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Lang, Leah; Pirani, Judith A. – EDUCAUSE, 2014
This Spotlight focuses on data from the 2013 Core Data Service (CDS) to better understand how higher education institutions approach student information systems (SISs). Information provided for this spotlight was derived from Module 8 of the CDS survey, which asked several questions regarding information systems and applications. Responses from…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Systems, Institutional Characteristics, Classification
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2013
This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the September quarter 2012. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no.74 (December 2012 estimates). The most recent figures in this publication are estimated (those for training activity from the March…
Descriptors: Trainees, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Models, Expenditures
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This document covers the data terms used in the "Australian Vocational Education and Training Statistics: Apprentices and Trainees--Early Trend Estimates December 2010" publication. The primary purpose of this document is to assist users of the report to understand the specific data terms used within it. Terms that appear in the report…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Vocational Education, Trainees, Definitions
Polloway, Edward A.; Patton, James R.; Smith, J. David; Lubin, Jacqueline; Antoine, Karian – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
In 2002, the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) (Luckasson et al., 2002) revised their manual on mental retardation. It also extended the changes that had been made in the previous (1992) manual to further promote an alternative approach to definition and classification in the field. The study reported here sought to determine the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Educational Practices, Classification, Guidelines
Parmenter, Trevor R. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2011
People with an intellectual disability have existed across human history, making up a part of all cultures. They represent a small part of the extremely wide variety of people in the human population at any one time. This review essay examines the 11th and latest Definition and Classification Manual published by the American Association on…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification
Marks, Joseph L. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2011
This 2011 edition of the "SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) Fact Book on Higher Education" is something new--bigger and better. As always, it continues a proud tradition begun in 1956 of presenting comparative data for colleges and universities in the SREB region in a national context. But this year--for the first time--it provides data for…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Higher Education, State Universities, Teacher Student Relationship

Schalock, Robert L. – Mental Retardation, 1994
This article explains features of the 1992 American Association on Mental Retardation's definition and classification of mental retardation and then discusses six major implications of the system, such as the purpose of diagnosis, basis of classification, reliance on clinical judgment, provision of education and habilitation services, focus on…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Mental Retardation, Standards

Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya – Mental Retardation, 2001
This article examines recent discussion about changing the term "mental retardation" within the broader framework of three distinct processes: naming (terminology), defining, and classifying. The current status of each process is described, especially as represented in the 1992 American Association on Mental Retardation manual. Guiding…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classification, Definitions, Mental Retardation
Evangelauf, Jean – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1994
The revised college and university classification system of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching reflects health and expansion in higher education, with net growth in number of institutions listed. The greatest numerical increase was in two-year colleges, the greatest percentage increase in one research university category. Over…
Descriptors: Classification, Colleges, Definitions, Educational Change
Wierzbicki, Zbigniew T. – 1976
Documenting the development of monographs on the rural community in Poland, this paper discusses: (1) development of monographic community studies from the beginning of the 19th century to the contemporary period (ethnographic, socioeconomic, socio-historical, economic, historical-sociological, and sociological monographs); (2) the present state…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Community Study, Definitions

Karnes, Frances A.; Stephens, Kristen R. – Exceptional Children, 2000
This article presents a brief history of the transition of the federal definition for students who are gifted and talented, as well as a description of other definitions that have affected state definitions. A review of state definitions in 1990 and 1998 indicates that 29 states have modified their definition. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classification, Definitions, Educational Legislation
Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorders in DSM-IV: Scientific Basis and Implications for Education.

McBurnett, Keith; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1993
This article discusses the history of revisions to the category of "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" (ADHD) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); results of field trials for the forthcoming fourth edition of the DSM; and the relevance, functions, and limitations of DSM-IV diagnosis for educational…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions

Adelman, Howard S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This current response to a 1968 article by Ray Barsch (EC 602 662) notes lack of progress in defining and classifying learning disabilities and in determining appropriate interventions to help students with learning disabilities. The paper distinguishes among three types of learning problems and notes the need for individualized transdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Educational History, Educational Needs
Breneman, David W. – AAHE Bulletin, 1990
Educational and economic criteria were developed to define a liberal arts college, and this definition was applied to the list of Liberal Arts I and Liberal Arts II colleges in the Carnegie Foundation classification. Educationally, liberal arts colleges were defined by the following criteria: they award the bachelor of arts degree; are…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Carskadon, Julia H.; Obringer, S. J. – 1990
This paper examines statistics that appear to show a 20 percent decline in the number of students identified as mildly mentally retarded. Evidence is provided which suggests that the primary reason for these declining figures is that these children are being classified as learning disabled. Relatively loose criteria for the learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Trends
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