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Topper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2011
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" investigates the number of attempts it takes students to complete all developmental education courses to which they are referred. Subsequent gateway course completion and overall persistence are also examined. Three-year outcomes were analyzed and…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Correlation
Fleisher, Frederic – 1968
In this document on Swedish folk high schools, the history, philosophy, types of programs, backgrounds of past and present students, adjustment to a changing society, and the implications for the future, are presented. Reference is also made to the whole educational system and the relationship of folk schools in terms of their service,…
Descriptors: Folk Schools, History, National Programs, Program Descriptions
Froomkin, Joseph; And Others – 1977
The survey of adult education conducted by the National Center for Educational Statistics in 1972 is analyzed. The following facts are highlighted in the more detailed analysis of 1972 results: (1) The demand for hours of adult education is distributed in proportion to eligibles in each age and education group, (2) persons with lower levels of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Age
CURTIS, CARROLL A.; HAYES, ROBERT B. – 1967
PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAD SHOWN THAT SIMULATION COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THREE OF SIX HOURS OF ACTUAL DRIVING INSTRUCTION, A CONCENTRATED COURSE OF INSTRUCTION COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ONE OF SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS, AND USE OF SIMULATOR MOVIES WITHOUT THE EQUIPMENT HAD VALUE. IN THIS STUDY, DATA ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Educational Research, High School Students, Instructional Films