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Projections For School Population And Teacher Demand In The State Of Utah For The Period 1970-200, Michael V. Macfarlane May 1975

Projections For School Population And Teacher Demand In The State Of Utah For The Period 1970-200, Michael V. Macfarlane

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study is to study future trends in student enrollment, according to age, sex, grades, and school levels, for different geographic areas, and teacher demand for the elementary and secondary levels of school in Utah from 1970 to the year 2000. For the secondary level information is also given for student enrollment according to different subject areas and the future demand of teachers for these subject areas. Projections were prepared for single calendar years from 1970 to the year 2000. The projections for the school children were based on total population projections for the state, prepared at …


A Sociological Profile Of Lds Inmates At Utah State Prison, Robert D. Payne Jan 1975

A Sociological Profile Of Lds Inmates At Utah State Prison, Robert D. Payne

Theses and Dissertations

The present thesis is a study of 103 LDS inmates at Utah State Prison. It tests the hypothesis that the inmates are more likely to come from non-cohesive homes. In 1959, Dr. Evan T. Peterson completed a study of three thousand 12-18 year old LDS male youths. Out of Dr. Peterson's respondents, 112 sixteen-eighteen year old subjects were selectively drawn to match the inmate sample in terms of fathers' occupation and education. This stratified sample was used as the control group.

The study confirmed the above family environment hypothesis. It found that when compared to the control group, the LDS …