The number of community college degrees and certificates awarded has increased steadily during the time of Performance Based Budgeting in Florida. The vast majority of Community College System awards are one of the following four types: Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in Science (AS), postsecondary vocational certificate (PSVC), and…

This book contends that in the United States, manner of speech and educational background reflect cultural status, and it attempts to prove through interviews with six American women that what is described as illiteracy is in fact shutting down in response to those in positions of power. After an introduction, "Language, Literacy, and…

This study shows that while the racial differences on occupation and education were reduced by 1970, the proportion of the remaining occupational gap which was due to educational level had increased. (JMB)

This paper relates correlates of departmental prestige (American Council on Education ratings of graduate faculty, 1966) for a sample of 125 science and math departments. The ratings are shown to be valid. The results are discussed in the context of a broader theory of social stratification. (Author/DB)

Special Labor Force Report indicates that the gap in educational attainment between men and women workers has closed, and that the gap between white and black workers is narrowing. (DM)

A matched sample of Social Security and Current Population Survey records is used to determine life-cycle earnings patterns of White males. Estimated effects of schooling and experience compare well with other studies, but interaction effects with cohort do not. Military experience plays a powerful role in earnings differences across cohorts.…

Compares the earnings of technicians who have an Associate degree to the earnings of technicians who have other educational backgrounds. Discusses several other variables: training and experience; and the impact of sex, race, socioeconomic background, location of residence, and type of employer. (CT)

Urban residential and Christian religious background and higher levels of educational attainment yield a later marriage age. Findings suggest that benefits accruing from higher social status, greater education, and delayed marriage are lessened by a shorter marriage/first birth interval. (Author)

Effects of prose, document, and quantitative literacy and education on the wages of 1,456 young adults who worked full time were analyzed. Literacy and education did not have the same effects on income for all groups; not all groups depended on literacy and education to increase income. Different types of literacy had different effects on gender…

Analysis of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth samples shows that, for both associate degree and nondegree community college programs, returning adults experience the same earnings increases as continuing high school graduates. Returning males in nondegree programs receive an earnings effect 8-10% above that of continuing students. (SK)

A study of the education systems in Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States yielded data on 35 variables. The data were used to compile averages defined as "world class standards" in education. In world-class schools, the children are motivated and ready to learn, and…

To better "internationalize" their curriculum, community colleges should: (1) require one academic year of foreign language study; (2) design foreign language curriculum to develop students' functional language proficiency; (3) develop language courses to serve the community's and students' unique foreign language needs and interests; and (4)…

Examines effects of cohort size on starting salaries of college graduates from different areas of study. Increases in the size of graduating classes relative to the population depress their starting salaries relative to other workers. Smallest negative cohort size effects are found for engineering and business graduates, while the largest are…

Contrary to misinformation circulating in the United States, the United States has more engineers absolutely and relatively than does Japan; and U.S. engineers have higher relative income and status than their Japanese counterparts. Compares U.S. and Japanese enrollments in engineering education, curriculum content, engineers' earnings relative to…