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Herron, William P.; Kemp, Edith S. – 1979
In the late 1960's, educators and researchers became concerned with the dropout problem in large urban school districts. In Philadelphia, the Division of Pupil Personnel and Counseling (PPC) is responsible for collection of this data and reports this information to the state. The process has been computerized to cope with the large volume of data.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Minority Groups
McClintock, Charles – 1985
Factors related to the contextual aspects of educational administrators' information needs were studied in a statewide survey of 199 administrators of adult and community education programs. Attention was directed to: varying preferences for different information sources, the effects of different decision or program development tasks on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, College Administration, Decision Making
Download full textLivingston, Dodie – 1985
Discussed are initiatives of the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) in the areas of Head Start, child care, the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, support of historically black colleges and universities, foster care and adoption assistance, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, and current and future plans. The…
Descriptors: Adoption, Agency Cooperation, Black Colleges, Black Youth
Lundy, Harold W.; Davis, Bobby – 1983
The development and implementation of a planning and institutional research subsystem by Grambling State University (GSU) are described. Three components of the subsystem are as follows: the Grambling Institutional Data System (GRIDS), simulation and forecasting models, and the management reporting system. The way that GSU has improved the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning, Databases
Moye, Alfred L. – 1979
Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Strengthening Developing Institutions, is discussed in this presentation to the House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. The history of the Title from its inception is traced. Designed to strengthen the academic quality of financially weak institutions, Title III is viewed as a reflection of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Institutions, Educational Economics, Eligibility
PDF pending restorationUS Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1946
This bulletin presents information relating to the national conference on the Office of Education statistical program which took place October 1-3, 1945. The material herein consists of the agenda of the conference, reports of the three study committees on (1) purpose and scope of the statistical program, (2) collection of data, and (3)…
Descriptors: Educational History, Government Role, Agency Role, School Statistics
Lyon, Juana P., Comp. – 1978
A culmination of the efforts of many Indian and concerned non-Indian people, the conference, attended by almost 1,500 American Indians and Alaska Natives representing 171 tribes, aimed to promote effective and adequate services needed by the Indian elderly. Based on input from the Indian community and service providers, five concurrent workshops…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Delivery Systems
