Key Data on Education in Europe 2012 is a Eurydice flagship publication tracing the main developments of European education systems over the last decade. The report combines statistical data with qualitative information to describe the organisation, management and functioning of 37 European education systems from pre-primary to higher education.…

This report is the twelfth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. The survey is designed, administered and analyzed by the Babson Survey Research Group, with data collection conducted in partnership with the College Board and additional data from the National Center for Education Statistics' Integrated…

The patterns of brain activation during norm-referenced and criterion-referenced feedback were compared, using the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Twenty-two healthy right-handed individuals performed a series of perceptual judgment tasks while their brain activity was recorded. The participants responded to a performance-approach…

Objective: The number of youth in residential care programs who have been abused is high. The relationship between childhood abuse victimization and adult intimate partner violence (IPV) is well documented. This study compared the rates of IPV 16 years after individuals had participated in a long-term residential care program with individuals…

Summarizes the findings of the latest Modern Language Association survey of jobs held by recent graduates of modern language doctoral programs and compares them with the results of earlier surveys. Findings indicate that the availability of nontenure-track teaching positions cushions against unemployment when tenure-track positions are limited.…

AT LEAST 60 OF THE 625 STUDENTS WHO DROPPED OUT OF THE SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1959-60 LATER RETURNED TO SCHOOL, AND MANY GRADUATED. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DISCOVER WHY THESE STUDENTS RETURNED, WHAT KINDS OF STUDENTS WERE MOST INFLUENCED BY ADVICE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHICH STUDENTS EXPERIENCED THE MOST PRESSURE TO RETURN. SOME…

This report summarizes the results of a questionnaire study of administrative salaries in 139 universities in 47 states and 29 university systems representing 25 states. Salaries are reported for full-time administrators including officers whose responsibilities and functions range from the director of a single office to the university president.…

This study presents comparative data collected from 85 state-supported universities or university systems in 45 states, and 35 university systems representing 28 states on the administrative salaries they paid in 1993-94. The salaries are presented in rank-order (from highest to lowest) to facilitate comparisons of a particular position's salary…

The findings of a recently completed study comparing the responsibilities and duties of personnel directors in 1970 with those in 1977 are reported. Personnel departments grew both in scope of function and staff size, and staff members now take a much more active role in academic as well as non-academic personnel matters due to federal regulations…

This is a brief report of a comparative study of student counseling services in Japan and some countries in the Pacific, Asia, Commonwealth, Europe and America. Various institutions of higher education were surveyed to determine the presence of established student counseling centers, the organization of the centers and the theoretical background…

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an initiative of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. The overall aim of PISA is to measure how well 15-year-olds approaching the end of their compulsory schooling are prepared for meeting the challenges they will face in their lives beyond school.…

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…

This summary presents data derived from the Survey of Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions: Fiscal Year 1989. The 15 federal agencies surveyed for the report provide virtually all funding for science and engineering (S/E) research and development (R&D) at universities and colleges, and the data presented in the…

A third annual study, involving 107 higher education institutions (39 public, 68 private) was conducted to determine rate and occupancy trends in housing operations of the Middle Atlantic Region. Each responding institution was asked to state its basic nine-month double-room rate or to compute an average rate if they have more than one. It is…

To identify current community college programs for occupations in high demand by business and industry, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) conducted a survey of 1,120 colleges across the nation. The survey asked community colleges to identify "hot" programs, the number of students enrolled in these programs, and the average…