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Download full textPeterson, Kristin; Davison, Mark; Wahlstrom, Kyla; Himes, John; Hjelseth, Leah; Ross, Jesse; Tucker, Michelle – 2001
This study compared two types of school breakfast programs in Minnesota: Fast Break to Learning, a universal free breakfast program ("Fastbreak" schools), and programs with a sliding fee scale ("control" schools). Fastbreak and control schools were compared on several variables: (1) survey responses from principals and food…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Breakfast Programs, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedLynch, David M.; And Others – Planning for Higher Education, 1987
Research findings suggest that centralization varies with certain institutional characteristics and that the nature of the graduate faculty, availability of funding, and staffing patterns are correlated with the degree of centralization. The historical development of graduate education is described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Centralization, College Administration, College Planning, Comparative Analysis
Armstrong, Robert J. – 1968
A study was made to determine the current status of selected administrative areas of student teaching programs in Massachusetts and cooperative student teaching programs throughout the nation, the desirability of establishing cooperative programs in Massachusetts, and the organization and impelementation of these programs. Specific administrative…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Cooperating Teachers, Cooperative Programs
Turner, Terry; Miles, Jackie – 1980
This report is an evaluation of a pilot form of preschool education in Queensland, Australia. Following background information (Chapter I) about the sampling methodology used in and the administration of the study, the classroom environment and the teachers' work program are described in Chapter II. The effect of the early education classroom…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Peterson, Kristin; Davison, Mark; Wahlstrom, Kyla; Himes, John; Irish, Margaret L. – 2002
This report provides Year 2 data comparing two types of school breakfast programs in Minnesota to schools that did not serve breakfast at all (No Breakfast schools): Fast Break to Learning, a universal free breakfast program (Fastbreak schools), and programs with a sliding fee scale (control schools). Data were collected from 30 Fastbreak, 195…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Breakfast Programs, Child Health
Kuntz, Patricia S. – 1999
A study investigated beliefs about language learning held by American adult students of Arabic studying in two programs, one in Morocco and one in Yemen, and compared them with beliefs held by the teachers. Subjects were 44 students and 10 teachers from the Morocco program and 27 students and 7 teachers from the Yemen program. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Arabic, Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context
ROUSE, MARY J. – 1967
THIS STUDY COMPARED ART PROGRAMS IN PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO AND NON-NEGRO COLLEGES. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO SURVEY AND IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AREAS IN THE NEGRO COLLEGES' ART PROGRAMS SO THAT ASSISTANCE BY AGENCIES INTERESTED IN THESE PROGRAMS MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENT AND RESULT IN AN INCREASED NUMBER OF NEGROES CONTRIBUTING TO THE VISUAL ARTS. EIGHTY-ONE…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Art Education, Art Materials, Black Students
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1975
Nebraska Adult Basic Education (ABE) program administrators have been studied in terms of their general characteristics and part-or full-time positions in an attempt to gather data to assist in future program development, administrator recruitment, and administrator training programs. A questionnaire was sent to all known administrators in the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation
Willmer, Wesley K. – 1987
Information about advancement programs at 190 small colleges is provided, with attention to recruitment/admissions, executive management, institutional relations, alumni, and fund raising. The 190 colleges, which responsed to a survey of members of the Council of Independent Colleges, are described according to enrollment size, geographic…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Alumni, Budgets, College Admission
Crowell, Mayme; Rudolph, Marva – 1982
A study compared the tuition-aid programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) contractors with U.S. private industry education-assistance programs. In order to complete their comparative analysis, researchers mailed questionnaires to 51 DOE contractors. Particular emphasis was placed on requirements for tuition aid, allowable expenses, level of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education, Fringe Benefits, Labor Force Development
Young, Raymond J.; McDougall, William P. – 1985
A study of summer sessions at U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities was conducted in 1985. A stratified random sample of 213 U.S. public and private institutions included research universities, doctoral-granting institutions, and comprehensive colleges and universities; all 10 Canadian institutions were featured in the study. A total of 184…
Descriptors: College Programs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation
Miller, Aaron J.; Bragg, Debra D. – 1985
A study undertaken to aid administrators in considering program alternatives for administering Occupational Work Adjustment (OWA) and Occupational Work Experience (OWE) programs in Ohio examined the Ohio Department of Education's certification of OWA and OWE teachers in light of the state's new minimum standards for elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities
Clark County Vocational Skills Center, Vancouver, WA. – 1985
A study examined national trends and state policy in Washington State pertaining to the administration and funding of area vocational skills centers. During the study, key persons associated with Washington's skills centers were interviewed and surveyed concerning the following areas: policy and planning, curriculum and instruction, student…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Iwler, Irvin H.; And Others – 1984
A study assessed the impact of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vocational Education's practical nurse program for funding years 1979-1980 (38 programs), 1980-1981 (40 programs), and 1981-1982 (41 programs). Researchers reviewed literature pertaining to the state of the art of health care both in Pennsylvania and across the Nation. Next, they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis
