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Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Research and Evaluation Branch. – 1985
This report provides information on the number and percentage of students retained in grade during the 1982-83 school term in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Data were analyzed from reports filed by all principals and from the LAUSD Racial and Ethnic Survey, Fall 1982. Children's centers, adult schools, occupational centers, and…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
Joubert, Lionel; Weisbender, Leo – 1985
This report provides information on the number and percentage of students retained in grade during the 1983-84 school term in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Data were analyzed from reports filed by all principals and from the LAUSD Racial and Ethnic Survey, Fall 1983. Children's centers, adult schools, occupational centers, and…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition

Levin, Renee B.; Franklin, Angela L. Walker – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
Sex and race differences in the problems and needs of medical students were investigated. The variables of marital status and the year in school were also considered. The results suggested that many important needs of first- and second-year medical students at Emory University were not being met. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Marital Status, Medical Students, Needs Assessment

Benson, Marty, Ed. – 1996
This report provides data on graduation rates of student-athletes at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I schools. Institution-specific reports for each of the 305 colleges and universities that returned surveys include graduation rates for all students enrolled in a full-time program for a degree and of student-athletes who…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Athletics, College Students, Colleges
Metro, Laura J.; And Others – 1981
Through a Chicago Public School Program fifth-grade students from different cultures and backgrounds were brought together to experience and learn about a forest environment. These urban students (N=269) completed a brief questionnaire about their previous experiences, perceptions, and expectations regarding forest resources. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Expectation
Fisher, James L.; Koch, James V. – 1996
This work focuses on the transformational theory of leadership, which advocates appointment of a strong charismatic president to lead and transform the university through the power of his or her own vision for the future. The authors argue that this type of leadership is far more effective than the transactionalist leadership style, which…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, College Governing Councils, College Presidents

Catsambis, Sophia – Sociology of Education, 1994
Analyzes national data to trace the development of gender differences in learning opportunities, achievement, and choices in mathematics among white, black, and Hispanic students. Finds that the major barriers to mathematics achievement for for minority student of both sexes are limited learning opportunities and low achievement levels. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Educational Attainment

Messner, Michael A. – Social Studies Review, 1994
Explores the intersection of race and gender by examining two ascendant political discourses about African American males: (1) Afrocentrism; and (2) black feminist thought. Reviews recent African American history and the development of both Afrocentrism and black feminism. (CFR)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Attitudes, Black Culture, Black History
Ellis, Elinor Wall – 1988
After reviewing the literature on mentoring, this report presents the results of a study of 544 students enrolled at Florida A&M University (FAMU), a historically black institution. Students responses to the following issues are analyzed by gender, race, classification, and school and college: (1) reasons for having a mentor relationship at…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Blacks, College Students
Urdan, Tim, Ed.; Pajares, Frank, Ed. – 2001
Noting that the period of adolescence, and the expectations of society for adolescents, have grown and changed dramatically over the last century, this book compiles chapters from leading scholars in a variety of fields related to education to provide a broad overview of several of the most pressing concerns regarding the education of adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Dropouts, Early Parenthood, Educational Change
Heath, Tamela – 1992
This study explored factors contributing to the educational aspirations of African American students. An underlying assumption of the study was that the paradigm for looking at aspirations as a key predictor of later attainment in college students may work differently for black students than for the general population. The study involved data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, Black Students

Heward, Christine; And Others – British Educational Research Journal, 1995
Reports on a study to examine the hidden processes underlying the underrepresentation of women and minority ethnic groups in the academic profession. Identifies the importance of subject communities and their implicit values and assumptions. Illustrates the importance of judgments of academic merit at the very earliest stages of careers for racial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Ethnic Groups
Zahorski, Kenneth J., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This annual journal issue contains 22 papers on issues of faculty development, diversity, adult learners, and instructional improvement in higher education. Many of the papers were developed for the annual conference of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD). The papers are: (1) "What Theories…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Consultants
Miller, L. Scott – 1995
The central purpose of this book is to help leaders and professionals in government, education, business, philanthropies, and the media think about what needs to be done to ensure that minorities reach educational parity with the majority population as soon as possible. Chapter 1 discusses society's interest in the educational advancement of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Achievement Gains, Cultural Differences

O'Keefe, Dennis – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Discusses multiculturalism in its context as a form of intellectual and historical atonement and points out its internal contradictions. Argues that the Western culture is becoming global, or universal; and, therefore, there should be no school-enforced multiculturalism. (CFR)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Economics
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