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Adams, Ronald D.; And Others – 1990
The 1989 Georgia Survey of Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Use was conducted in 373 schools throughout Georgia. The stratified random sample was obtained from schools that participated in the 1987 survey (in which 93% of the school systems in Georgia participated) and were selected randomly from strata based on size of community and geographic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Oregon State Board of Education, Salem. – 1992
A two-phase study to supply information on supply and demand of K-12 educators was requested by Oregon's Joint Boards of Education to provide information needed to prepare for reforms called for in the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century (HB 3565). Specific information sought included employment experiences and aspirations of recent…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
Edington, John M., III; Enger, John M. – 1992
This study examined evaluation processes used by Arkansas school boards to evaluate their superintendents, and compared the data with results from a recent national survey reporting techniques used in the evaluation of superintendents, data about who had input in conducting the evaluation, criteria used in the evaluation process, and traits of an…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Boards of Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1992
This manual describes regulations and procedures for Oregon's required reporting of elementary school through high school dropouts for the 1991-92 school year and beyond. Topics covered include the following: (1) basics of dropout reporting; (2) suggested reporting procedures; (3) exceptions; (4) non-dropouts; (5) dropouts; (6) students who return…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Annual Reports, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Office of Community Coll. Services. – 1992
A profile is provided of the 16 Oregon community colleges and their students, personnel, finances, and services for academic year 1990-91. First, a directory lists the address, phone number, and the president of each college. The next section focuses on the colleges' students, providing numerous data tables on such topics as numbers of full-time…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment
Jordan, Sandra S. – 1994
This study was an educational assessment of the CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom by enrolled users throughout the state of Georgia. CNN Newsroom is a 15-minute commercial-free newscast aimed at students in public school classrooms. Supplementing the newscasts are daily curriculum guides (available electronically) that outline questions and…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Current Events, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Television
Featherstone, Jan Alyce – 1990
The purpose of this study is to look at how the academic library systems office (i.e., an entity or group of entities within a library whose purpose is to oversee the hardware and software systems functions within its electronic automated processes and services for the use of the staff and public) in Ohio has evolved to become a library-wide…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Automation
Illinois Literacy Council, Springfield. – 1993
A workplace literacy survey was developed and distributed to 4,104 private-sector businesses throughout Illinois to gain a complete and statistically reliable profile of workforce literacy programs. Employers returned 1,340 usable responses. Findings indicated that 53 percent of Illinois firms reported a need to upgrade employees basic skills, yet…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Employer Attitudes
Asher, Herbert B.; And Others – 1991
A study compared the political action, attitudes, and behavior of union members and members of union households to those of individuals who are not affiliated with a union. National data from the 1950s through the 1980s on the political identification, beliefs, and behavior of union/union household members and nonmembers were analyzed along with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Family Involvement, Labor Education
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System, San Diego, CA. – 1993
A study examined the demographics and preliminary skill levels of adults enrolled in programs of adult special education, adult basic education (ABE), and English as a second language (ESL) in Iowa. Data were collected from a representative (but not statistically random) sampling of 495 ABE participants from Iowa's 15 community colleges. The major…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Demography
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1992
Each year the Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP) conducts surveys to determine the opinions of employers about the preparation of graduates of vocational programs. The 1992 survey focused on eight specific occupational training areas (i.e., child care services, computer programming and analysis, dental assisting,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills
Colorado Governor's Business and Child Care Council, Denver. – 1990
In December 1989, the governor of Colorado established the Colorado Business and Child Care Council to determine the existing level of employer participation in childcare, attitudes about child care, the magnitude of demand for childcare assistance by employers, and barriers to greater employer involvement. The council was also charged to…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Employer Attitudes, Employer Supported Day Care
Reilly, Linda B.; And Others – 1992
A study examined the relationship between selected demographic characteristics and attitude toward sexual harassment. The study population consisted of high school students and adults enrolled in traditional and nontraditional training programs and teachers in 12 New Jersey school districts. Sixty-three percent (638) of the 1,020 questionnaires…
Descriptors: Demography, High School Students, High Schools, Nontraditional Occupations
Reilly, Linda B.; And Others – 1992
A study examined the relationship between math anxiety and selected demographic characteristics. Surveys were administered to 1,152 students in vocational-technical and comprehensive schools in 13 New Jersey school districts. The survey instrument included an attitude scale and a brief math test designed to evoke feelings of math anxiety in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Females, High School Students
Bernstein, Joan D.; And Others – New Jersey Equity Research Bulletin, 1992
One of four research projects designed to examine barriers to the entrance of women into the workforce, the study described in this bulletin examined the feelings of math in students in single parent and nontraditional career preparation programs in relation to selected demographic characteristics. Survey instruments consisting of a brief math…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Demography, Ethnic Groups
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