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Download full textRobertson, Anne S., Ed. – Parent News Offline, 2003
This document is comprised of the two issues in volume 5 of "Parent News Offline," a publication of the National Parent Information Network (NPIN) designed to introduced those without Internet Access to the activities and information available through NPIN. The Spring 2003 issue contains the following articles: (1) "Summer Academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Safety, Children, Emotional Response
Laanan, Frankie Santos, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2001
The summer 2001 issue of New Directions for Community Colleges evaluates recent research and policy discussions about transfer students and addresses the critical issues facing students moving through the educational pipeline. Chapters include: (1) "Transfer Student Adjustment" (Frankie Santos Laanan); (2) "Institutional Responses…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), College Environment, College Transfer Students
Peer reviewedHigher Education in Europe, 1988
A collection of nine papers related to international recognition of studies and degrees is presented. The papers are as follows: "Problems of Equivalence of Studies and Diplomas in Higher Education Systems" (Hanna Jablonska-Skinder); "Unveiling the Hidden Information in Credentials: A Proposal to Introduce a 'Supplement to Higher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Students, Credentials, Degree Requirements
Simmons, Fran C. – ORM, 1981
Data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics are the basis for these analyses of student migration patterns in New Jersey. The distribution of out-migrating full-time, first-time freshmen in 1979 is examined by collegiate sector and institutional control. The states and institutions to which these students migrate are also…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Demography, Enrollment Influences
Rumberger, Russell W.; Larson, Katherine A.; Palardy, Gregory J.; Ream, Robert K.; Schleicher, Nina C. – CLPP Policy Report, 1998
This report examines student mobility among California Latino adolescents. Latinos are now the largest ethnic group in the California schools; if student mobility is indeed a problem for both students and schools, it is important to understand the consequences of changing schools for Latino adolescents. Longitudinal data were studied for two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Dropouts, Educational Attainment
Simmons, Fran – OSISD Special Report Series, 1984
Results of studying the trend of declining enrollment for black, full-time undergraduates in New Jersey are presented. Factors accounting for the enrollment decline of this group include entry into the labor force of a larger number of black high school graduates and an increase in the number of black students going to colleges outside of New…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Attendance, College Choice, College Students
Kindler, Anneka L. – Directions in Language and Education, 1995
This report discusses demographic characteristics of migrant students in the United States, their educational needs, the features of federally-funded programs under the Migrant Education Program (MEP) legislation reform, and suggestions for enhancing current migrant student performance. The MEP was established in 1966 and reauthorized in 1994. It…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Mobility, Federal Legislation
Zikopoulos, Marianthi, Ed.; And Others – Open Doors, 1992
This report provides statistical data on 419,600 foreign students from over 200 countries studying at U.S. higher educational institutions. The report identifies trends in student mobility and migration, national origin, sources of financial support, fields of study, enrollments, and rates of growth. The book's extensive tables and analyses are…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Enrollment
Bridglall, Beatrice L.; Gordon, Edmund W. – Pedagogical Inquiry and Praxis., 2003
This paper describes U.S. Department of Defense Schools, an education system with significant outcomes that may be pertinent to raising academic achievement among minority students. A research group examined the high achievement of African American and Hispanic students in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools. Results find that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Black Students, Community Involvement
Lipsitt, Lewis P., Ed. – Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, 1996
These 12 monthly newsletters from 1996 explore the many problems encountered by children and adolescents as they grow up. Regular departments in the newsletter issues include "Keep Your Eye On...," which briefly presents results of research into childhood and adolescent problems; "What's New in Research," summarizing research…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Asperger Syndrome
