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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
Ashburn, Elyse – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Obamamania has swept across college campuses. Students, it seems, are out campaigning, registering people to vote, singing the Democrat's praises far and wide. This article reports that a new poll of college students in four battleground states--Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania--conducted by CBS News, UWIRE, and "The…
Descriptors: College Students, Elections, Political Candidates, Political Issues

Portes, Alejandro; Mozo, Rafael – International Migration Review, 1985
Examines patterns of naturalization, voting registration, voter turnout, and political orientation of Cuban Americans and compares them with those of other immigrant groups. (GC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Citizenship, Cubans, Hispanic Americans
Wu, D. W. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science & Technology, 2006
The 2000 US presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush has been the most intriguing and controversial in American history. Using the Florida ballot data, Wu showed that the 2000 election result could have been reversed had the "butterfly ballot effect" been eliminated. Through a combinatorial approach, Harger concluded that…
Descriptors: United States History, Voting, Elections, Political Candidates
Hall, Richard B. – Library Journal, 1996
Presents and interprets data concerning United States library referenda held in fiscal year 1995. Out of 45 capital fund elections, 39 (87%) were successful; and 52 out of 70 (74%) operating fund referenda passed. The article and six tables provide information on voting totals, funding levels, election specifications, and ballot competition. Nine…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Capital, Data Analysis, Elections
Hall, Richard B. – Library Journal, 1997
Presents data on public library referenda for capital improvement projects and on operating levies. Highlights include package deals with other funding measures, success rates, library campaign messages, and a sidebar that details strategies used successfully by the Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library. (Contains five tables.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Capital, Elections, Library Facilities, Library Funding
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1984
Senators' votes are charted for these issues: reductions in higher education program spending and work-study programs; draft registration; 1984 appropriations; spending ceiling legislation; 1985 appropriations; and an amendment to nullify the Supreme Court's Grove City College ruling. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Expenditures
Matney, William C. Jr,; Johnson, Dwight L. – Crisis, 1983
A statistical overview shows improvement in income levels of married-couple families, educational attainment and enrollment, and home ownership among Blacks in the 1970s, but also reveals setbacks influenced by high Black unemployment, sharply increasing divorce and separation rates, and a rise in households maintained by females. (CMG)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Employment, Black Family, Black Population Trends