This publication provides comparative national and regional data highlighting significant trends affecting colleges and universities in each of the 15 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states. Using data from SREB's databases, the book contains detailed national and state profiles on the population, elementary and secondary education,…

This publication presents detailed data on student enrollment at institutions of higher education from Fall 1984 to Fall 1993 in 24 tables (though most tables include data from 1991 through 1993 only). The data are from the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The data…

This report profiles undergraduates enrolled in postsecondary education for the academic year 1989-90 and presents a description of the social and economic backgrounds of these students, what types of institutions they attended, their educational experience, and their educational aspirations. The information presented includes the following…

Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for business information systems occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and…

The four 1991 issues of the newsletter "Development Communication Report" are primarily concerned with the use of communication technologies in developing countries to educate the people. Evaluation is the theme of the first issue, which contains the following articles: "Evaluating Communication Programs: Means and Ends,""Making a Splash: How…

National- and state-level reports on education indicators have been produced since the mid-1980s. However, the debate continues over which education indicators to select and report. This paper outlines the lessons gained by a national organization in building an education indicators system through cooperation with state education agencies and…

A practicum was undertaken to improve second language acquisition and critical thinking skills in a fourth and fifth grade English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) class in a Spanish-speaking low socioeconomic neighborhood. Students there were not exposed to English except during school hours, and they were taking 4 or 5 years to become…

This annual report describes five projects of the Oregon Alliance for Program Improvement, which provides work-relevant education and training services in leadership, professional competence, and organizational effectiveness. First is an aggregated report of nearly 30 vocational education program improvement field study projects conducted between…

This publication provides statistical data and charts concerning the status of Iowa colleges and universities for the 1989-90 academic year. Data are presented for the following categories: (1) student expenses; (2) the degrees and other formal awards conferred by each school; (3) faculty salaries and tenure status; (4) school financial data; (5)…

Distributive Information Systems for Campuses (DISC) is a project to increase the data access and information generating capabilities of schools of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District by decentralizing data manipulation functions, while maintaining centralized data processing of major applications. The project means that campuses will…

The experiences of novice users (freshman students at Ohio University) searching OCLC's FIRSTSEARCH set of databases were studied. The 13 subjects were asked to complete a search on the FIRSTSEARCH databases; and data were collected through observations, administration of a questionnaire, and a thinking-aloud protocol. Data were analyzed to…

Providing a historical analysis of enrollments at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, these two reports present tables and graphs describing student characteristics, enrollment distribution, and applicants for the winter and spring quarters 1993. Following a summary comparison of enrollments in 1992 and 1993, data are provided on full-time…

To learn first hand how the libraries of North Carolina, especially public libraries, function in spite of budget cuts, a hearing was held in Lumberton (North Carolina) to hear the testimony of interested parties from the state and national levels and specifically from the congressional district of southeastern North Carolina. While library…

Prepared pursuant to new Maryland accountability requirements, this report offers information on access and equity; student goal achievement; transfer preparation; employment and economic development; and student involvement, community involvement, and cultural activities at Charles County Community College (CCCC). The report's preface provides…

This report on the state of children in the United States begins with a call to action that points out the destructive effects of poverty, violence, and drug use on America's children while outlining 10 needed steps that should be followed to help alleviate these problems. The greater part of the report focuses on: (1) health; (2) child care; (3)…