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Status of STEM High Schools and Implications for Practice
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Gubbins, E. Jean; Villanueva, Merzili; Gilson, Cindy M.; Foreman, Jennifer L.; Bruce-Davis, Micah N.; Vahidi, Siamak; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Tofel-Grehl, Colby – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2013
As a nation, society benefits from an educated populace. At a time when economic, environmental, social, and security issues are the focus of many conversations in businesses, industries, government offices, schools, and homes, policymakers turn their attention to the further development of human capital. Educators acknowledge that they have key…
Descriptors: STEM Education, High School Students, Secondary School Curriculum, Teaching Methods
The Pilot Years: The Growth of the NACUBO Benchmarking Project.
Kempner, Daphne E.; Shafer, Barbara S. – Business Officer, 1993
The first years of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) pilot project to collect benchmark data on college costs and service levels are discussed, focusing on lessons learned, needs identified, current use of the results, and the project's place in the association's long-term research plan. (MSE)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Administration, Data Collection, Databases
An Analytical Tool for Two-Year Colleges: Findings of NACUBO's Comparative Financial Statistics Study.
Meeker, Bradley – Business Officer, 1996
The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) has produced a national study of public two-year college finances useful as an institutional planning tool. The report consists of four products: a fiscal year 1995 national sample of data; a more detailed analysis facilitating comparison of college peer groups; a…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1986.
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1986
Based on information and data from 113 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members that were gathered and updated between March and August 1986, this publication was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL community. Trends in automation are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
Cost of Education: An Investment in America's Future. ERS Report.
Robinson, Glen E.; Protheroe, Nancy J. – 1987
American taxpayers are currently investing more than $160 billion annually in public elementary and secondary education. Concerned citizens continue to ask: For what purposes is the money being used, and is it accomplishing its purposes? This seven-chapter study addresses these concerns and provides factual answers to related questions about the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries Based on Responses of 115 ARL Members.
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1987
This inventory provides profiles, tables, and listings of automated library activities at 115 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions. The library profile covers 18 functions: (1) acquisitions; (2) serials check/claim; (3) serials/union list; (4) authority control; (5) cataloging/utility; (6) cataloging/local; (7) circulation; (8)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
User's Manual for 1970 Census Fourth Count (Population) School District Data Tapes.
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Applied Urbanetics, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1973
This user's manual is intended to aid in the use of the Fourth Count (population) School District Data Tapes (SDDTs) derived from the 1970 Census. The manual, which is designed to complement the 1970 Census Users' Guide prepared by the United States Census Bureau, covers sources of the data, structure and contents of the tapes, and use of the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Databases, Demography, Educational Planning