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Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Economics of Education Review, 2010
To improve our understanding of the factors that influence persistence rates in STEM field majors, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation provided a grant to the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute in 2007 to study the question. The five papers in the symposium represent the output of the project. This introduction explains the motivation for…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Majors (Students), Databases, Research Methodology
Utah Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational and Technical Education, Salt Lake City. – 1969
The Utah Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) was established to conduct and supervise vocational research, develop research competency in the State, disseminate vocation research information, and provide help in preparing research proposals. The research needs of Utah were established by workshop and teacher briefings and interviews with district and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation, Information Dissemination, Program Descriptions
Barker, Richard L. – 1968
This document is report of the New Hampshire Research Coordinating Unit activities from its inception in September 1967 to October 1968. The objectives of the Unit are: (1) to provide leadership in the systematic investigation of problems relating to vocational-technical education, (2) to encourage a positive attitude toward educational research…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Research Coordinating Units
Alvermann, Donna E.; Guthrie, John T. – 1993
This paper describes the National Reading Research Center (NRRC), a federally funded center that intends to carry out research to discover what promotes readers' engagement in literacy activities, foster their critical thinking and strategic learning, and prepare them to meet the challenges of a technological age. The paper describes the mission…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Mission Statements, Program Descriptions
Idaho Univ., Moscow. Coll. of Education. – 1968
The Idaho State Occupational Unit completed a total life of 3 years and 4 months as of September 30, 1968. This document views past accomplishments, and looks to the future role and function of the Unit as it enters a new 5-year continuation. The function and role of the Unit has been built around four major purposes and objectives: (1) conduct…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Research, Objectives, Program Descriptions
Moss, Jerome, Jr.; Nelson, Howard F. – 1968
This document summarizes the first 3 years (June 1965-September 1968) of the Minnesota Research Coordination Unit's operation. Described are: (1) the factors which influenced the evolution of Unit objectives, (2) the organizational structure, personnel and facilities, (3) the Unit activities which were related to its objectives, (4) a subjective…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Information Dissemination, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Lehming, Rolf – 1982
Research on the use of knowledge resources in school improvement efforts explores the ways in which new ideas, programs, practices, materials, and technologies become incorporated into the operations of the nation's elementary and secondary schools, and examines the changes these organizations undergo in the process. Attempts at disseminating…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1974
This report presents brief descriptions of the National Institute of Education's (NIE) major programs in fiscal year 1973 and fiscal year 1974. Included in the description of each program is a discussion of one sample project underway in that field. In addition to the descriptions, each section contains a list of contractors and grantees who…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Developmental Programs, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
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Slavin, Robert E.; Madden, Nancy A. – Educational Leadership, 1989
Reviews research on instructional practices that help at-risk students. The programs reviewed fall into three general categories: prevention programs at the primary level, classroom change programs, and supplementary/remedial programs. Lists general features that characterize these programs. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged
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Hannan, Michael T.; Tuma, Nancy Brandon – 1978
This document introduces research aimed to explore methods that could be used to make inferences about causual effects of educational change over time when data are from an educational panel. This preface, the first in a series of 14 chapters described in SO 011 760-772, discusses an educational research project designed to examine affects of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Change, Longitudinal Studies
Krogstad, Roland J.; Brill, Donald M. – 1968
The Departmental Research Center (RCU) of the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education was approved to begin January 3, 1966 and continues operation under a contract and an extension to September 30, 1968. The general objectives of the unit were stimulation, coordination, and dissemination of research in vocational and…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Federal State Relationship, Program Descriptions, Research and Development Centers
Cates, Carolyn S., Ed. – 1979
An overview is presented of the background and proceedings of a conference planned to share information on dissemination and utilization research conducted by National Institute of Education sponsored projects in educational laboratories and R&D centers in order to form a community among those who share similar research objectives and problems.…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Diffusion, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
Lee, Arthur M. – 1968
The Arizona Research Coordinating Unit has concentrated its efforts during the past 18 months on a study of engineering technology which was published in March of 1968. A second major project is a study of vocational-technical education in the state to be used as a basis for future planning. Other activities included assistance with several…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Annual Reports, Data Collection, Educational Research
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Meek, V. Lynn; And Others – Higher Education, 1991
An international project is setting a research agenda for examining ways in which demands for change in higher education are shaped and interpreted by the higher education community in different countries. The research focuses on (1) the regulatory relationship between government and higher education institutions, and (2) classification and…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
National Inst. of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1978
This program plan is offered as a guide to potential grantees and contractors. It outlines the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice's priorities for research in fiscal year (FY) 1978 and beyond and spells out other Institute programs and projects to be carried out during the fiscal year. The guide is offered as a first step…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrative Organization, Budgets, Criminal Law
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