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Bryant, Rebecca; Fransen, Jan; de Castro, Pablo; Helmstutler, Brenna; Scherer, David – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2021
Research information management (RIM) is a rapidly growing area of investment in US research universities. RIM systems that support the collection and use of research outputs metadata have been in place for many years. Globally, the RIM ecosystem is quite mature in locales where national research assessment exercises like the United Kingdom's…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Information Management, Metadata, Data Use
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Rubin, Michael Rogers – Library Hi Tech, 1988
The second of three articles on abusive data collection and usage practices and their effect on personal privacy, discusses the evolution of data protection laws worldwide, and compares the scope, major provisions, and enforcement components of the laws. A chronology of key events in the regulation of computer databanks in included. (1 reference)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Grayson, Joann, Ed.; Bartlette, Don – Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 1992
Literature indicating high rates of abuse in this population is reviewed, as is literature indicating high rates of developmental disabilities in child victims of abuse. Problems in data collecting practices are noted. Reasons for these children's greater risk for abuse are identified, including child attributes, stress, parent vulnerabilities,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect
Lachat, Mary Ann – 2001
High schools are increasingly expected to use data for improvement and to provide evidence that programs and instructional practices are preparing all students to develop essential knowledge and skills. This publication describes how schools can develop the capacity to analyze and use data as a core component of improving secondary schools using…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Hallinger, Philip; And Others – 1990
Focusing primarily on the role of educational leaders, this document analyzes what makes a difference in school learning. After a brief review of literature on the relationship between administrative leadership and student learning, aspects of the Far West Laboratory Instructional Leadership Model (the FWL model) used in the current analyses are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Effectiveness, Causal Models, Data Collection
Muller, Eve; Markowitz, Joy – 2003
This brief paper analyzes the types of information about disproportionality of particular racial/ethnic groups in special education that states provided in the Biennial Performance Reports (BPRs) submitted to the U.S. Department of Education in 2002 (covering the academic years 1991-2000 and 2000-2001). A section on the study's background notes…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Disabilities
Tschantz, Jennifer; Markowitz, Joy – 2003
This brief paper summarizes information collected from state education agencies concerning: (1) state-level special education data collected by gender; and (2) gender and special education issues identified as concerns. A section on the study's background notes that about two-thirds of students receiving special education services are boys,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Disproportionate Representation
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Octernaud, Sharon K. – 1990
This study analyzed the demographic and scholastic characteristic differences between a nontraditional and traditional student cohort (total n=11,878) at Ferris State University (FSU) in Michigan, identified (through literature reviews) successful recruiting and retention activities for nontraditional students at other postsecondary educational…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Students, Data Collection, Enrollment
Brazziel, William F. – 1988
This paper examines the changing demographics of American society and the impact of these changes on higher education. Discussions include a historical background of early American demography, the building and expansion of the population base, and census changes through various generations of the baby boom years and beyond. Next, the report…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Baby Boomers, Birth Rate, Census Figures
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Kesselman, Martin; Watstein, Sarah Barbara – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
Reports findings of a Statistics Task Force investigation at New York University's Bobst Library, which reviewed the collection and publication of statistics and data related to library reference and information services and use of resources, and developed a framework for inclusions, definitions, procedures, and policies for data collection and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Fairweather, James S. – 1992
This report studies the role of teaching in the faculty reward structure by examining the relationship between faculty activities (teaching and instruction, research and scholarship, administration, public service) and compensation. The study examined the implicit emphases given by academic institutions to various faculty activities. The data…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Bottoms, Gene; Makin, Richard – 1998
This document, which draws heavily on lessons learned during 11 years of the Southern Regional Education Board's High Schools That Work initiative, is intended to help state leaders review their existing system for assessing accountability in vocational education or plan such a system. The document begins with a discussion of the purpose of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Academic Standards, Accountability