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Faculty Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits in Postsecondary Institutions, 1992-93 contains data for 3,322 accredited, degree-granting, 4-year, 2-year, and less-than-2-year schools in the 50 states, DC, and outlying areas: number of full-time faculty, total salary outlays, and number of tenured faculty by contract length (9- or 12-month), sex, academic rank, fringe benefits, and number of faculty covered. NCES 94- 130a.

Faculty Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits in Postsecondary Institutions, 1991-92 includes similar data to the previous listing for the prior year. NCES 94-106a.

Institutional Characteristics of Postsecondary Institutions, 1992-93 contains information on 10,760 4-year, 2-year, and less-than-2-year institutions providing academic, occupational, or continuing professional development programs: institution name, address, phone number, control, affiliation, levels of awards, calendar system, modes of instruction, types of student services, tuition and required fees, and room and board charges. NCES 94-316.

NAEP 1992 Reading and Mathematics Almanacs contain computer-generated tables of information on nationally representative samples of 4th, 8th, and 12th grade students and samples from 43 states and territories of 4th graders for reading and 4th and 8th graders for mathematics. Includes student demographics, teacher background and training, classroom information, and school characteristics and policies. Available on disk or CD-ROM. Reading-NCES 93-273a; Mathematics-NCES 93-265a.

Special Extract File of 1990 Census Data for 15,000 School Districts is a CD-ROM focused on children aged 3-19 who have not completed secondary education. Data are tabulated for all households, all households containing relevant children, all persons, parents with relevant children, and characteristics of relevant children. NCES 94- 492a.

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NCES Vocational Education Electronic Table Library provides users with a comprehensive set of more than 100 vocational education tables published by NCES over the past several years. $15 from GPO; #065-000-00633-2.

Public Library Data 1991 includes information on 9,000 public libraries in the 50 states and DC. It includes 33 tables with state-by-state and national totals on reference transactions, circulation, staffing, income and expenditures, interlibrary loans, size of collection, and more. $15 from GPO; #065-000-00632-4.

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