Sub-group proceedings at the 28th all-India Adult Education Conference held in October, 1975, are summarized. Sub-groups discussed the theme "non-formal education" as it applies to one of five population groups: school drop-outs, youth, women, farmers, and industrial workers. The sixth sub-group considered policy and financing for…

The symposium on economic education for trade unionists held in Geneva identified areas of major interest, analyzed different ways of improving the economic knowledge of workers, discussed the planning and implementation of programs and materials, and reviewed ILO economic contributions to economic education. (Author/BP)

The variety of institutional policies and personal procedures regarding faculty publishing are discussed and some suggestions are offered for judging the quality of individual publications and restricting the type of work claimed as published. (LBH)

Summarizes 11 papers presented at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that dealt with the uses of history in teaching chemistry. (MLH)

This Annual Report details the activities of the American Institute of Physics in 1975. The Institute placed major emphasis on the expansion of the institute's public-relations and manpower roles. Developments affecting journals and the activities of the Fiscal Branch and Marketing Division are also discussed. (BT)

Presents two examples of report cards designed to support the implementation of social studies programs. The authors claim that both cards illustrate an effort to underscore skills, attitudes, and other teaching-learning conditions in addition to information. (Author/DB)

This brief document includes the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) mission statement, information about AACC as an organization, AACC departments, contacts, annual revenues and expenditures for 2005. Also included is a community college facts "at a glance" section, which provides statistics on the number and type of colleges,…

Annually since 1995, the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) has conducted the National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS) of law enforcement agencies across the United States regarding the presences and characteristics of local gang problems. This Fact Sheet summarizes NYGS findings from the 2004 survey. The nationally representative sample included the…

This report presents information from the Sixth Annual Survey of State Higher Education Officers, and once again provides information on performance funding, budgeting, and reporting in all 50 states. Survey results show the triumph of performance reporting and the trials of performance budgeting and funding. The bad budgets for higher education…

This report, the second annual report of the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) system's current 5-year contract, shows the progress laboratories have made in meeting regional challenges and establishing national leadership in critical areas. The report also illustrates who the labs are using research and development to gain knowledge about how…

This essay is based on a roundtable of higher education leaders and policy officials convened in June 2002 as part of a larger research effort undertaken by the Alliance for International Higher Education Policy Studies (AIHEPS), an international collaboration for comparative research on higher education policy. The roundtable focused on AIHEPS…

"Measuring Up 2000," published in autumn 2000, graded every state in 5 performance categories related to undergraduate higher education: preparation, participation, affordability, completion, and benefits. "Measuring Up 2000" provides each state with an indication of its performance, and with a benchmark to which it can aspire, top performance…

The purpose of this report is to inform users and other interested parties about the development, content and technical characteristics of the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments. It provides information for the 2003 "SOL" cycle that comprises the fall 2003 and spring 2004 administrations. The report is divided into three…

This Digest defines student engagement and describes various methods used to measure it, both in empirical research studies and at the classroom level. Student engagement has been defined in various ways, but it is evident that students who are engaged show sustained behavioral involvement in learning activities accompanied by a positive emotional…