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Robert Kelchen; Justin Ortagus; Kelly Rosinger; Dominique Baker; Mitch Lingo – Educational Researcher, 2024
We compiled the first longitudinal data set with detailed state funding information to examine whether different funding strategies for public higher education correlate with college access and completion, with a focus on outcomes among racially minoritized students. We found no relationships between funding mechanisms and student outcomes at…
Descriptors: State Aid, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Access to Education
Anderson, James D. – Educational Researcher, 2015
This article examines the historical relationship between political power and the pursuit of education and social equality from the Reconstruction era to the present. The chief argument is that education equality is historically linked to and even predicated on equal political power, specifically, equal access to the franchise and instruments of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Equal Education, Political Power, Voting
Tortolero, Susan R.; Cuccaro, Paula M.; Tucker, Nancy M.; Weerasinghe, I. Sonali; Li, Dennis H. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2011
Teen birth rates and teen pregnancy prevention strategies vary widely across individual states in the US, which has the highest overall teen birth rate among developed nations. California and Texas, the two most populous states currently accounting for a quarter of all teen births, have taken very different approaches to addressing adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Pregnancy, Prevention, Case Studies
Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 2010
The labor force is the number of people aged 16 or older who are either working or looking for work. It does not include active-duty military personnel or institutionalized people, such as prison inmates. Quantifying this total supply of labor is a way of determining how big the economy can get. Labor force participation rates vary significantly…
Descriptors: Labor Force Nonparticipants, Race, Females, Population Growth

Radelet, Michael L. – American Sociological Review, 1981
Data from Florida from 1976-77 show that those accused of murdering Whites are more likely to be sentenced to death than those accused of murdering Blacks. If victim's race is controlled, however, data do not clearly support the hypothesis that defendant's race is strongly associated with imposition of the death penalty. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, Crime, Criminals, Data Analysis

Fullerton, Howard N., Jr. – Monthly Labor Review, 1995
Gives overall labor force projections with a closer look at 3 groups with significant changes: men age 25-54, people 55 and over, and women 20-44. Depicts projected population changes and implications of the projections in terms of median age of the labor force, age composition of the population, and economic dependency ratios. (SK)
Descriptors: Age, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Labor Force
Goff, Brent; Patino, Vanessa; Jackson, Gary – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
To effectively communicate with potential students, it is important to utilize their preferred information sources. Survey data were gathered from 716 high school students who planned to attend college. There were communication source differences based on race and intent to attend two-year vs. four-year institutions. Important information sources…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Attendance, Race, Community Colleges

Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Brewer, Dominic J. – Economics of Education Review, 1995
Reanalyzes data from the classic 1966 Coleman Report. Addresses whether teacher characteristics, including verbal ability and race, influenced students'"synthetic gain scores." Findings support this hypothesis. Verbal scores mattered equally for black teachers and white teachers. Black teachers were associated with higher gain scores for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Baxter, Neale – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1992
Presents graphs showing employment and unemployment rates of 16 to 24 year olds by age, sex, and race from 1970-91, as well as types of employment obtained by young adults and median income. Also compares high school graduates and dropouts. (SK)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Employment Patterns, High School Graduates, Race

Entwisle, Doris R.; Astone, Nan Marie – Child Development, 1994
Suggests that recent social changes and trends make it imperative to include demographics of all kinds in research on child development. Proposes guidelines to help child development researchers procure demographic information from their study population. Provides specific questions that may help researchers devise demographic indicators, and…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Child Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Handwerk, Phil – ETS Research Report Series, 2007
Online high schools are growing significantly in number, popularity, and function. However, little empirical data has been published about the effectiveness of these institutions. This research examined the frequency of group work and extended essay writing among online Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) students, and how these tasks may have…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Placement, Computer Assisted Testing, Models
Borden, Victor M. H. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2002
Presents ordered lists of the numeric totals of degrees conferred to students of color, featuring listings for all minorities as well as for each racial/ethnic minority group. Institutions are ranked according to total number of degrees awarded to minority students across all disciplines and in specific disciplines. The lists include a breakdown…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Graduates, Degrees (Academic), Ethnicity

Cuca, Janet Melei – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
Career plans, based on responses to the Association of American Medical Colleges' first annual graduation questionnaire concerning the racial/ethnic identity of 1978 U.S. medical graduates, are reported. The data show that the six racial/ethnic groups follow similar general trends, though group differences do appear. (MLW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Graduates, Ethnic Groups, Graduate Surveys

Rosenfeld, Carl – Monthly Labor Review, 1979
A statistical survey of employment mobility during the period from January 1977 to January 1978, this study compared data from similar surveys conducted in 1965 and 1972, and found a greater mobility rate in 1977. Discusses the results in terms of age, sex, nationality, race, education, and occupation. (JOW)
Descriptors: Age, Career Change, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background
Sekscenski, Edward S. – Monthly Labor Review, 1980
This report consists of an article from the December 1979 issues of the Monthly Labor Review, an explanatory note, and supplementary tables. The article considers these factors which determine the length of time a person works continuously for the same employer: age and sex, marital status of women, race, and occupation and industry. It is shown…
Descriptors: Age, Career Change, Career Education, Employed Women
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