This document is a compilation of data collected from proprietary postsecondary education schools in Missouri. It is the 11th publication derived from such data collection efforts. Data for 82 Missouri-based private career schools and 21 out-of-state regionally accredited degree granting institutions are reported in the statistical summary portion…

Under Horace Mann, children aged 4-16 spent more days in school. Reformers concentrated their efforts on this group. Thus, although there was an overall decline in school attendance, 1820-60, economic historians need to consider quality as well as quantity in assessing the economic productivity of education. (Author/WM)

Survey of 1200 institutions, with 12 statistical tables. (SP)

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions in the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia) and other jurisdictions, such as Puerto Rico. This report presents information from the Winter 2007-2008 IPEDS web-based data collection. A postsecondary…

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. Part I of the report--"Rankings 2006"--provides state-level data on an array of topics relevant to the complex enterprise of public education. In addition to…

The "28th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2006" follows the 2005--i.e., the 27th annual report--in sequence. The "28th Annual Report to Congress" has two volumes. Volume 1 presents a picture of how children and students are being served under the law nationwide…

It is the intent of this bibliography to provide comprehensive but not exhaustible resource publications on educational statistics published by the United States Government for the period 1970 through February 1986. Entries are arranged alphabetically by title and include the date published and the Superintendent of Documents Classification…

A new computation of school retention rates by the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that about three-fourths of the young people today are earning high-school diplomas. Discusses the development of those statistics and the estimated retention rates from the fifth grade through college graduation in the United States during the…

Available from Security World Publishing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 272, Culver City, California 90230; $2.00, single copy. (JG)

Survey of departments offering majors in radio and television provides information on curricula, budgets, and equipment relative to department structure, funding type, campus size, and region. (PD)

The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 require the Department of Education to collect, analyze, and report to Congress on the incidence of crime on campuses and facilities of postsecondary education institutions, and institutions of postsecondary education that participate in federal student financial assistance programs are required to make…

A national survey of 156 randomly selected school superintendents revealed that teacher shortages currently exist in special education, mathematics, science, and industrial arts and vocational studies. Reasons for the failure of certified teacher education graduates to enter the profession are noted. (PGD)

What value is a college education to the graduate without a job?--plenty, says Marvin Wachman, president, Temple University, not the least of which is a fuller, more productive life. (Editor/RK)

Presents several tables of "top ten" data related to educational facilities, including districts with the largest enrollments, states with the most teachers, number of school buildings in large cities, expenditures for public K-12 schools, states with the highest and lowest per-pupil expenditures, and states with the highest average…