in the United States, the District of Columbia, and some outlying areas under U.S. jurisdiction are presented in this report. National trend data since fall 1970 are included for selected items. Detailed data, by state or other area, are provided on the…

Compiled from a survey by the Task Force on Instruction in Academic Libraries of the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, this directory lists 62 institutions of higher education in Wisconsin which offer some form of instruction in library use. Schools are listed by instruction provided, teaching methods used, types of print and non-print…

This report lists all the language laboratories in West Germany as of 1969. The entries, arranged alphabetically by city, include the type of school, its name and address, the kind of laboratory, its manufacturer, and date of installation. Supplementary charts give a breakdown of the number of laboratories by state, type of school, and…