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Koster, Ferry – Social Indicators Research, 2013
For a long time, researchers investigate the impact of diversity on society. To measure diversity, either archival data at the national level of census data at the neighborhood level, within a single country are used. Both approaches are limited. The first approach does not allow to investigate variation in diversity within countries and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Indicators, Census Figures, Cross Cultural Studies
Uro, Gabriela; Barrio, Alejandra – Council of the Great City Schools, 2013
English Language Learners (ELLs) are among the fastest-growing demographic group in U.S. public schools. There are numerous recent reports documenting this phenomenon. Some reports estimate the numbers of ELLs enrolled in U.S. public schools, and other reports approximate the growth in ELL enrollment over the past five to ten years. Still, there…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Public Schools, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Smith, Anna Tolman; Jesien, W. S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
Interest in technical education of the higher order has been greatly increased by the European war, and as a consequence numerous inquiries have been received at the Bureau of Education with regard to the higher technical schools of foreign countries. These inquiries relate in the main to the organization and conduct of the foreign schools, their…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Foreign Countries, Classification, Standards
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
On February 4, 1922, a request came from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Arizona, The Hon. Elsie Toles, to the Commissioner of Education asking that the Bureau of Education make a survey of the University of Arizona. The invitation was accepted by the Commissioner of Education, who designated E. Parke, R. Kilbe, president of the…
Descriptors: Criticism, Specialists, Governing Boards, Administrator Education
Phillips, Frank M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1925
For the school year ending June 30, 1924, a total of 2,124 private high schools and academies sent statistical reports to the Bureau of Education. This represents an increase of 161 schools over the number of 1922. In addition to average school size increases, the number of graduates also grew, although the number of teachers in 1924 over that of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Graduates, School Size, High Schools
Rosen, Seymour M. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
The demand for basic information on Soviet higher education continues to grow. Previous bulletins on Soviet education published by the Office of Education have either been overall surveys ("Education in the U.S.S.R.," Bulletin 1957, No. 14; "Soviet Commitment to Education," Bulletin 1959, No. 16) or studies of general…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Required Courses, Educational Change, Graduate Study