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Download full textFarrell, Brenda S. – US Government Accountability Office, 2022
The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 included a provision for the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on equal opportunity claims, climate surveys, and programs to address climate issues at the military service academies. Specifically, this report addresses: (1) the extent to which…
Descriptors: Military Service, Military Training, Organizational Climate, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Stafford, George H. – 1982
Factors that influence college admissions and articulation are considered, based on testimony of the admissions director of Prairie View A&M University, Texas. The following concerns are addressed: the rationale behind college admissions at a small, rural four-year college serving a predominantly black student population; societal, political,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Admission, College Role, College School Cooperation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
The hearing was convened to address the problems in American education and to identify and lend support to those successful and cost-effective policies, practices and programs that have emerged since 1965. This is one in a series of regional hearings designed to obtain diverse viewpoints, examine proposed solutions and agree on viable solutions to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Delinquency Prevention, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
Hearings on the difficulties experienced by Hispanic (Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American) students in entering postsecondary education and ways to assist this population are presented. According to testimony, several legislative programs designed to serve economically disadvantaged students have failed to reach Hispanic students,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cubans, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1987
Studies on the time bachelor's degree recipients required to earn their degrees at California State University (CSU) and the University of California during the years 1975 to 1985, were reviewed by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The California Legislature requested information on: the number of graduates, by campus and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bachelors Degrees, College Freshmen, College Graduates
Feldman, Marvin – 1991
The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York has one of the highest student retention rates of any community college in the country, graduating more than 62% of those enrolled. Nationwide, community college retention rates average 35%, and at some colleges, attrition is as high as 70%. While community colleges provide access to education…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Cognitive Style, College Curriculum
Fine, Kerry Kinney; Lehnertz, Mary Jane – 1991
In 1988, a study was conducted by the Research Department of the Minnesota House of Representatives to examine college student retention and enrollment patterns in the state. Community college retention was examined by tracking the progress of fall 1987 entering freshmen through 1990. Interviews, focusing on students' plans, background,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This document reports oral and written testimony given for an oversight hearing by witnesses concerning the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 primarily as it affects Black colleges and universities. Witnesses included college presidents from historically black colleges/universities including Smith University (North Carolina),…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indians, Black Colleges, Blacks
Rodriguez, Carmelo – 1982
The status of Latino admissions, enrollment, and retention in Illinois colleges and universities is summarized. Information is presented on the March 1979 Hispanic population 25 years old and over, by years of school completed, type of Hispanic, and age. Income data for 1978 are also provided. In addition, attention is directed to TRIO program…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Admissions Counseling
Vaccaro, John – 1982
Developments relating to college admission standards, the quality of high school curricula, and academic achievement are discussed by a representative of the College Board. Attention is directed to College Board data on the following issues: the decline on verbal and mathematics Scholastic Aptitude Test scores; trends in the number of years that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Acceleration (Education)
