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Davis, George H. – 1988
The results of a survey on administrative services at Arizona's three universities are presented as one of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. This survey of faculty, staff, and student perceptions of the quality of service provided by selected academic…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Competition, Educational Quality, Efficiency
de Vries, John – 1987
An analysis of the geographic distribution of native languages in Canada's provinces gives an overview of the distribution of three native speaker groups: English, French, and all other languages combined. The study gives particular emphasis to changes or trends appearing between 1971 and 1981, with 1971 data used as a baseline. A language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Diachronic Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Vaughan, Elinor Folger – 1986
A study was conducted to explore the interrelationship of library and literacy education programs of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), and to identify the nature of library involvement in the accomplishment of the literacy education mission of the 58-member organization of two-year institutions. Students enrolled in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Illiteracy
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1987
This directory offers an inventory of educational opportunities available to beginning entrepreneurs and small business owners in New York. Drawing from a fall 1986 survey of secondary and postsecondary educational institutions in the state, the directory presents data provided by 112 institutions concerning more than 140 programs on content…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Business Administration, Business Education, Continuing Education
Hughes, Dana; And Others – 1986
This databook describes the status of maternal and child health in America; the nation's progress in reducing infant mortality, low birthweight babies, and the percentage of pregnant women who receive late or no prenatal care; patterns of teenage and out-of-wedlock childbearing; and the extent to which certain safety net programs, such as Aid to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Early Parenthood, Federal Programs
Farland, Ronnald; Anderson, Connie – 1988
Recent articulation activities between the California community colleges and four-year colleges are summarized, and recommendations for a 1988-89 plan of action for continued improvement are presented. Part I discusses progress made by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in implementing a 1986-87 articulation action…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Intercollegiate Cooperation
Schoening, Don; Terrey, John N. – 1985
A comprehensive investigation was conducted of the impact of the financial reductions that occurred during the 1979-81 and 1981-83 bienniums on the Washington state community college system. Data were obtained for fall quarters 1979 and 1982 to determine if there were significant differences between variables encompassing employee staffing levels,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change, Educational Finance
Virginia State Dept. of Community Colleges, Richmond. – 1985
Five annual reports are presented for the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), covering the years 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, and 1984-85. Each report begins with a statement by the chancellor of the VCCS offering an overview of the achievements of the system, followed by general information on the 23 VCCS campuses, and the State…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Community Colleges, Educational Finance
McLeod, Pat N.; And Others – 1985
Vocational education programs for handicapped students in Texas were evaluated in order to make recommendations for improvement. Three objectives were proposed: (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of training for entry-level knowledge and skills provided to handicapped students enrolled in vocational education for the handicapped (VEH) programs; (2)…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Problems, Exceptional Persons, Mainstreaming
Nespoli, Lawrence A.; Radcliffe, Susan K. – 1982
In April 1981, a survey was conducted by Howard Community College (HCC) to gather information on the job performance of its 1980 occupational program graduates. Surveys were sent to the employers of consenting graduates who were working full-time in jobs related to their field of study at HCC, requesting information on the educational requirements…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Job Performance
Motomatsu, Nancy R. – 1979
Title IV-B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides funds to local school districts to develop programs improving the quality of education. This document analyzes the distribution of Title IV-B funds to local districts in Washington State and provides examples of decision-making structures used in the needs assessment processes of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Landsberger, Betty H. – 1982
The argument is put forth in this paper that the academic achievement of black children relative to whites deteriorates over time in school. The argument is substantiated by analyses of data from a statewide study of the standings of black and white children entering kindergarten and from two large National Health Examination Surveys of,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Bernabei, Raymond; And Others – 1982
Researchers sought to compare the perceptions of school administrators who had from 0 to 5 years of experience with management by objectives (MBO), using a survey of 374 administrators in 22 Pennsylvania school districts. A literature review on MBO and management evaluation indicated the need for more longitudinal studies. To compare the attitude…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education
Berve, Nancy M., Ed. – Higher Education in the States, 1982
Annual reports are presented for 49 states, the District of Columbia, and one Canadian province, focusing on problems, activities, achievements, and other areas of interest to the postsecondary education community. A report was not received from Montana. Most of the reports include information on enrollments, student financial aid, capital funds…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Programs, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends
Palmer, J. Ursula; And Others – 1982
In 1981-1982, Eastfield College undertook a project to meet the training, communication, and resource needs of Texas community/junior college instructors involved in training deaf interpreters, as well as the needs of their students. The project resulted in a workshop for interpreter trainers; the development of an annotated bibliography of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Deaf Interpreting, Inservice Teacher Education
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