This guide provides data and information about management education in U.S. schools of business. It was created to inform internal and external stakeholders about important aspects of business schools and to enhance public understanding of the management education industry. The 50 tables describe areas ranging from faculty and student demographics…

This second edition of "Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe" contains 44 indicators in five chapters entitled "Context," "Organisation," "Participation," "Teachers" and "Teaching Processes." It has been produced in collaboration with Eurostat and belongs to the "Key…

The South is part of a dramatic education reform movement championed by a group of progressive governors and motivated by a desire to improve the region's economic future by bettering the education of its work force. Most southern states have significantly raised certification standards, teacher salaries, and per pupil expenditure. Georgia's…

This document describes the first in a series of polls to be conducted using new procedures for scientifically polling random samples of educators. The Educator Opinion Poll involved two separate sample groups: public school principals and classroom teachers in grades K-12. Forty-eight percent of the teachers surveyed, or 1,013 teachers, and 47…

This article draws upon a Department for Education and Skills (DfES) commissioned telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of schools to investigate the challenges faced by those seeking the successful implementation of the Foundation Stage (FS) (for 3--5-year-olds) in reception classes. Its focuses on head teachers' and reception…

Presented results from the annual survey of physiology department chairpersons on: faculty characteristics (degrees held, tenured/not tenured, unfilled positions); graduate students and postdoctoral fellows; training support; trainee characteristics (race, research area); faculty salaries (various levels, medical/nonmedical); and budgets. (DH)

The Center for Education Statistics conducted the 1985-86 private school study to collect data on private elementary and secondary schools and teachers within these schools. This is the first national study to collect information directly from private school teachers. Representatives of the private school community helped develop the study…

This study, designed to update comparative data on teacher supply and demand and the status of currently active teachers, is divided into five sections: (1) Total Professional Personnel; (2) Letters of Authorization (emergency certificates); (3) New Personnel; (4) Supply of Teachers; and (5) Miscellaneous. Charts and tables are used to give…

A profile of college faculty based on a 1984 Carnegie Foundation survey outlines personal and professional characteristics, disciplinary backgrounds and interests, and attitudes on social and educational issues in tabular form. (MSE)

This report provides district administrators with the following information about schools and districts in the Philadelphia Public School System: (1) student characteristics; (2) staff characteristics; (3) attendance data; (4) program data; (5) student performance variables; and (6) graduate data. The report is organized into four sections. The…

This report presents a statistical profile of secondary science teachers in grades 7-12 in North Carolina public schools. Data are provided and discussed in 9 sections under these headings: (1) basic information (teachers, subject and student membership, certification, and subject and certification areas); (2) subjects and certification; (3)…

This factbook compiles institutional statistical data on student and faculty characteristics, finances, student services, personnel and learning resources for Ponce Technical University College for 1979 through 1984. Part A provides data on students, including information on high school students' attendance at orientation; distribution of incoming…

This 1986 poll of 1,176 U.S. public school teachers (K-12) selected at random elicited their views on ability grouping, grade standards for interscholastic sports, ideal class size, professional development opportunities, and preferences for programs to be funded. Status and experience questions covered topics such as current class size, number of…

Prepared to facilitate budgeting and planning at Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC), this institutional profile presents information on the college's programs, enrollments, students, staff, administration, finances, and facilities. The first sections provide a brief history of PPCC and a demographic profile of its service area. The next section…

A 1985 mail survey of 97 rural schools and 53 coastal (urban/suburban) schools in Queensland, Australia, investigated teacher characteristics, problems, and needs. Respondents included 504 rural teachers, 215 rural parents, 405 coastal teachers, and 179 coastal parents. The results confirm many previous findings about teaching in rural Australia.…