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Direct linkAlcorn, Brandon; Christensen, Gayle; Kapur, Devesh – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2015
Demographic surges and economic growth have created an exploding demand for higher education in the Global South--a demand that low- and middle-income countries cannot realistically meet with traditional institutions alone. In India, the demand increasingly is being met by online education. Recently, MOOCs--with their potential to scale up rapidly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Online Courses, Professional Education
Mills, Sandra R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Reform of public schooling has been at the forefront of the national debate over education for more than 25 years. One prominent reform initiative, school chartering, was selected for the study that examined whether a selected school district allocated comparable resources for charter and non-charter schools. The study used the Odden et al.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Resource Allocation, Public Schools, Comparative Analysis
King, Richard A. – Educational Technology, 1987
Based on survey data on North Carolina schools in 1984-85 and on site visits and interviews in selected schools, leadership and commitment of policymakers and educators are found to be as important as demographic and financial characteristics of school districts for providing computer access and appropriate uses. (9 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Administrator Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Demography
Snyder, Thomas D.; Freeman, Catherine E. – Principal, 2003
Presents several key findings from several recent National Center for Educational Statistics reports related national trends in education involving elementary school enrollment, poverty concentration, language minority students, student family characteristics, reading comprehension, academic achievement (math, science, geography), student access…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Computers, Behavior Problems, Demography
Download full textDeBell, Matthew; Chapman, Chris – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report examines the use of computers and the Internet by American children enrolled in nursery school and students in kindergarten through grade 12. The report examines the overall rate of use (that is, the percentage of individuals in the population who are users), the ways in which students use the technologies, where the use occurs (home,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Income
Peer reviewedRosen, Larry D.; Weil, Michelle M. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1995
Describes a study that examined technophobia in elementary and secondary public school teachers as an explanation for low levels of computer utilization. Highlights include empirical studies of technophobia; technophobia interventions; demographic differences; computer availability and use; computer anxiety; computer attitudes; and predictive…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes
PDF pending restorationNational Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1995
Exposure to computers in school may help young people gain the computer literacy they will need to function effectively in society. The amount of access to computers at home is often directly related to socioeconomic factors. Examining the extent to which students have access to computers either at school or at home may help predict how prepared…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Computer Use
