A description of the State of Arizona and its educational system is presented as a working paper in a final report by the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. Facts about the state include the following: indications are that the present growth in Arizona will continue for at least a decade more;…

Focusing on students under the age of 18 who have not yet attained a high school diploma or certificate of equivalency, this report presents tables showing the numbers of these students enrolled in credit courses in Arizona community colleges from September 1995 to August 1996. Following an introductory section presenting statewide data by college…

Focusing on students under the age of 18 who have not yet attained a high school diploma or certificate of equivalency, this report provides tables illustrating the numbers of these students enrolled in credit courses in Arizona community colleges from September 1997 to August 1998. In 1998, 26,277 such students were enrolled--twice the number…

The "Arizona Public Library Statistics, 1998-1999" is compiled from information supplied by the state's public libraries. The document is divided according to the following county groups: Apache, Cochise; Coconino, Gila; Graham, Greenlee, La Paz; Maricopa; Mohave, Navajo; Pima, Pinal; Santa Cruz, Yavapai; and Yuma. Within each of these…

Designed to answer the most frequently asked questions about the Arizona community colleges, this fact book offers organizational, financial, and enrollment data for the state system as a whole as well as individual colleges. First, the State Board's philosophy, mission, and value statements are provided. Next, 1995-96 progress reports are…

Results of a spring 1983 survey of the sources and amounts of income, the expenditures, and the background characteristics of Arizona postsecondary students are presented. Survey questionnaires were sent to 4,821 randomly selected students at 36 schools, and 1,694 usable responses were obtained. The responses were cross-analyzed by four…

This report offers organizational, financial, and enrollment data for the state system as a whole, as well as individual colleges, for fiscal year 1997-1998. It opens with a short discussion on the State Board's philosophy, mission, and value statements. Progress reports are then presented for the Board and the 19 Arizona community colleges,…

Four-year graduation rates by high school, district, county, and state were studied for Arizona in 1991, partly to establish a baseline from which to measure the effect of student retention programs. Members of the class of 1991 were identified as those who were first-time ninth graders in the 1987-88 school year. The median graduation rate was 72…

As one of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this document makes a comparison between Arizona's system of higher education and those of other states, in order to place Arizona's higher education efforts in perspective. The number of universities and…

Designed to answer the most frequently asked questions about the Arizona community colleges, this factbook offers organizational, financial, and enrollment data for the state system as a whole as well as individual colleges. First, the State Board's philosophy, mission, and value statements are provided along with a map of Arizona college…

Designed to answer the most frequently asked questions about the Arizona community colleges, this factbook offers organizational, financial, and enrollment data for the state system as a whole as well as individual colleges. First, the State Board's philosophy, mission, and value statements are provided along with a map of Arizona college…

Designed to answer those questions about the Arizona community colleges most frequently asked by legislators, state and external agencies, citizens, and college staff and students, this factbook offers organizational, financial, and enrollment data for the state system as a whole and individual colleges. Section I presents the State Board's…

Designed to answer those questions about the Arizona community colleges most frequently asked by legislators, state and external agencies, citizens, and college staff and students, this factbook offers organizational, financial, and enrollment data for the state system as a whole and individual colleges. Section I presents the State Board's…

Four-year graduation rates by high school, district, county, and state were studied for Arizona for 1992. Members of the class of 1992 were identified as those who were first-time ninth graders in the 1988-89 school year. Data was submitted by 156 high schools and special programs for 12th graders, but the reports of 5 districts (21 schools and…

In 1985 the Arizona Legislature established a 5-year pilot-test program for teachers, under the direction of the Joint Legislative Committee on Career Ladders. Its purpose was to implement and evaluate a process of rewarding teachers based on their actual performance levels, rather than solely on years of experience and/or accumulated college…