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Halley Potter; Casey Stockstill – Century Foundation, 2024
The landscape of early childhood programs has evolved as a largely fractured landscape: most public early education programs such as Head Start and state pre-K have been limited to low-income children or children with identified risk factors, and most private programs charge tuition that is too low to support a well-compensated workforce but still…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Student Diversity, At Risk Students, Low Income Students
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Tanzina Ahmed; Jacob Shane; Caitlin Chu; Arielle Edwards; Joseph Verdino; David Caicedo; Rositsa T. Ilieva; Karen Jiang; Daniel Brusche; Ho Yan Wong; Anita Yan; Liam Shay; Charmaine Aleong – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: We examined how students' food insecurity related to their demographic information, academic experiences, use of food programs, and reflections on food during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: 246 NYC undergraduates during the first 9 months of the pandemic. Methods: Students reported on food insecurity (e.g., USDA's 10-item AFSSM),…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Hunger, COVID-19, Pandemics
Center for Public Education, National School Boards Association, 2024
In CPE's 2024 report on urban education, researchers explore the unique challenges and strengths of urban schools. This comprehensive analysis offers insights into demographic diversity, equity issues, and the meaning of high-quality education for every urban student. The report incorporates many data points and best practices at the district…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Characteristics, Educational Quality, Student Diversity
Walton, Douglas; Judkins, David; Kolenikov, Stas; Schalk, Marci; Smith, Adrienne – Abt Associates, 2020
This document includes seven technical appendices that accompany the main report, "Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program: Round 4 Early Outcomes Study Report." The appendices include: (1) Baseline Data; (2) Follow-up Survey Data; (3) Unemployment Insurance Wage Data; (4) Service Impacts; (5)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Career Development, Grants, Federal Programs
Judkins, David; Gardiner, Karen; Smith, Adrienne; Walton, Douglas – Abt Associates, 2020
The Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program provided grants to community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher education to expand and improve their ability to deliver education and career training programs. Grant-funded colleges served workers who were eligible for training under the Trade…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Descriptions, Career Development, Grants
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Woo, Jennie H. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
This Statistics in Brief examines private loans by institution sector, tuition amount, student characteristics, and level. This study attempts to answer the following questions: (1) How did undergraduate borrowing from private sources change from 2003-04 to 2007-08 and who obtained private loans?; (2) To what extent did undergraduates combine…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Loan Programs, Income, Student Characteristics
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Project Head Start. – 1990
This fact sheet provides statistical information about Project Head Start. Data is presented in the following categories: (1) budget; (2) number of programs; (3) enrollment; (4) racial and ethnic composition; (5) ages of children served; (6) number of sites; (7) cost; (8) staff (in 1989); and (9) enrollment and congressional appropriation from the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Costs, Enrollment, Federal Programs
Belitsky, A. Harvey – 1969
Results are presented of a study on ways of using private vocational schools for training disadvantaged persons. The potential social role of these schools is considered first, followed by advantages to students and employers because of the schools' flexible operation and organization, progress toward better evaluation of schools through voluntary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria, Counseling
McNamara, Robert J.; Kamen, Charles S. – 1967
This study of the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) was prepared for the national office describing the in-school programs funded and in operation for the 1967-68 academic year. It was based on responses from 1257 project officials representing an enrollment of 102,468 youths. There were 490 urban projects, 703 rural projects, and 64 "mixed…
Descriptors: Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrollment, Federal Programs
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Tucker, G. Richard – Focus, 1980
A comparison of the salient characteristics of Canadian and United States bilingual education programs suggests various settings where it would be desirable to introduce children to schooling in their home language. These settings include: (1) the various ethnic communities in the United States, (2) multilingual developing countries, (3) parts of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
ABRAMS, IRWIN; ARNOLD, DAVID B. – 1967
THIS REVIEW OF LITERATURE DESCRIBES AND ANALYZES (1) THE NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, (2) THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT BROUGHT CURRICULUM OFFERINGS TO THEIR CURRENT LEVEL, AND (3) THE PARTICIPANTS IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION--THE FACULTY MEMBERS, THE STUDENTS, THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE PRIVATE AGENCIES INTERESTED IN STIMULATING INTERNATIONAL…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Language Programs
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1977
The third in a series by the Higher Education Panel, this survey of student aid programs and participants focused on selected characteristics of aid recipients representative of those at 3,000 colleges and universities. Aid distribution was analyzed by the students' sex, racial or ethnic group, enrollment status (full- or part-time), and income…
Descriptors: College Students, Ethnic Groups, Family Income, Federal Programs