With the 2016 presidential election right around the corner, geography provides a dynamic view of the spatial patterns and processes that shape the electorate. The major presidential campaigns know that a winning strategy must use geography to make informed decisions about where to allocate limited resources such as money and staff. In the end,…

Excerpt from Commons Debates. (NQ)

[Slides] presented at the Annual National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) in New York in March 2008. This presentation explores the demographic information as well as how and where educational measurement professionals are in the field.

The results of a 1976 study of American whites' attitudes toward racial integration of blacks into U.S. society are reported. Improvement in racial attitudes, and the continuities and discontinuities in the rate of improvement are discussed. Some of the causes for the trends observed are examined. (Author/GC)

The flow of postsecondary level students into and out of a state or regional area can be significant to many institutions in their budgeting and planning. In New England the migration of students will continue to be a critical factor in the decades ahead. The data in this report encompass all full-time and part-time students or total headcount…

This is the third annual edition of the regional profiles of higher education. As in previous editions, this report sets out a range of data on the pattern of higher education in each of the nine regions of England. The regional dimension of higher education continues to grow in importance. Higher education in England retains its core academic and…

Conditions and characteristics underlying the spatial distribution of Negroes in rural Southwestern Michigan are studied in this document. The migration of Negroes is traced into the area, the demographic composition is analyzed, and social and economic ties are compared with those of the white population. Census data and household interviews in 4…

This report presents a detailed picture of trends in the segregation of Hispanic children in American urban public schools from 1970 to 1974. A companion volume reports on trends in black school segregation from 1970 to 1974. This volume shows both the broad regional and national trends of segregation of the nation's second largest minority group,…

The 1980 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape File 1F--the School Districts File--is presented. The file contains complete-count data of population and housing aggregated by school district. Population items tabulated include age, race (provisional data), sex, marital status, Spanish origin (provisional data), household type, and…

The 1980 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape File (STF) 3F contains the responses to the extended questionnaire summarized in STF 3, aggregated by school district. The file contains sample data inflated to represent the total population, 100% counts, and unweighted sample counts of persons and housing units. Population and housing…

A nationwide statistical survey of training schools, forestry camps, ranches, and diagnostic and reception centers for long-range treatment of delinquent children was conducted in 1966. Of the 304 known institutions in the United States, 292 returned reports. Approximately 51,000 children (79% boys) were living in the facilities, an increase of…

Initial investigations were made into the feasibility of estimating populations through a multiple regression technique during summer 1972. There was a relationship between population and the 2 independent variables tested--school enrollment and residential electrical hook-ups--when allowance was made for size through the use of dummy variables.…

TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 CALLS FOR STATE PLANS FOR COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED, AND STATEWIDE SYSTEMS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. IN THE GEORGIA STATE PLAN THE PROGRAM PURPOSES ARE OUTLINED, THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IS DESIGNATED THE STATE AGENCY FOR PLAN ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDING ALLOCATING FEDERAL FUNDS TO PARTICIPATING…

One of the functions of the Governor's Office of Human Resources is that of gathering, analyzing, and distributing information on the extent, distribution and characteristics of the poverty population in Mississippi and the social, economic and demographic conditions which affect the poor. This lengthy document disburses that kind of information…

This report summarizes data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which has been monitoring the scholastic achievement of America's 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds since 1969. The 1990 NAEP trend data provide several ways of describing changes in student achievement in each curriculum area. For science, mathematics, and reading,…