During the past five years, student enrollments in Connecticut have declined by approximately 17%. Recent State Department of Education projections indicate that the decline can be expected to continue and become more evident in the high schools through 1989. Continuing declines in both enrollment and available resources raise questions about the…

This report is a reference tool devoted to minority student education for planners, researchers, policymakers, and reporters covering all levels of education. The following broad minority issues are defined and related in a matrix to all National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys containing racial/ethnic data collected from 1969: (1)…

The University of Texas (UT) at Austin's credit by examination program is described. In 1985-86, credit by examination was offered in 55 subjects. Details were provided for each of 18 subject areas in which over 20 tests were administered: Biology; Chemistry; Chinese; Computer Science; Economics; Electrical Engineering; English; French; German;…

The relationship between a standard measure of self-concept and withdrawal from college was studied with students at private New York colleges who were admitted through the Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP). HEOP students are educationally and financially disadvantaged. The objective of the study was to promote policy formation and…

Using findings from national effective schooling research, the monograph describes tested administrative practices which are effective in enhancing the achievement of elementary-aged Indian students. The monograph is organized into 17 issues which commonly confront school administrators on or near Indian reservations. For each issue, steps are…

The central theme of this paper is that multimethod, multitrait research is essential to uncover learning beliefs and learning structures. The year-long social-ecological study clearly illustrated the efficacy of such a research process. This was a study of the elements of a kindergarten classroom environment and the beliefs that parents,…

One of five modules in the curriculum development series of the 16-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists, this module is intended for use in classes or individual study arrangements at the preservice or inservice level by students with varying amounts of experience in vocational education. (These modules are…

Intended to assist interested persons to identify research on minority youth in various areas believed to shape the manner in which these students learn, this bibliography cites approximately 1,273 materials, published primarily between 1950 and 1979, basically dealing with Black, Hispanic (especially Mexican American), and Native American youth,…

In 1981-82 there were 58 districts in Kentucky which provided programs and services for 6,364 migratory children. Of that total, currently migratory (interstate) accounted for 13%, currently migratory (intrastate) accounted for 19%, and formerly migratory accounted for 68%. Approximately 81% of the students were in grades pre-kindergarten through…

Rural education in the Southern United States is discussed in sections on the social and economic role of education, problems in Southern rural society, the importance of material resources, and concluding recommendations. Education is perceived as: improving the quality of recipients' lives; providing a ranking system which fits children into the…

This book, the basic document of the 1982 Vancouver world conference on "Learning at a Distance," describes the state of the art of distance education in the early 1980s. It includes papers on or abstracts from over 120 authors representing some 25 countries. The 118 papers are divided into seven sections. In each section the first paper…

The authors reviewed research on effective schools, literature on the implementation of educational innovation, and current theories of school organization. A synthesis of findings from this research indicates that differences among schools do have an effect on student achievement. Specifically, it is the school's culture that is responsible for…

This collection of short articles--summaries of materials presented at an October 1981 seminar--focuses on the probable impact of tuition tax credits. An introductory article summarizes arguments for and against. The second pair of articles present highlights of a debate between Chester Finn and Albert Shanker. In addition, 15 brief articles look…

Abstracts and other information from the ninth international conference on improving university teaching, whose theme was "The Social Dimensions and Demands of Teaching and Technology," are presented. More than 40 papers were offered in seminars in the following categories: student evaluation of faculty; techniques and programs to relate theory to…

Proceedings of the ninth international conference on improving university teaching, whose theme was "The Social Dimensions and Demands of Teaching and Technology," are presented. Texts of more than 40 papers are included. These papers were offered in seminars in the following categories: (1) Non-Traditional Methods and Settings for Teaching the…