To develop and test preretirement educational materials and methods for hourly rated workers and to determine the immediate effects of participation by these workers and their wives in a group discussion preretirement education program, a study was undertaken with 88 automobile workers (aged 60 or more) and 54 wives as volunteers. Six types of…

An analysis was made of students at Grand Valley State Colleges who enrolled in fall 1975 and in winter 1976. Of the group of students enrolled fall 1975, those who returned winter 1976 had the following characteristics compared to those who did not return: a higher percentage of males than females, and of single students than married students; a…

One person in five--42.4 million Americans--belongs to youth, viz. those who are 14 to 24 years of age. The 1970 census showed that there were 1.8 million Spanish heritage young Americans between 15 and 24 years of age. The number of white youth is estimated to be 36.6 million. The estimate for blacks and other racial minorities was 5.8 million in…

The performance of 319 Missouri women on the English, social science, and natural science College Level Entrance Examinations was analyzed. The sample comprised women from metropolitan St. Louis and nine rural areas in Northern Missouri. The typical participant was married; was a high school graduate; had 2.8 children; had participated in informal…

This study evaluated a one day Memphis State University workshop for adult basic education (ABE) personnel, and sought to determine relationships between certain participant characteristics and reactions to the workshop. Financed under Title 1, Higher Education Act of 1965, the workshop covered guidance and counseling, curriculum development,…

This study, conducted in 12 institutions in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona, investigated the form and function of student government in college and university family housing areas; examined pertinent literature, legislative action, and litigation; sought problems common to students in family housing that could be…

This study tested two hypotheses: (1) the importance attached to the intrinsic aspects of work is negatively related to retirement satisfaction, maximum extension of future time perspective (FTP), and the number of events anticipated in the future; (2) retirement satisfaction is positively related to FTP maximum length and events anticipated.…

Comprising the second largest minority group in the United States, 87% of the Mexican American population live in five states in the Southwest. Characterized by a high birth rate, continuous immigration, and low income, the Mexicqn American population is an increasing source of concern in a welfare-oriented society. Educational attainment levels…

Between May 1969 and October 1973, the University of California, Davis, was involved in a series of research and service projects designed to better the condition of single-male farmworkers in Stockton and Sacramento. These communities, known locally as skid row, were destroyed as a result of urban renewal. The projects were separated into 2…

This package of materials is designed to be of help to Legal Service attorneys who are, or who are about to be, active in the area of student rights in secondary schools. The materials consist mainly of complaints and supporting legal memoranda from recent student rights cases. The conception of student rights that the materials reflect is a…

This report describes a research utilization and information-sharing effort focused on achieving national change in educational policies and practices toward school-age pregnant girls and promoting the development of comprehensive continuing education programs for them. As a result of the effort, a new Federal education policy with respect to…

This booklet on women workers of minority races includes all races in a minority other than white, Negroes constituting about 90 percent of all persons other than white in the United States; Spanish-speaking persons are included in the white population. The following topics are encompassed; labor force participation; unemployment; marital status;…

Spanish Americans admitted to State and county mental hospitals in the U.S. during 1972 were examined. Purpose was to show if and how they differed from admissions of other ethnic groups in terms of their demographic composition (age, sex, and marital status), their socioeconomic level as measured by educational attainment, their diagnostic…

Examined contributions of job- and gender-related variables to Hispanic women professionals' mental health. Income, Hispanic group, discrimination, job stress, and peer support related to mental health. Spouse support and spouse ethnicity were associated with stress in balancing roles and psychological distress. Married women reported greater…

Student characteristics of 1982-83 earned doctorate recipients include sex, racial or ethnic group, citizenship, marital status, age, years from bachelor's degree to doctorate, percentage with bachelor's degree in the same field, planned postdoctoral study and employment, primary postdoctoral work, and region of postdoctoral employment. (MSE)