For more than two decades, the national standard for benchmarking student satisfaction in higher education has been the Ruffalo Noel Levitz Satisfaction-Priorities Surveys. Since their beginning in 1994, these benchmark surveys have been used by more than 2,900 U.S. colleges and universities to evaluate students' concerns that correspond with…

American demographics are shifting, most notably among the student population (G. Orfield, 2009). The proportion of white student enrollment has steadily decreased since the 1960s, from approximately 80% of students to 56% today (G. Orfield, 2009). In the South and the West--two of the most populous regions in the country--schools report nonwhite…

The AISD Student Substance Use and Safety Survey, administered annually to a random, representative sample of AISD students, provides self-report data on student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to substance use and school safety issues. This report summarizes results from the 2010-2011 school year.

A questionnaire was administered to samples of Grade 10 students in 11 desegregated high schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on student attitudes. The questions focused on several areas including student racial relations, attitudes toward race, and perceptions of race related school conditions and school safety.…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of Grade 7 students in 22 desegregated middle schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on student attitudes. The questions focused on several areas including student racial relations, attitudes toward race, and perceptions of race related school conditions and school safety.…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of parents of Grade 2 and Grade 5 students in 38 desegregated elementary schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on parent attitudes. The questions focused on several areas including desegregation and busing, pupil learning and racial relations, quality of education,…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of parents of Grade 7 students in 22 desegregated middle schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on parent attitudes. The questions focused on several areas including desegregation and busing, pupil learning and racial relations, quality of education, school-parent…

In a study of the relationships between school racial composition and intergroup hostility in 123 desegregated elementary schools, four measures of racial hostility were considered: (1) white attitudes toward desegregation; (2) whites' friendliness toward blacks as perceived by blacks; (3) white attitudes toward voluntary social interaction with…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 38 desegregated elementary schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 11 desegregated high schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 22 desegregated middle schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…

The results of a survey conducted in the black community of Cincinnati, Ohio, are presented in this report. The survey sought to determine the perceptions, views, and attitudes of the city's black citizens regarding key social and economic issues. The report presents findings in the following areas: (1) education, including issues of…

The methods and process of desegregation between 1968 and 1976 were analyzed for 52 large school districts in this case survey report. The first section presents the research design in which the case survey method and the selection of 52 districts are considered. The second section includes a detailed look at the various desegregation techniques…

This report presents findings of a study of the attitudes of college freshmen who will likely graduate in 2001. Interviews with 2001 freshmen attending public and private four-year colleges and universities are analyzed in text and tables for the following topics: generational differences; beliefs and values; goals and aspirations; finances,…

This report examines the resegregation of black and white students which may occur in desegregated schools due to differential enrollment and participation in academic programs and extracurricular activities. The report analyzes data collected by the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) of 1318 high school graduating classes of 1972 throughout the…