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Hantzopoulos, Maria – Prevention Researcher, 2013
Rather than creating safer schools, punitive policies--such as zero-tolerance discipline policies--appear only to have created hostile learning environments. In response, many advocacy organizations have urged schools to adopt a human rights framework, including restorative practices. Schools with restorative approaches have noted dramatic…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Discipline Policy, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Institutional Characteristics
US Department of Education, 2014
This compilation includes materials celebrating the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Education's Federal TRIO programs. The Federal TRIO programs were named such in 1968 after a trio of programs designed to foster increased educational opportunity and attainment: Upward Bound, Talent Search, and Student Support Services. Since 1968, the…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Educational Opportunities, Educational Attainment, Educational History
McCoy, Ann; Wilkinson, Anna; Jackson, Russell – US Department of Education, 2008
This report presents findings from a study of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccaulaureate Achievement (McNair) Program. The McNair Program was established in 1986 to increase the attainment of doctoral degrees by students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds. This study is a descriptive analysis of participant outcomes: no attempt is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employment Level, Doctoral Programs, Telephone Surveys
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Collins, Joseph S.; Hecht, William J.; Strange, Diana Tilley – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1999
Both routine monitoring reports and special studies contribute to effective fund-raising efforts and the provision of services to alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A long-range strategy committee was established to determine market-research needs and approaches and to establish long-term alumni-relations priorities. The alumni…
Descriptors: Alumni, Databases, Fund Raising, Graduate Surveys
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Kantor, Seth M.; Griner, Paul F. – Journal of Medical Education, 1981
A survey of 1960-75 graduates of the Medical Residency Program of Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.Y., to obtain opinions concerning the strengths and weaknesses of their training and their opinions on curricular changes designed to prepare residents better for roles as general internists is discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Alumni, Attitudes, Educational Needs, Graduate Medical Education
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Brandi, Jay T. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2004
According to a recent Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) study, racial and ethnic minorities, to include African Americans, are represented on only about 4% of Fortune 500 company boards of directors. The underrepresentation of African Americans in leadership roles in business has implications that reach far beyond the boundaries of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Labor Force, Disproportionate Representation, Educational Attainment